Our lovely economy

There are no open jobs in my industry in town right now. Not a single one. Craigslist, empty. Monster.com, empty. Newspaper, empty. It's eerie.

At the grocery store last week, we found prices up 30% on some items.

Today, I am reading about flour shortages around the country, resulting in an increase in bread prices.

My day job has devolved into me writing marketing copy. No design work in days. None on the horizon. I am starting to fear the big L. Starting to think we should sock away all the money we were going to use for a vacation in savings, in case that happens.

I want to be optimistic, but my financial prospects are feeling grim and my job has had every ounce of joy squeezed out of it once again. Every time I look at the website that I get to have nothing to do with, my spirits just sink. I need to get all of our debts paid off so that I can freelance full time. God damned Grinnell loans.

At least my freelance work is fulfilling, when I have the energy to tackle it. I am doing some very nice work for clients. I have to get back to work on that tonight.