I don't think I realized what an emotional burden it was to feel unable to support myself.  It's one thing to know you're headed in the right direction, but it's another thing entirely to be doing work that society is willing to actually pay you for.

Not out of the woods yet, but it really feels great to be working these Drupal jobs, and getting the new site up and running.  It's been a real financial struggle, since we're not only incurring housing/food/etc. costs, but the site runs me a few hundred bucks into the ground every month its not earning income.  The thought of having a balance on credit cards makes me slightly nauseous.  It will take a few weeks before the money actually ends up in an account, but I think we will make it  :)  I don't have to pay the final immigration fees until the interview date (March 15th), so that should be just enough time.

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I spent some time thinking about grad school stuff again yesterday, and I think I will be applying to both UC Berkeley and a Ryerson/York program back in Toronto.  Honestly, I'd rather do the Berkeley program and stay down here a bit longer, but the Ryerson/York one is great too, and it wouldn't be for another year and a half anyway.

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In other news, GTD rocks my socks. I've been very good about putting things on my calendar/task list right away. It's quite freeing. You need to be sort of obsessive about it, but I can't remember how many times in the past I'll be like, "oh yeah, I read about that weeks ago!" for something that it's now too late to go to. 

Soooo many conferences I want to go to! I seriously need to either be a student again or work for a company that pays my way.

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One more plea -- bookkeepers out there?

My accountant does corporate taxes for a pretty reasonable fee, but I'm kinda lost in QuickBooks...