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Implosion

I’ve had a bad few weeks of late. I took a much needed break after going back to school these last three years, but had assumed I would have found at least some freelance work by now. No such luck, but then I’ve never been great at networking or selling myself. I thought I found the perfect part-time job, but they thought otherwise. Lately I’ve only been seeing jobs I either don’t want or couldn’t even begin to deal with (reading a job ad that says the company is looking for “a rock star” makes my head hurt). The depression of the summer ending without me having really done anything hit hard near Labor Day. That was when I took a very stupid and nasty tumble on a stone courtyard. Luckily nothing broke, but my knees are still sore and bruised and my left ankle almost twisted, and it has not quite unwound yet. Then to add insult to injury (quite literally) – the Kavanaugh hearings began. I’ve already been dreading every day since Trump/Pence took office, wondering ...