Alright! After a 2 month long unemployment dryspell I just got a job offer! It's $40000 a year salary which is decent for my level of experience, it's a relatively cushy job that goes from 8am to 3pm (about 2 hours less work than my previous job) And it mostly entails drawing elevator components. Which frankly I can do in my sleep.

Looks like things will be okay for 2015.

The only downside is the travel time, which is around 1 hour each way. Not a huge issue but It does involve alot of driving on the freeway which I am somewhat terrified of.