New Development In Trout Nation!

This is cross-posted to Patreon, so if you’ve read it there, you’re up to date.

Hey, everyone! A couple of months ago, I posted about the abysmal state of the self-publishing market and my desperate search to get a job so that I can continue to pay for stuff like rent, food, electricity, and my husband’s sudden need for numerous medical tests. After months of apply for any job that I’m qualified for, I finally got an interview. It was at the grocery store up the street from my house.

I didn’t get the job.

I was heartbroken and feeling beyond worthless. If it took half a year to get a single interview, when would the next one come? And when it did, would I fail again? Our savings are gone, Mr. Jen is still going in for a bunch of invasive and expensive medical tests, and out of the countless applications I’ve submitted, only one of them was impressed enough with my resume to interview me.

Then yesterday, out of the blue, a place I applied to got back to me. I got the job, no interview required. It’s a high-end chocolatier’s shop in the city, so there’s a commute, but that’s better than no job at all. And I don’t have to work with customers. I work in the back!

So, yesterday, I got a job. No! TWO jobs! Because right before I found out I got the I Love Lucy-esque job, I found out that I got a temporary job: directing a production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! It’s been one of my bucket list musicals for a long time, so getting the chance to be involved is a dream come true, and having that involvement come with a paycheck is an awesome bonus!

This autumn and winter is going to be hectic. I’ll be working three jobs, but obviously this one will always be my main focus. I just ask for some patience as I try to juggle the new jobs with the old job. I may need to find a new schedule or adapt things, but we’re gonna take it all as it comes. It might mean regular Patreon posts come on different days than usual, or later in the day than usual, but I’m aiming for as few changes as possible.

Now, to rebuild after all the bullshit of the year!