41 Days till 30....

It's slowly creeping to almost a month before I turn 30 and I really wish that I could hit pause. I had imagined that I would be in a completely different place professionally at this time.

I have been looking for work since the beginning of January, and I never anticipated that in moving to Melbourne it would be as hard as it is to land a job in the industry. Don't get me wrong, I am up for the challenge, but there comes a point when all you want is good news. I refuse to turn to another career or switch from working in film, I definitely need to figure out how to rise above the obstacles. Coming here has definitely made me question where I want to end up professionally, and I'll admit, I've felt a bit lost. On the positive side, its been really interesting having the time to dive into interests that I had always been curious about.

Today I got a job with a catering company which will be an efficient filler until either a job comes along or I get into grad school. I never thought I would be catering again, the last year has been very humbling and the feeling of going back 4 years to when I was catering in LA is even more so.  I was admittedly the worst in the class which did nothing for my excitement in being there...it reminded me of when my Mom used to threaten to send me to The Ritz when I was little.

I would like to set a goal of using the next 41 days to figure my shit out in order to come up with the grand master plan...

The note I would like to end on for the evening is that no matter how crappy a day its been, I love that I can put on a favorite movie and all the bullshit simply melts away. Tonight, Julie & Julia :)

Seahorses

Alright, its been a long time since I've written a post. My time has been mainly occupied by the stress of job searching. I've been trying to stay grounded and busy by doing things that I never have time to do when I'm working full time, such as writing, sketching, reading film books and for pleasure, working out hard core, baking, organizing crap that you never would normally have time to do.

As you all know I'm an animal lover and over the years have had cats, dogs, a horse, ferrets, and birds. I have always loved marine life, and one of the things that got me so excited about moving to Australia was being in the same country as the Great Barrier Reef. It apparently costs a crazy amount of $ to get to and has lots of poisonous stuff that could make your trip not as pleasant as you would like, but it's still #1 on the list!

With having ample time on my hands, I've decided to start a salt water tank. It took me a bit to decide on whether or not I wanted to go with fish (yes I was planning on doing a Finding Nemo theme) or seahorses. Seahorses have been a favorite of mine for years; I think they're absolutely fascinating and adorable.

SOOO, yesterday I got sand, live rock, a nano stream, a filter, and 130 liters (35 gallons) of sea water thus starting the seahorse adventure! It's going to take several weeks until the tank environment is ready, but until then I have the live rock to keep me entertained with its mystery inhabitants.