████ Current Employment
So, I took last Friday off because one, I needed to get away from work before heads started rolling in a non-halloween fashion and two, October is the last ‘legit’ time I can take off. Saving up time for my future trip to the east coast to visit family while they and I still have the common syptom of being alive, I hadn’t take off so much as a half day in over two and a half months.

Not my point. Anyways, I took all of last Friday off and did my best to relax, with the minor exception that my phone was still going off for work questions. Short, simple, and to the point. Then I get a phone call around two in the afternoon. My business is shutting down.

While I might be completely in shock, I’m genuinely happy. I hold no grudge against any of my employeers or employees, they planned on shutting down after the season is over with. Their returns policy is changing as well, which means my department might be one of the first to shut down. I get to find out today.

████ Future Events
Well, I had a genuine hope to go to AnthroCon this year but that might be a pipe dream. I’m not even sure if I’m going to make it to Furry Fiesta this year. I tend to pay for most of my room and reg fees three months in advance but with the promise of paychecks drying up soon, I don’t know if this is a good idea.

On top of that, if I do get a job right away, there is no guarantee that I can take that weekend off. It’s not like I can get hired on and than turn around and ask for the first weekend I get off to drive down to Texas. I don’t know, I’m not shutting down TFF this year right away, but it’s not looking bright now.

████ Other News
As mentioned before, I’ll be heading out to the east coast next week and will be visiting most of the rest of my family. I think our little family (My dad, my brother and I) are the only bloodlines west of the mississippi. I’m visiting my Japanese grandmother and hoping to visit my Italian Grandfather as well from my mother’s side. I haven’t seen them in many years(I think I was 14 when I last saw them) and hopefully, I’ll visit them again.

Apart from the trip and employment, I’ve got plenty of distractions to keep me either happy or preoccupied. I’m taken to reading some Javascript manuals as well as some webdesign. I’ve also been playing around with the idea of drawing time lapses and possibly more. In the mean time, I’ll be looking for a job and might be a bit quiet. I know I haven’t poked some of my friends in a long time for a chat but… eh. That’s 'nother can of worms for another time.

Ya’ll take it easy now.

~Fawks