So far I'm holding my own. The nursing home circuit has remained pretty much the same. I thought I might be affected on Assisted Living and independent side, but all of my regulars have reuped for next year. What I am noticing though is it is taking longer to get paid. I now have to spend time in the morning chasing down my money. And nothing is handled locally, my checks come from all over the country.

My church so far is ok. Other churches have had staff cuts but we haven't. I don't know how much longer that will be as we have a new pastor that a lot of people are not happy with so they are going elsewhere. Church counts for about half of my income. If I got laid off I would immediately put an ad in the Jewish Times stating that I was available for brunches. They have been calling me for years to do brunches and I never can because of church. I'd also go after the private party circuit again. I had some really good ones this summer, but I haven't gone after that market in the last few years.

I teach a course at the local community college. I could up the antee there as well. Like I said, so far, I'm as busy as ever. What's going on with you Donny?

Joe

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Songman55
Joe Ayala

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