It is now closing in on December - thanks Black Friday, and all your minions - and I am still looking for more work. I was going to call this entry another "On the Job Hunt", but this feels more personal; more emotionally draining.
Let me explain: I got two letters in the mail from my family stating their concern over me and my situation in Montreal. This is fair. I have not done too well by staying here. In fact, I am pretty broke and have not been able to find work that lasts more than the space of six months a few times a week (teaching gigs, mostly). And now they are all wondering if I am going to head home for the hella-(sorry) holidays.
I do want to go back. I have never spent the break away from my family while living in Canada and I do not want to start a trend. But it is all a question of money. I get paid this week, just in time to end my main teaching contract, but I have not yet found anything to fill in the three weeks leading to those days. This is hard. Plus, I have another story to finish for another short-story contest and some other work that I want to get published. Amazing how I can be so busy and so broke.
So, that is where I stand. I am waiting on some other work, but I am not getting any hopes up. But I will keep on posting!
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