Anxiety happens oh god brainweasel stampede!

I'm sorry to hear about the job/money thing, seems to be the lot of both academia and this country at the moment (and I know when I was looking for work several years ago, it felt like no one wanted to hire non-citizens for anything).

Also, that is an excellent birthday idea for a kidlet. My wee nephew is one soon, which is a bit scary as the year has gone so fast.