Finances/productivity

It occurred to me, lying in bed last night, that I might be eligible for unemployment insurance: I'd only worked two months at McGraw-Hill, but all those months at PCH might also count toward qualifying.

It transpires, after some time on the state Dept. of Labor Web site and some more on the phone with a helpful woman who works there, that they do, and I am. So I have faxed her my most recent pay stub, and can claim starting next week. I wish I'd thought of this a few days earlier, but so it goes.

I also have invoiced for the few hours of freelance proofreading I did over the last few weeks.

Next up, tax forms.

Also, continued job hunting, freelance copyediting, and exciting things like cooking dinner. But the things above all feel like the same kind of thing: paperwork related to money.

Finances/productivity

It occurred to me, lying in bed last night, that I might be eligible for unemployment insurance: I'd only worked two months at McGraw-Hill, but all those months at PCH might also count toward qualifying.

It transpires, after some time on the state Dept. of Labor Web site and some more on the phone with a helpful woman who works there, that they do, and I am. So I have faxed her my most recent pay stub, and can claim starting next week. I wish I'd thought of this a few days earlier, but so it goes.

I also have invoiced for the few hours of freelance proofreading I did over the last few weeks.

Next up, tax forms.

Also, continued job hunting, freelance copyediting, and exciting things like cooking dinner. But the things above all feel like the same kind of thing: paperwork related to money.

Spring

Not only is it sunny and 14°C (that's upper 50s in Fahrenheit), but there are crocuses in bloom. The patch of pale purple crocuses in the park, seen in this userpic, is blooming, as are some yellow crocuses next to a nearby building.

I would also like to note that mud with a thin layer of water on it has an albedo almost as high as that of snow, and that the runoff in the park is flowing smoothly and not forming too many puddles, in part because I cleared a drain yesterday.

Spring

Not only is it sunny and 14°C (that's upper 50s in Fahrenheit), but there are crocuses in bloom. The patch of pale purple crocuses in the park, seen in this userpic, is blooming, as are some yellow crocuses next to a nearby building.

I would also like to note that mud with a thin layer of water on it has an albedo almost as high as that of snow, and that the runoff in the park is flowing smoothly and not forming too many puddles, in part because I cleared a drain yesterday.