I am nearly over my first ailment of the year -- a sort of respiratory infection that may have something to do with my chronic tonsilitis and the fact that I started a part-time job earlier this month. I fell ill within a week of taking the job, so I think that there must be a connection there. What's sad about it all is that now my gf is coming down with something akin to the sickness that befell me. So, as I write this, I have some tea steeping for her, in the hope that we can circumvent the worst of it. The recent weather has been a bit of a shock to our systems, as well. It's been surprisingly damp and cool for the last few days, after being somewhat excessively hot and humid early on in the month. This week I would like to find another part-time job -- one that might take the place of the one that I currently have. The current hours are somewhat taxing, and the pay is unbelievably low. I realize that the economy stinks like never before in my lifetime, and that I am lucky to have landed the one little job that I've found to help me through the slow part of the year, but I'd be short-changing myself if I didn't continue the search. A last-minute video project from out-of-state promises to come through with some much-needed supplemental pay, making me ponder whether or not to get more involved in a search for such jobs, or to keep up the pursuit of more two-dimensional art jobs, such as the photography, graphic design, and most recently, digital painting/illustration that are closer to my heart. It's a tough call. Digital studio work has a lot going for it, but the video is such a challenge. That is not to say that I cannot find a challenge, otherwise. I just feel like I should or could do more field work now, while I am still young enough to handle it, and save the sedentary work for the next decade of my life.