Twisted Spinster

(Blows dust off keyboard.) Well, that was a longer hiatus than I meant to take. Don’t know what happened there.

Anyway, yesterday when I was out and about, it was hot and humid as if it were still September. But it was also very windy. This morning when I stumbled out of bed and went to wash my hands I noticed that the water was freezing cold — this is usually a sign that the temperature has dropped considerably. And according to the weather report it’s currently 55 degrees, and the high is supposed to be around 63. So naturally I have my sliding glass door open and have already had to rescue two sluggish lizards from my cat. (One lizard did not want to let go of my fingers when I tried to set it down outside. “Nooo! Your hand is so nice and warm!”)

Anyway, it’s such nice weather I don’t know what to do with myself. I really should clean this place up, and sort out all the stuff I want to get rid of before my move in a few months. But who feels like working? I could work on the novel I said I was going to write… Hahahah!

I watered and fertilized my pot of edible goodies today. The one tomato is now as big as the end of my thumb, and there are more blossoms. I will have tomatoes for Christmas! Or maybe even earlier.

I wonder if I should set up a store and sell my stuff that way. My hosting company has web store software — I might set up a site and give it a try. I’d sell through Amazon or something like that but they make you pay to use their site. Ebay is the same — also I can’t remember my Ebay password. I have books, furniture, clothing (not much of that is sellable, though). But I need to do something. Money is scarce around my house and now that we have a Carin’, Sharin’ Messiah in charge of the country I don’t see my monetary situation improving. I’m currently on unemployment again, but that will be for only a couple more months or so and then it will run out. And it’s not much — just pays for the bare minimum. I’m probably going to get rid of cable tv and just keep the internet part, no more eating out (not that I will really mind — the last couple of times I ate out somewhere my bowels made me pay), and so on. I need to find a job, but this job market down here continues to suck — I’m still getting nothing but come-ons for sales positions. I guess I need to rewrite my resume to downplay the “customer service” aspects and up the office clerk duties. Also I need to write a snazzy cover letter and I haven’t actually felt inspired about myself. And all this is just so temp agencies will notice me, for God’s sakes. I don’t want to get into anything too permanent as I am moving. I could lie and accept a permanent position and then quit, but I’d feel dishonest. At least the unemployment pays more than part-time positions. Salaries aren’t worth shit in Florida.