My last day with my current job is tomorrow because I was hired somewhere else! That's right- I'm going to be a teacher again! My new hire orientation is this Wednesday and my exam for certification is this Friday. (I'm a little nervous about the exam as I had to pay $200 for it and it's 4.5 hours long.) But I'm excited! It didn't feel real at first but wow. It's feeling a lot more real now.

Only problem is money is going to be really tight until I get that first paycheck.... in MID JANUARY. I had my heart set on getting the last of my cats fixed before the end of the year as kitten season is March. I can't afford that right now so I'm going to do my best to sell off collectibles, books, games, and of course artwork and chainmail via commissions. I have one small dice bag commission right now that I just got the rings in for. I also made a sale on Etsy last night! Woohoo! I have 12 cats, ya'll. I do not need more. I mean, we've got Francis roaming now and our plan is to get him neutered as soon as we can get friendly enough with him to get into a cat carrier. But the priority is Talena, Delaney, Connor, and Victor.

With a steady, predictable schedule, I am absolutely planning on being active again! I know I say that in like every journal I write, but life has a way of messing up my plans. Now, with retention in the works for late 2018, I feel like I may finally be in the clear. I've already got Thursday game nights established and I've just decided on Wednesday being a sorta Girls' Night with my bestie, TK over Skype. Monday and Tuesday are craft nights while I watch two of the three shows I keep up with. So I'd love for Fridays or Saturdays or both to be for my gaming/streaming nights. Yes, really. I have a Twitch and YouTube channel just for my gaming! I mostly play Skyrim and The Sims 3, but I've also played Hellblade and have many other games in my Steam library to play, too. Also, I have a PSN account so I can stream while playing PS4 games. I'm not planning on becoming Twitch famous or anything, but it's super fun to play games, ya know?

Anyway! Just wanted to share the good news with everyone! A new job, back in the field I WANT to be in. Clear skies ahead. Finally.