Well, it is now 9 months since we've been back and 8 months since I've been looking for a job.
I am the perfect example of: be careful what you wish for.
I've done alot of pondering these last few months. Life is too short to be anxious and stressful, but it seems like an impossible feat not to be.
I commend my husband for trying to stay positive. He really has an amazing attitude. Yes, he has bad days. Days where he is fed up and wants to pack up and leave, but it passes quickly enough and he sticks to his promise to give it a shot.
I, on the other hand, am taking this setback badly. Surprise, surprise...the emotional one. But I also have good days where I just keep plugging forward.
It just amazes me that in a country that is so multi-cultural, and Toronto being named the #1 multicultural city in the world, having lived and worked abroad and exposed myself to other cultures and worked in NUMEROUS multi-cultural settings, it works against me here. How screwed up is that?
I haven't heard from the literary agent and have just sent out another query to another agent. Publishing is a waiting game, isn't it?
Trying to get my internet business on the ground and ridiculously enough, can't seem to find a solution to the biggest and most important of all: setting up my website! Nobody I know can do it, much less as a favour or help.
Looked at some companies and the price they charge is much too high, so unfortunately that has to be put on hold.
Am waiting for my foreign credentials assessment in order to take my next step. Have been waiting for some time and because of that, the easiest and most reasonable move for our future has been put on hold. argh
So I called the university today and left a message giving them a piece of my mind...a rather BIG piece of my mind, at that! ;) lol
Frustrations are everywhere, but we try to find good things to keep us smiling during this struggle. My husband and I went to a village that mocks the pioneer times of Canada...just love that...he got some awesome shots on his camera. It was a nice day.
We've taken quite a few weekends to go hiking...it's nice to see Canada's nature at it's best. It seems that is the only part of my homeland that hasn't let me down...still beautiful, still rich, still good ol' Canadian horizons....at least that hasn't changed!
Submitted an article to a Woman's magazine in the states. Hopefully, they'll accept it for publication. It would be a nice boost!
Other than that, still plugging away. Slowly adapting. Have hung up some pictures around the apartment and taken some of our possessions we had in Japan and laid them out around the place. It gives us more of a sense of stability.
Slowly getting there. Praying to God and leaving things in his hands. I know he won't leave us in such a low time.
