I think leather pants had kind of a mainstream moment that's mostly over.

I think leather pants had kind of a mainstream moment that's mostly over.

I am so bad with mainstream that it's lucky I'm over them too. My $30 pair gave up the ghost. They were a very normal-looking pair, jeans-cut mens-style, not like the ones Buffy would wear. I would never have worn that more jodhpur-style pant to work. Silk and leather. Those were the days. Those were also the early 90s. And I was young. These days I try and stick to only one fondlable fabric at a time at work.

Tonight I have my FAA ground school exam. Any working brain~ma that people have available at 7 pm EDT would be deeply appreciated. I feel like I've forgotten 85% of everything I've learned since January.

I think leather pants had kind of a mainstream moment that's mostly over.

Eh, they're still in the Newport News catalog, so I think they're still having a mainstream moment.

I'm hoping the autumn fashion "trend" cycles back to neo-Victorian. I want to easily find ruffly blouses and fitted jackets again.

Eh, they're still in the Newport News catalog, so I think they're still having a mainstream moment.

Huh. I can't remember the last time I saw someone wearing them casually. But then, I've barely left my apartment in 6 months, so who knows what's going on Out There?

I need you guys to be my grown-up and tell me what to do, because I'm just driving myself crazy and can't make a decision!

Here's the sitch: I have 2 months left on COBRA and $1700 in the bank. I have no job and I'm not eligible for unemployment. Today is the day I need to write the $600 check or let the insurance lapse.

I'm talking to an education counselor Monday about whether or not going back to school is feasible for me right now, whether I can get financial aid, etc.

I'm getting to the place where I will take almost anything in my skill set for a job and not just the thing I want to do, but, if I'm going to school I don't know if it would be a good Idea to look for full-time or part-time work.

Full-time brings the possibility of insurance, but part-time would help me get through school faster.

I should have gone through this last year when I still had money and insurance, but I was less proactive than I should have been and now it's a year later and I'm in the same place with no money and about to run out of insurance and...and...

I don't know what to do!

I'm hoping the autumn fashion "trend" cycles back to neo-Victorian. I want to easily find ruffly blouses and fitted jackets again.

The J. Peterman catalog always has fitted things of varying length. They have a long frock coat style jacket [link]

And a black velvet long blazer. [link]

The J. Peterman catalog always has fitted things of varying length.

Oooh, J.Peterman. I try very hard to avoid that catalog, because I go all googly-eyed with coveting.

If you want to have health insurance I figure you pretty much don't have any choice but to work full-time.

It's more a matter of I'm worried about a lapse because I have pre-existing health issues and I don't know what happens if I let it lapse and then start up again.

I don't know how long it will take to get a full-time or a part-time job even with lowered expectations. Do I spend the money for one more month and hope I find something before next month's check is due, or do I save the money for the other bills I have to pay?

I'm feeling paralyzed by fear and supremely lacking in confidence and very pissed at myself for letting this go on so long!