{"id":568,"date":"2009-11-21T00:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coyotebroad.com\/blawg\/2009\/11\/21\/famine-famine-famine-then-a-cookie\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T02:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T02:41:54","slug":"famine-famine-famine-then-a-cookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotebroad.com\/blawg\/2009\/11\/21\/famine-famine-famine-then-a-cookie\/","title":{"rendered":"Famine, famine, famine, then a cookie"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to my attempts to make my living from consulting, it’s mostly famine, and then two conflicting feast invitations. I will go months with nothing, and then two offers will come for the same weekend, meaning I can only do one.<\/p>\n

Remember when, after more than a year of unemployment, I got TWO job offers, one to Afghanistan<\/a> and the other to Iraq? At that time, Afghanistan was the better choice, but now…<\/p>\n

I’m going to Belgrade, Serbia in a few weeks, to do a training (I finally get to work for the State Department!!… well, kinda… see my blog<\/a> for more details), and if it goes well, it could lead to me getting to do another, bigger gig in March in Prague. But that later gig would happen immediately<\/span> after the only other training I’ve got: a gig in Australia<\/span>. That means I’ll be away from home for most of March, and that Stefan can’t go with me; he has his own business trips to attend to, and would prefer to save up his vacation time for when I don’t have to do any work during the trip. Plus, when we go to Australia for fun, we want to spend an entire month there.<\/p>\n

See my public calendar<\/a> for updates about my schedule, in case you are, I hope, planning for your trip to come see us (you are planning, right?). Bummer that I have to miss the Mt. Angel German Christmas market…<\/p>\n

No, no job prospects. With Draconian state budget cuts continuing, there’s just not that much to apply for. Yes, I’m very<\/span> thankful for what I do have, and for these meager consulting gigs. I really am. I do the “at least I don’t…” or the “at least I have…” exercise frequently, I promise. It’s just that, you know, not having a steady, regular income is scary.<\/p>\n

In other news…<\/p>\n

I’m getting even more annoyed with FaceBook. I’m so tired of people I don’t know wanting to “friend” me.<\/p>\n

Okay, off to walk dearest Albi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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