Cold, colder, coldest.

It's Arctic cold here. Tuesday tied the record for coldest daytime temperature, which was set in 1959. It's going to warm up quite a bit today through Sunday, then Sunday night another wave will come through and quite possibly turn our rainy Sunday into a snowy Sunday night, no doubt with added bonus icy roads on Monday morning. I'm actually glad I'm not rushing off to a new job yet. The dogs are dealing with it well, but have taken over the living room and down throws.






On the subject of my employment future, I had an epiphany this week. My son, who is a wise man beyond his years in many ways, repeated something to me that he'd said to one of his friends a while back, on the subject of the job market here. "It's best if you bring your own job." So I started thinking about job skills I brought with me, and places to use them.

I believe I've stated in many usually profane ways that I'm not really looking to be a paralegal again. In fact, just typing the word feels like failure somehow - I mean, I know I could be content in a good paralegal job, but I also know they are hard to find even in the big city, and this ain't the big city. So I started thinking about my background and skill set, and kept circling back to real estate. It's what I know best and I enjoy it. Not residential sales - my preference would be property management, or even (those who know my feelings about commercial leases will laugh) commercial leasing - but that's where my inclinations are leading me, and they all require a broker's license.

I had a NC real estate license when we lived near Raleigh waaay back in the early 90s, but, like my FL license, I wasn't using it so I didn't keep it on inactive status for the last nearly 20 years. I'll have to take the broker's license class and the state exam all over again, which isn't a bad thing at all, since I'm nearly 20 years removed from changes in NC law and am essentially starting fresh. A nearby (very nearby) school offers two day a week classes starting in January. I haven't signed up yet - I'm going to let this thought simmer in my brain a few more days, do a little more due diligence - but somehow, this feels right.

In actual knitting news, I have a simple little cardigan from stash yarn in lovely reds that make me think of berries for Granddaughter - I have only the sleeves to go. I'm hoping it fits. I saw her last night and kicked myself for not bringing it with me for a fitting. (It's not a Christmas present - I don't do Christmas knitting.) I plan to make a hat to go with it, plus that lovely old fashioned baby bonnet from Last Minute Knitted Gifts - again, not Christmas surprises, just stuff.

She's looking so grown up to me - yesterday was her nine month birthday. She's starting to talk a little - mama and dada and hi and claps her hands, and follows everything going on around her with a serious, owlish concentration that reminds me so much of her dad.