The past few days have been spent on job listing websites, trying to find something that's going to get me out of this hole. There's not a whole lot going on in my real life at the moment, except for the friend coming in from out of town next week. It's going to be interesting trying to balance less than no money, the need to work as much as I can, and the price of gas with entertaining someone. Luckily for me, however, my friend realizes the situation I'm in and is perfectly capable of entertaining herself if need be. She just needs a break from her family and home, which I perfectly understand.
So far on the job front I've been emailed by several companies trying to get me to be an independent agent. I can't do this, I know this for a fact. I've tried doing it before, but it's never worked out for me. I need more structure than that in my employment. The few places I've actually put in applications have turned me down, but that's not stopping me from going for at least half an hour each day to browse through other jobs and apply, and usually I'm there for much longer than that. Let's just hope that this all works out in the end and I'm able to find a decent job, AND that my current job is willing to cut me down to less hours a week so that I can actually attend my new job. I don't think that will be a big issue. They want to keep me on there, I know this, and I want to stay there, but I'm thinking more and more that it can't be my primary employment.
And hopefully when I get enough money and can make an annealing kiln, I'll be able to start selling some glass beads. Right now I'm still getting all my supplies in, but I learned from a friend, and it's an interesting way to relax and earn some extra cash. Add this to the fact that my sister's mother-in-law, who loves the family and lives blocks away, makes jewelry for a living, and we might just have a joint venture partnership once I can anneal my beads and sell them. Which would be a great deal of fun, trust me. I'd be busy, making beads and dealing with two jobs, but for the money I need to pay down debt and get out of this hole, I'm more than willing to put the time in.
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Hey, have you ever considered selling some of the stuff you don't need? I know you don't want to sell your horn or your computer(s), but you could take some of your used books to a bookstore to get some cash for them...or something. I dunno, just trying to help.
I have thought of that. Unfortunately most of the bookstores here only offer store credit, though I am going to go to several of them to see if I can get cash for all my extra books. That's why I didn't donate most of them to charity when we cleaned out the basement. I'm also saving stuff to go into my grandma's garage sale that she has every year, and hopefully a lot of that will sell as well.
Remember that making beads takes PPP. You're starting the right way--figuring out how the glass moves and how to work WITH it rather than getting fragged up making Perfect Beads, but eventually you'll need to be able to make both good shapes AND seriously cool designs.
Next time you use something glass-and-disposable (wine or vodka bottle, etc.), break it into pieces and melt it. Work on beads that way. Save the ones you like for later; you can always batch-anneal them. Use the others as yard ornaments :) It took me 5 months of PPP before I started selling. You may take less, or more. Getting the initial practice out of the way with free glass is a Good Thing.
Find a beadmaker in your area--someone will likely be able to batch anneal beads FOR you. Sometimes you need to pay a small fee. Three Trails has classes, ergo they have a kiln, and they might be willing to do batch annealing.
http://www.3trailstradingpost.com/Hot_Glass.htm
HUGS
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