$ (Day 238)

I've gotten one callback on my jobs so far, but I'm hoping I'll get a few more. Obviously I'll take anything I can get, but I'd like to get something that pays a bit more than minimum wage--and of course if it's in a field I enjoy, that's a plus. Still, any job is better than no job, and this place in particular is extremely close to my house. I can get there in less than ten minutes. The work would likely be easy, but the pay won't be great. We'll see what happens tomorrow. I'm going out yet again to turn in a resume and possibly follow up on the tentative job offer.

I think for awhile I'm just going to be tired all the time. I'm not used to getting up and being active like this. Even though all I did today was drive around, I'm still pretty tired. Granted, my recent 24+ hour odyssey might still be affecting me, but I think there's definitely more to it than that. My bones and muscles ache. It's pretty pathetic that something so simple could be strenuous for me, but it was inevitable that it would happen. I should have started going on walks again, but the temperature has just now gotten to the point where that's a viable option. I'm not sure I'm going to feel like doing it if I start working really soon. . .

I'm definitely excited, even if I end up with something suboptimal. I have a lot of bills to catch up on, but once I'm done with that, I'll actually be able to start living normally again. I'll be able to eat out occasionally (not too often!) and maybe buy a video game or two. I'd like to save up for a nice video card so I could run some higher end games--as well as running some games I play now a lot better. Even though I spend most of my time playing really old games with terrible graphics, it would be nice to play some new shiny ones every now and then.

I have a history of spending money rather. . .freely. I might want to get out of that habit, especially since there's a good chance that once I've had a job for awhile I'm going to have to take on some more expenses. Some of my bills have been taken care of by family recently but I would understand completely if that were to change. There's also the price of gas that I have to consider--something I haven't had to worry about for awhile. Still, all of that is worth it because it means that I have the ability to take care of myself. Relying on others for this kind of thing puts a bad taste in my mouth, despite the fact that I am really grateful.

Yep. Good stuff happening, hopefully.