Cruel Summer

[prophet_marcus]

And I'm not talking about the rain. That just made tough times gray and damp as well as tough. Like dwarf bread which has fallen into a puddle.

No, the thing is that the economy has meant fewer people coming to the summer camps, conferences and events at UNH. Fewer people coming to eat at the dining hall. And that meant fewer employees needed to feed them. This has meant fewer hours for me. Like about half normal. Odd how my bills haven't gotten lower this summer.

But I muddle through. Next week, our big camp of the year shows up: SYMS, the summer youth musical symposium. In other words, hundreds of teenage musicians. My schedule for the next three weeks is back up to 40 hours. I can start catching back up on bills. Might take a couple of months, but I'll do it - Murphy permitting.

One of the good things about being relatively poor is that it teaches you how to deal with these circumstances. It's an inconvenience, not a hardship.

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[milimod.livejournal.com]

I'm always tempted to snort when people come on the news and talk about how they've had to "radically change their lifestyle" with the economy being what it is. "I've had to cut back to four lattes a week rather than five, and have been forced to look for clothes in the Clearance section."

My husband and I both have shoes with holes in them, and I haven't had a professional haircut in at least a year. If I lost my job, the worst thing would be having to spend money on clothes and grooming upgrades for the interviews!

Having "no place to go but up" isn't always such a terrible thing, when you put it into perspective.