Update--again

It's been a while, eh?

We're still struggling along, hobbling at this point. I had to change jobs and after searching for months, I finally found something. Of course, it's still not a full-time job and now I'm earning about $400 less a month than I was. I don't even make enough to cover rent and utilities. So I am continuing to look, every single day. I've been able to snag a few writing assignments, but the pay is intermittent. I'm afraid I will be giving notice on our shared housing on 1 March. There is simply no way to pay next month's rent. I'm not sure what we'll do, to be honest. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that I will actually get a tax refund and be able to get through another month.

Audrey's been down with strep throat, missing an entire week of school. Finally, she got a prescription for penicillin and is on her way to getting better.

I've gotten lost in the worry about money and have neglected both this blog and my VietnamWithKids.com site. I've got to get it finished and market it like crazy so I can figure out a way to make money/get a book deal out of it. Wishful thinking perhaps, but I'm hoping.

In less than two weeks I will know if we are going to Hawaii or not. If we don't go, I don't know what I'll do. I want so badly to go back to Vietnam. Life was so simple, even when it was difficult. Life in America is sucking the desire to live right out of me. Nothing has made me feel quite so much like a failure as the last few months have. So frustrating.

With a bit of good news, I did get my first essay published in a glossy. And you read it here back in July.

Tung and I are still plotting on getting market totes made of rice bags (by his sister and a friend) over here to sell. Look for them soon-ish.