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Mele Kalikimaka (or however you spell it) ... I've still got the Sirius XM Christmas channel playing and the tree up. I usually celebrate the full1 12 Days just because I like the lights.
I'm starting to consider how I can go about fixing the house up and selling it, to move into a smaller (and less expensive) place. The only problem is, without a job, how am I going to afford financing? I have to find something with a paycheck coming in or I'm totally screwed. I've even applied for a temp job giving COVID vaccines -- but that's with CVS and they're probably not going to rehire me after asking me to leave.
Another option is if I can get into the medical writing field somehow. I could certainly handle writing with all my experience, and my medical background would give me an edge over other writers. But I'm not sure I could get a job with no "writing" experience on my resume (i.e. no paycheck from a writing company).
This week I think I will contact the local recruitment firm and see what they recommend. They don't handle pharmacists at all, but maybe they can give me some advice on what I can try next. I can't afford to take another year off to get an official certificate (without going so far into debt that I'll never be able to retire).
If I get the house fixed up into selling shape, I can get more than I paid for it at least, so that will help me pay off the damn IRS bill and put a hefty down payment on a smaller place. We can make do with 3 bedrooms instead of 4 and houses further away from downtown are cheaper. The kicker is that job ... nobody is going to finance a jobless 60-year-old. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I'd started trying to actually sell my writing back when I was teaching high school. Would I be successful today or would my lack of life experiences have resulted in a lackluster career? Well, there's no way of knowing, is there?
I can only plow forward, hoping to find something that will pay the bills. At this point, I'll take just about anything on a temporary basis if it will pay the mortgage until I get the house repairs done (and I think I ned new carpeting instead of this old stained beige crap the last owners put down). Wonder how much that will be ... Maybe I can figure out how to get an equity loan to do that ...
I'm making myself depressed though ... and I need to finish up the "When Worlds Collide" story to send it in before December 31. I'm nearly there. Just need to come up with a snappy finish for it. I've got the velyr and human worlds "colliding" but I'd like something flashy to end with. Maybe if I can sell some stories the novel will be taken more seriously. Maybe.
Anyhow, back to my main addiction ...!
I'm starting to consider how I can go about fixing the house up and selling it, to move into a smaller (and less expensive) place. The only problem is, without a job, how am I going to afford financing? I have to find something with a paycheck coming in or I'm totally screwed. I've even applied for a temp job giving COVID vaccines -- but that's with CVS and they're probably not going to rehire me after asking me to leave.
Another option is if I can get into the medical writing field somehow. I could certainly handle writing with all my experience, and my medical background would give me an edge over other writers. But I'm not sure I could get a job with no "writing" experience on my resume (i.e. no paycheck from a writing company).
This week I think I will contact the local recruitment firm and see what they recommend. They don't handle pharmacists at all, but maybe they can give me some advice on what I can try next. I can't afford to take another year off to get an official certificate (without going so far into debt that I'll never be able to retire).
If I get the house fixed up into selling shape, I can get more than I paid for it at least, so that will help me pay off the damn IRS bill and put a hefty down payment on a smaller place. We can make do with 3 bedrooms instead of 4 and houses further away from downtown are cheaper. The kicker is that job ... nobody is going to finance a jobless 60-year-old. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I'd started trying to actually sell my writing back when I was teaching high school. Would I be successful today or would my lack of life experiences have resulted in a lackluster career? Well, there's no way of knowing, is there?
I can only plow forward, hoping to find something that will pay the bills. At this point, I'll take just about anything on a temporary basis if it will pay the mortgage until I get the house repairs done (and I think I ned new carpeting instead of this old stained beige crap the last owners put down). Wonder how much that will be ... Maybe I can figure out how to get an equity loan to do that ...
I'm making myself depressed though ... and I need to finish up the "When Worlds Collide" story to send it in before December 31. I'm nearly there. Just need to come up with a snappy finish for it. I've got the velyr and human worlds "colliding" but I'd like something flashy to end with. Maybe if I can sell some stories the novel will be taken more seriously. Maybe.
Anyhow, back to my main addiction ...!