What a Way to Make a Living

Unemployment went well.

Technically, I’ve been employed since mid-March. Yes, I’m employed on a technicality. Usually employment implies something approximating a regular paycheck. In the past three months, I’ve worked all of 75 billable hours.

What to do, what to do, what to do?

"He who would search for pearls must dive below." (John Dryden, All for Love)

I’ve been unemployed since the beginning of the year. One of the first questions I asked myself was am I ready to retire?

After looking at the finances with my husband Mark, we decided I’m not.

Sigh.

What the dickens...!

"No man knows till the time comes, what depths are within him." (Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend)

Lucille La Verne as The Vengeance from A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

Early in December, 2016, I was told that, due to budget cuts, my contracted work would not continue beyond the end of the year.

It seemed to become a scene out of A Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….