A month ago, Mrs. DeadGuitarist started a new job with Faraday Futures, which we both thought, along with the recruiter, would be a fantastic opportunity. Two weeks later, Faraday cancelled her contract, stating that she had a bad attitude and couldn't handle the travel, which was completely false. We think the guy who hired her, didn't have the authorization to hire her (or, at the very least, pay her the salary he agreed to). So she's out of a job and our household income is reduced by 66%. I'm trying to be optimistic, but before too long, money is going to be extremely tight.
It also put a damper on this weekend. Today is our 23rd Wedding Anniversary. I made brunch reservations at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant at Paris Las Vegas. I wasn't going to worry about money today, but Mrs. DeadGuitarist wouldn't have enjoyed herself, so I cancelled them. Instead, we'll stay home and watch movies or some stuff on Netflix.
Yesterday, I was planning to go out to a photography meetup (there are several Photography Meetup Groups in Las Vegas). It was a Learn Your Camera type meetup. I have a pretty good understanding of my camera, and I have little cheatsheets I carry with me in case I need to remember something, so I wasn't going for that. I was going because the meetup organizer got a couple of models to come out for the meetup... I was going to get some experience working with models. But, alas, the organizer had car trouble and couldn't make it, so she cancelled the meet up and the models.
So this weekend has been an almost complete washout and I'm a little down. Maybe I'll walk down the street later and ask the neighbor if I can take some photos of their beautiful rose garden... I've been meaning to do that for a while.
I was hoping to have my Patreon page (and my new website) live by now, but when I reorganized my photos hard drive, I accidentally deleted a lot of the processed photos I previously had. Fortunately, I still had the originals, but it means I need to go back and add GPS data, metadata, tags and process them all over again. That takes time. Now I'm hoping to launch my Patreon page in June.
Don't feel sorry for me, please. This isn't the first time shit's hit the fan. Shit's hit the fan many times over the 23 years we've been married. 2015 was particularly difficult when we both lost our jobs three months apart and had a month where neither of us had a job. Everything will work out eventually. It always does. I just needed to vent a bit and have nowhere else to do it. Thanks for reading.