Time to call Connecticut again - busy season has begun at newspapers, time to push again for a job at your old place ... be cheery (acting, acting, my dear) and tell them you have a new opening in your schedule and would love to be given a chance to come home ...

You know, sweetie, that drink would make things worse, not better. Go file for unemployment if you qualify, have an ice cream sundae (better than a drink - last longer, no hangover) and snuggle the feline support group members!