Weathering the Storm: Rain, Thunder & Economic

Current Status... Back from my trip to Tulsa/Claremore, OK -- for one sister's birthday, my niece's wedding, my Mom's 90th birthday and early Mom's day. It rained/was cloudy the whole time, just as it was back home in the Hudson Valley. In fact, flying in through Memphis, and back through Detroit, it seemed at least the Eastern half of the country was under a vast rain cloud. Which is true, isn't it? ... There was flooding in Oklahoma -- too much rain just runs off the red clay and settles in dips of the older roads, the low fields and intersections in the towns. It's amazing to see such a green Oklahoma. Much of the year, the grass is burned brown, and that's what I remember. This trip was like entering the land of Oz. I had a great time but came back exhausted.

Lately I'm thinking... I'm laying the ground work for my new blogging-for-business business, but there is so much to do, and I want to be at it already. We've run the bank account down but are not in debt yet. I'm still hoping Stuart will get a small business loan for his loan modification enterprise from the real estate law firm he's doing business with.

This is really interesting... Lots of businesses seemed to be drying up in Oklahoma, but no one was talking about the recession. They are stoic, friendly people who are good at cutting back and surviving. On the flip side, they're also good at forgetting about the homeless, the parolees, the addicts, the needy people of color.

Currently watching... The Benjamin Franklin mini-series. It's really interesting, but Stuart falls asleep before the end of every episode due to the lack in 18th-century bios of car chases and explosions.

The Soapbox: OK, it's a little scary to turn down the 40-hr./wk. proofing job, which would be pretty secure but boring and spirit-killing. And to tell friends not to bother recommending me for 9-5 jobs in the city. On the other hand, it's a necessity. I know what I can do, and it's pretty specific. I need to be writing and editing, as much as possible from my home office. That's it. As precarious as we are right now, that's it.