So how goes the interview....

Glass studio Assistant, Kensington, MD-pay is not enough to live on in DC maybe TN but by far not DC, benefits = none, a cool studio =yes, could I learn lot= yes, and will they have me for just a week= yes, if I want to take them up on the offer to help them with the holiday rush. I could learn a lot and it would give me contacts for the future, in fact Gary gave me one today who will be building a studio in VA. in the next year which could be fun, but the guess would be low pay and no benefits. Who do you know, who can live in (a safe place without food stamps) DC making less than $30,000 w/o benefits? So maybe if you are married and the other half can cover the benefits and you are doing it for the fun of it, but in reality could I do it and still have a quality of life and not have to go back to Gap full time part time...NO - so the search continues for another week, and reality sets in with the bank statement from last month, of what really bare bones living is all about - NO FUN No sushi and No extras and that in the end of the month the basics start to run out and you have to replace them, yes the price of gas has dropped but others have gone up up and away- plus it is Christmas time and I would like to give a few gifts, not made of glass. There is another design job out there from the same company that I got my belt "drink beer" from, so I have to work out a design for them and send it in...I did send out 3 resumes and cover letters this morning so the word is out there that I am looking. I have more work to do on the teaching front and it is time to figure out what I want to say to the Field School. (I drove past it today on the way to this interview) . It might be time to sign up for sub-teaching, to get my foot in the door.

This morning was a successful one -- and I have to say that I need to keep the TV off to get a lot done, but it is good company. I had a list from last night of what I needed to do today and i have to say that by noon I was marking off things left and right...so there are still things left to do there always are, but I feel better about those that I crossed off...the harder things to remember are dates and that the end of the month creeps up on you and you have to send that car payment and rent out again. So this morning was dropping off the resumes and bills at the post office, renewing books, dropping gap cards off, hitting the bank and having lunch with Rita. While standing on the sidewalk, an old friend was walking down the street -- who I had not seen in a long time -- she has that glow going on, she looks happy with a baby on the way.

Glass Glass Glass- well I did start on another Christmas gift request and a challenge something that I had not done before the 3-D kind _ you will have to wait to see a picture cause I am not sure if she is reading this or not_ I have a large credit with Madeline that I need to start tapping into, I picked up some glass fixes that I had tried last week, some of the fixes worked and others did not, a few that I might have to refire again to get the look that I was going for...i did play with one that had wire in it - need to place those in the book as debit.... I have found the one pattern that I was in the search for in the oddest of places but it works and I will reveal it later when the window is complete and the gift is unwrapped- so it is time to do some tweaking of the pattern and keep moving on. maybe I need to keep glass as my passion and hobby and not as a full time job - cause I dont want to hate it in the end. need to go work on more resumes, let me know if you find anything....