Less panic than yesterday: I did some research and found that I could, if necessary, pay off the mortgage (with a little left over). Or, using the same amount of money, I can live for a year or so. That's one worry that's been tamped down for now.

I also have work options. Kelly Services asked for an updated copy of my resume, which I'll be sending them this afternoon. Or I could look for an entry job in event planning -- remember that course I just finished taking last month, in which I got an 'A' for my work? Or I can take my skills editing Challenge and see if I can apply them to the real world -- I was, a couple of years ago, in touch with an editor at New Jersey Monthly and she suggested that, if I was interested, I should send a resume, and that they could always use editors and proofreaders.

Or I could work for Disney. Remember that job fair that I went to last Monday morning? Well, seems like I can apply online for positions in Uncle Walt's far-flung empire. Or I could go back to Orlando and set up an appointment at the Casting Center. I can easily see myself behind the wheel of one of those trams that takes people to and from the parking lots!

So, taken all in all, life is just a bit less gloomy than it was yesterday afternoon.

And if all else fails, I hear Kinko's is hiring...