My Head Is Spinning

It’s been quite some time since I have contributed to this blog but over the last couple of months it seems that my life was sucked up in a whirlwind. First it was the Election and then the Inauguration. No, I did not attend but Patricia and I were so caught up in the events that we seemed not to notice how much time we were spending in front of the television. Every night we just had to have our flat screen tuned in to MSNBC and especially Rachael Maddow, America’s cutest lesbian TV pundit. We became liberal news junkies.

But then, before we knew it, the grip of the economic collapse began to hit us. I can’t say I didn’t see it coming but I was not smart or agile enough to do a damn thing about it. As the news of friends being laid off began to trickle in from around the country, we got the word that my key client was going through some financial crisis and all attention went to keeping them afloat and keeping my income flowing. And then Patricia lost her job, well at least her paycheck. Her entire department was eliminated from her company and with it, in essence, her job. Still they were going to keep her around in some new position but within a couple of weeks that changed and she was told she would have to work on sales commission only. The problem with that is that she is not a salesperson! She was the events manager. So now she is scrambling to create a new sales event schedule that she can make commissions on. It’s crazy but we are resolved to it. She doesn’t want to leave the company so she is going to fight for some kind of position there.

Somewhere along the line I realized that all I ever did anymore is work, eat, sleep and watch TV. That is very very very very bad. Today I determined to kick myself in the ass and get back to writing (for myself) and drawing and blogging.

So I am back friends and I intend to keep my wits sharp and my tongue sharper. Stay tuned.