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Unemployment

Yesterday was day one, a day of action! I dusted, cleaned the floors and did the laundry, I worked on some job applications, I began working on a budget, and (most successfully) prepared a southern dinner of smoked catfish, collard greens, and jalapeno cornbread. My first experimentation with the smoker turned out wonderfully, the catfish imparted with plenty of flavor from its 5 hour brine (in a mixture of water, salt, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic) and 4.5 hours of low-heat applewood smoking. The catfish remained tender and flaky. I simmered the collards in the leftover brine, and they turned out to be delicious as well. The cornbread, I'm sad to say, was a bit dense and dry.

Today is day two, a day of beginnings. I have accomplished smaller cleaning projects, and I finished a draft budget, but the only job application I've been able to submit was one I finished yesterday. I'm hoping that tomorrow I am in a writing mood, because I have to complete several cover letters, some thank you notes, and some other projects which are currently in various stages of germination. What I have only begun today, I hope to finish tomorrow (along with some other household projects).

Incidentally, we have an axolotl, as my previous post perhaps implied. She (?) remains nameless as of yet. Any suggestions?