Please send job leads this way.

Jason is still looking for a job here in the Sacramento area. The search isn't going well, hasn't been since we've gotten here. I never talk about it because it's depressing and scary. For all of you who live around here, if you would please keep your eyes and ears open for any opportunities that could be good for him, tell whoever's offering (if it's your work or your friend or whatever) that you know someone who would be great (because he will work his tail off at whatever opportunity he gets), and let him or me know so he can jump on it, we'd really appreciate any networking we can get. Anyone you want to tell that he's looking for a job and to keep him in mind, please tell them. Anyone those people want to tell, they can go for it! California is not an easy place to get a decent job right now, and we're stretched pretty thin.

Here are just a few details about Jason:

• Speaks very good Spanish, almost fluent
• Bachelor's degree in psychology
• Very good with people, has leadership experience
• Hard, honest worker
• (I'm not looking at his resume--there's more)

The ideal job would be something in Human Relations, even if it's just as an assistant or something, but anything decent is welcome. We really appreciate your help!

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And on a sidenote, can I just say that I hate the pressure I feel from our situation to make money off my silly bows, to put together an adorable website to sell them (trying to compete with all the myriad of adorable websites that ALREADY sell hair accessories), with cute names and fonts and packaging and labels and I don't even know what else...I do enjoy making them, but the prospect of trying to sell them--and everything that goes along with that--just makes me scared and tired. Ideally, I'd rather not deal with it. Or I'd rather have a steady income anyway, and just do it for fun. But I've spent a good deal of money on ribbon and other supplies, and I'm afraid I won't make any of it back...

I've never been the entrepreneur type. I never realized how hard it is to try to put your product, and by extension, yourself, out there and try to get people's patronage. It makes me feel...vulnerable?

Okay, I need to go to bed. Sorry for the complaining, but I needed to get it out.

Life is still really good, and I do believe it will get better, that we'll be able to get back on our feet. I'm just at a point where it kind of feels like it will never happen. (Hey, maybe that means the miracle isn't far off.)