As reality set in about my recent partial layoff from my day job, I began to panic a little. AAAHHHH!! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO???

I mean, tit's certainly no secret that being an actor in this town doesn't exactly come cheap. There are voice lessons, dance lessons, headshot sessions, acting and audition classes. Everything costs a ton of money and we're expected to get it done and pay for it all without resorting to a life of crime. If I don't get something to supplement my dwindling income, I might just be forced into a life of petty theft!

...Unless...

My boyfriend, in a moment of Zen told me that I should "consider every mistake a gift."
This made me think that I should embrace my newly found freedom and do what I've been trying to do for the past two years: find another job! I suppose that I got a little too comfy in my current position, and the stability and flexibility of the job was hard to leave.

Now I actually have an excuse to move on and get out. My boss has been really good to me over the past five years, and I suppose that the pangs of guilt I felt over the the thought of leaving her company also kept me from moving forward and pursuing a position elsewhere. However now I have an excuse for leaving and what's more, I'll have the support and understanding of my boss.

I hit the net hard today and made a list of jobs and auditions. I even signed up to take a test to work for the Census Bureau - why not, right?

I'm not going to let this bump in the road completely throw me. I know that these are tough times, but I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and doggonnit - someone's gonna hire me!