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Travel day...
Nov. 10th, 2004 08:07 amYesterday's excursion with the mater was difficult, and I'll not go into details. I'll note only that I have quickly developed a rather thick skin in this regard, especially toward bystanders (i.e., scroom if they don't like it).
My dad had planned to serve leg of lamb for dinner last night -- the real thing, done up by a butcher, and not those little (heavenly) slabs of meat you get at places like Sam's -- but my mom and I got back late from our wanderings, which caused the leg to be put into the oven late, which eventually caused us to eat meat loaf for dinner instead. C'est la vie, as they say.
I am sorely tempted to stay one more day and enjoy that lamb, but the month is nearly halfway through and I find myself with merely a trickle of invoiced work (I just sent out a 3,000 word job that I did last night). While the lack of work is actually a good thing at the moment, as I prepare to depart on the 3-4 day drive home, the lack of job prospects right now is nevertheless troubling.
(Kazakhstan doesn't count, and if the timing is wrong once they reschedule the gig -- or if my finances are wobbly -- I may not be able, or be able to afford to go.)
I shall have to hit the phones once I get home and drum up some work. This will be complicated by the fact that we're now a person short at the store (or will be on Monday), which will require someone (um, me) to spend time at the store on a regular basis, and also places us in an untenable position in case of illness or some other similar situation.
(Say... I'm just being a fountain of optimism here, aren't I?) (Enough with the sarcasm. You've got to focus on items that must be dealt with, that's all.)
I better post this and get going before I start arguing with myself in public.
Cheers...
My dad had planned to serve leg of lamb for dinner last night -- the real thing, done up by a butcher, and not those little (heavenly) slabs of meat you get at places like Sam's -- but my mom and I got back late from our wanderings, which caused the leg to be put into the oven late, which eventually caused us to eat meat loaf for dinner instead. C'est la vie, as they say.
I am sorely tempted to stay one more day and enjoy that lamb, but the month is nearly halfway through and I find myself with merely a trickle of invoiced work (I just sent out a 3,000 word job that I did last night). While the lack of work is actually a good thing at the moment, as I prepare to depart on the 3-4 day drive home, the lack of job prospects right now is nevertheless troubling.
(Kazakhstan doesn't count, and if the timing is wrong once they reschedule the gig -- or if my finances are wobbly -- I may not be able, or be able to afford to go.)
I shall have to hit the phones once I get home and drum up some work. This will be complicated by the fact that we're now a person short at the store (or will be on Monday), which will require someone (um, me) to spend time at the store on a regular basis, and also places us in an untenable position in case of illness or some other similar situation.
(Say... I'm just being a fountain of optimism here, aren't I?) (Enough with the sarcasm. You've got to focus on items that must be dealt with, that's all.)
I better post this and get going before I start arguing with myself in public.
Cheers...
