Andrez/everyone,

I've got an appointment with the eye specialist. I am hitting the streets this week to play some (was going this weekend but got rained out. There were places I could have played under shelter/awnings/etc, but there wouldn't have been anyone around to play for.

I've actually got a line on a job... I got a relative to spring for the renewal of a professional license I hold that's been expired for a few months now. It's really costly, especially when broke, to get it renewed. I was able to get the paperwork process going and have had a position dangled in front of me upon completion of all the necessary duties.

The only reason I'm not jumping for joy at this point is that this exact same thing happened when I first moved into this house, leaving another state and a decent-paying job and a lower cost of living. I moved down to my current locale with the promise that if I got the certain license, etc, I could have a job with XYZ outfit. Made the move, got the license, job disappeared and XYZ hasn't bothered to keep looking for positions for me. Meh. Whatever.

Long-ish story short, I am going busking, my sights are set high, my family is behind me and I feel as though things are changing for the better.

More to come...