Waiting for Adventure

Journal Entry 1
The problem with being from a small town is that I have been waiting for my guild to send word, someone - anyone really - to need an adventurer for hire, but alas it's been oddly quiet. Mum's been chatting up folks to see if we can stir up some business, but I don't have much hope, mum is trying to stay positive and thinks it's right around the corner. I don't know how she stays so positive all the time.
 
There were a few goblins that I had to go scare off, a couple of weeks back, but all of the jobs that I've been getting are well, nothing like dad's tales. I worry that I might have made the wrong choice by turning down the job at the university. Maybe mum and I wouldn't be so bad off if I had taken the offer. I expected her to be upset with me when I told her that I didn't take the job, but she has been really supportive, I think she is going soft with age.
 
Mum came back in a good mood today, whistling. She said something about change is coming and that I'll get my chance soon, she seems so confident in it that I almost want to believe it.