More or less waiting

Waiting. The waiting has been frustrating. No word from the textbook company and no mail from the online school has been received. Being unemployed gives you a bit too much time to think about what you aren't doing. There's very little chance to go golfing since there's no bucks with which to do it. So you keep on filling out endless resumes and work applications which are filed in someone's office, never to be seen again until they're purged in six months.
So it's off to part time work. I'll be starting to learn how a large tutoring concern teaches their clients for a couple hours. I will also try to find a morning p/t job to fill in the gaps. I'm trying to be patient and not lose faith.

The thing that is most difficult is not having the gas money to go up to the Olympic penninsula or the coast as often on weekends as we'd like. Fortunately, we can go over to the Nisqually WIldlife Refuge, maintained by the US Wildlife agency. It's admission is part of our Golden Eagle passport, which also gets us into the National Monument Buildings at Mt. St. Helens. It's only $15 more than the National Parks pass. These are the types of taxes that I don't mind paying. I can see my dues at work.

The picture is one of about four Blue Herons that were near the 5 mile walking path.