Light in the tunnel

I haven't reached the end of the tunnel I've been traveling though, but some how I did find a light switch that illuminates the length of the tunnel for several hundred feet ahead of me.

Several new things coming up in life that I am looking forward too. Attempting to join a few social clubs, unfortunately one is a long application process and the other is in the bay area that I can't get down to to join for a while. But still excited over the whole idea.

I am also setting a goal: I am quitting Starbucks. It was good for me in the short run, but the run is coming to a halt very, very soon. I am considering giving my 2 weeks as early as this Friday. I just can't handle the thought of only having one weekend off a month to myself, and that weekend usually starts after a Starbucks shift that gets out at 9:15 PM. Plus those two full days off a month come with a fight to get the time off in the first place. The money doesn't hurt from the job, but it doesn't buy off my sanity.

With my weekends free I can actually spend time with the new social clubs, focus on my writing and art, spend time with the girl friend and friends.

This all comes at the cost though of making it harder to find a place to live on my own... why is it so damn hard to find some shit hole in the wall studio or room for rent that doesn't cost $500 a month for rent alone? Seriously... $300 bucks for a prison cell sized room. Any one know of anything?

And I seriously hope the mortuary doesn't offer a full time position with the attached string of working every weekend. Even every other weekend sounds daunting at this point. I know it comes with the profession... but I did that dog and pony show for years, I'd like a couple years off please. Maybe I will spend a year or two running around with a traveling renaissance fair, just to tick off my parents.

Also giving serious thought to getting a tattoo... something simple and small that would only take one or two sittings at most to do.