I'm so not as optimistic for the future as I usually am.  I'm currently broke, having a really hard time making ends meet where all my friends have nice paying jobs and always want to go out and do things.  Expensive things.  It pisses me off that I have to say no these days.  I need more work and at the same time I've only been freelancing in Vegas for 4.5 months and I get more work as the months go by.  So I shouldn't really be complaining this much but want to skip ahead another five months where hopefully I'm making more money and my ex asks me back.  Which is a whole other issue.  I turn to my music and my writing and hope the $40 in my pocket lasts me the next couple weeks.