Brooke--sounds like you could make money with your art talent.
I am bored with my current job so I'm sending out applications to move up to the next level. I work for a state agency in California where our wonderful governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is trying to fix California's budget crisis by making us state workers take a cut in pay, pay more for medical benefits, ruin our retirement system, and a host of other delightful details. He was quoted at one time calling state workers 'evil', which I don't appreciate. I hate Arnie!!!
Sorry I'll get off my soapbox now. I am hoping to attain a higher paying state job working closer to my home so keep your fingers crossed for me.
My real job will start when I take an early state retirement at age 55. Then I will open my own business. I'm thinking maybe a snack wagon or something like that. Feeding people makes more sense to me than pushing papers around on a desk filled with government red tape.