Rob Hyodo

Nearing the end of my second week of unemployment, I have not accomplished much in the way of finding employment. I received a few more calls from former teammates and partners and have tracked some opportunities in a spreadsheet, but have not made any calls.

Instead, I have been able to extend my stays with family and friends and avoided any need to rush.

• I took a trip to Sacramento with friends who took a couple days off work to see a few bands play.
• Drove down to SoCal and celebrated my daughter’s Shichi-Go-San ceremony and had photos of her taken in traditional kimono, hairstyle and makeup. Absolutely beautiful!
• I spent time with friends in my scene at Bats Day at Disneyland, which was an absolute blast.
• Did a lot of photo editing!
• Installed Propellerheads Reason on my laptop so I can take my music editing on the go.
• I’m starting to help people with web projects, setting up WordPress blogs for them.

My unemployment still has not come through after nearly two weeks since I applied. I’ll need to call them tomorrow and get that squared away.

My time to myself so far has been quite refreshing. I haven’t yet become lazy to where I’m sleeping in until noon. As a matter of fact, I’ve only “slept in” (full eight hours of sleep) twice since my lay off. I’m staying productive and plan to travel a bit to places I’ve been meaning to go photograph, but couldn’t, given my schedule.