I'm genuinely happy to see a few new web rings spring up within the diary-keeping community. I thought it was inevitable, which is why I started one. Being the first to do it netted me a lot of flack and some very unpleasant hate mail. I sincerely hope the new web rings receive nothing but praise. I've begun a Journal Rings Page to track them, because I think it's a keen idea to have lots of communities within communities. I support everyone who wants to try running a web ring. It's a surprising amount of work, but it's very satisfying. I heartily recommend the Ring Management FAQ, which nicely guides beginners through the steps.
Another harbinger of summer arrived last night. We had a series of violent thunderstorms roll through for four hours. I was so tense after the second one I could hardly breathe. Normally, I'd go sit at the computer when I can't sleep, but you know that's a bad idea in an electrical storm. I had to just lay in bed, unable to sleep and unable to do anything else. I'm trying really hard to get my sleep schedule back to normal, e.g., sleeping when it's dark outside, but I keep messing up. If I stay awake until dawn, I have to sleep again by around 7 in the evening. If I take a little nap mid-day, I'm able to go to sleep when John does, but I wake up at 3am. It sucks, and I don't know what I'll do when I have to start work again.
Yeah, I'm looking for work. I can't deal with not bringing in money when our future is so uncertain. The only problem is deciding where to look. If I go back to the travel industry, I'll be back in the hectic, customer service industry which is what made me certifiably crazy last year. If I do the temporary job agency thing I'll be bored out of my mind. I'm constantly underutilized as a mere secretary, and I loathe filing with every cell of my being. I don't have much in the way of computer skills, as far as I know, so I can't imagine getting a tech job. Gah. It's a tough decision. Has to be done, though. I'm getting more frantic about my immediate future as May turns into June and we still don't know who's going to hire John.
Of course, all that worrying is not helping my sleep cycle.