Middle Aged Journeying

 Took yesterday and today off dashing. Not by choice last night. I had stomach flu and it was not fun. Slept most of the day and finally coughed up the energy to get some chicken noodle soup in me for the calories and those wonderful chicken enzymes to help me feel better. When you're that sick, does anything taste better for food? It's like ambrosia when you're feeling that crappy. Tonight being Halloween, I know it's a busy night. I can see that in the DD app. Things are smokin'. However, it's also a night where there are a gazillion little kids running around that don't know better yet running out in the street after candy. It's not a good combination. Had a friend run into town midafternoon today and they told me to not go out if I could avoid it because the traffic was insane. Then saw on a local FB group that there was a three-car pileup just north of town and the whole main highway was stopped in both directions. All the cars involved were totaled...

 So I made a bit over $300 for this week so far, and that may be it for this week. Stopped early enough that I could hit the store and get groceries, and was still home by shortly after 11pm. Going to make that pizza I got in a few for dinner. Reason I may not dash tomorrow is I need to clean the trash out of my car and I want to make cookies and visit with Kat for a bit. So if I do anything, it will be extremely limited. What I made isn't near enough to pay the bills - it will just cover rent and groceries next week. To pay on the credit cards, I'll have to tap a bit into the stash.  I'm still scared everything is going to blow up in my face. The nursing home hasn't called and I can't seem to get through. But I did have an interview for the gas station at Walmart today and it went well. So I did all the online paperwork for the background check and all, and the manager told me I should hear by next Wednesday or so about coming in to set up a schedule and train. She...

 Well, as of a few days ago, back on Monday, I quit the plant. I took the huge, scary, and I have no idea how I'm going to make it step of walking out on faith and quitting. I quit a job which I liked, which had good pay and benefits. I quit a job which also had an awful lot of toxic shit going on the last six months or so, and I don't regret that. I'm a bit scared about how well I'll be able to support myself and the zoo, and keep all the bills paid now, because right now, my only source of income is driving my 21-year-old car into the ground doing door dash. I don't mind DD. It's good money, if you do it right. But I can't deny that I'm absolutely shitting my pants terrified that I made a huge mistake and it's all going to come crashing down around me pretty darned quick. I'm doing as many hours as I can bear to right now while decompressing from the shit at the plant, and barely making enough to cover bills. It's going to be a bit tight he...

 But work-wise, COVID changed so much for the world as far as how we work. For two years, work was done remotely as much as possible. Now there are several ways to work - full time in office, mixed (part time in the office and part time remote), and fully remote. Employers have learned that remote work still gets done and often much better and faster than in-house. With less distractions, work can be done more easily. Which made me think just now, with so many companies going full remote on everything they can, which saved boatloads of money on expensive leases for office space, a lot of this office space is going to go to waste. What need for skyscrapers and fancy, expensive offices other than to prove that the men in charge of leading these companies have a need to compensate for a lack of something elsewhere? Which also made me think, I've had a few good sites for remote work bookmarked for ages and done nothing with them. As I'm still employed but seriously looking for empl...

Weird starts with I like my job but I'm looking for something else. Seriously hunting for a different job. My supervisor is a toxic jerkwad and his boss thinks me asking him to speak to jerkwad about his behavior is funny. So it's hang on to the Just Over Broke until I find something else, maybe two of them, and then bail. I like the money and bennies, but I'll work my butt off on overtime if I have to just to make enough to pay the bills. I'm not staying where I'm not treated with dignity and respect. I have been putting out apps and have an interview Monday at 1pm. Means a bit short sleep for the plant if I don't get an immediate job offer/start date, but I'll manage somehow. Because the plant honestly has me in tears a lot and my mental health is at stake. I cannot deal with it much longer and stay sane. Not a lot of places that will hire someone in their 50s so I'm a bit limited there, but something will come along eventually. If not this thing Monda...