today is definitely my lucky day!
a few months ago, some random guy found my doctoral dissertation online, and paid for me to and my wife to fly across the country to give a talk covering the topic (he photographs the archaeological sites i studied, and wanted my talk to accompany an exhibit of prints he had on at a local art museum). the trip was great, we got along swimmingly..
so today, he contacts me and says he wants me to be his guide out in the desert for two weeks so he can photograph more sites. he's picking me up, covering all expenses (food, gas, lodging), and he's even covering my WAGES while i'm away, since i'll have to take unpaid holiday to make the trip. it's a 100% free vacation to a place i love, doing things i love. very cool.
and on top of all that, i just found $400 in cash that i forgot i had! i stashed it like 2 months ago and forgot it was there. very cool indeed.
it's about time things went my way. after 2 months of being unemployed, things are starting to fall into place
