The anxiety of earlier this morning has passed. My first retail job can't promise a ton of work, and the other retail job is a cover for a maternity leave person, but hey - the application is filled out and the resume attached.

I'm going to be free very soon. Free, and working odd hours again. I find that I'm not worried too much about the odd hours. And I can always apply at the local Fresh n' Easy if I need to, to supplement the cashflow. As a matter of fact, that's not a bad idea, anyway. We'll see.

I've decided to give notice on February first. That way, when I go on vacation for my birthday, I'll truly be free...at least for the week! Now that the decision has been made to leave, I can't see myself sticking it out until June - or even until October, the magical one year mark. What's the point? To prove to myself that I can do it? Yeah. That's a waste of energy, proving to myself that I can do a job I really don't enjoy.

At any rate, I'm feeling remarkably perky for someone who hasn't had coffee today in the vain attempt to cut that vicious cycle of coffe in the morning and too much wine at night. (Another sign of unhappiness.)

Life is getting good again. And it's going to start raining again soon. We're supposed to get up to 20 inches of rain in the greater Los Angeles area this week, and the mountains are supposed to get up to three feet of snow. If I still skiied, I'd be planning a ski trip...