Friday October 31, 2008
I’m going back down today to meet the people in the basement. This has of course been the main thing on my mind since I discovered about 22 hours ago that I would be going. During that time, I have […]
Thursday October 30, 2008
The v-c emailed me yesterday that I was at the top of his list. However, this morning I got a request to interview for an on-site SEO training job in Bangalore, so if I’m willing to do on-site I might […]
Wednesday October 29, 2008
Yesterday was another perfect workday. I went and taught my class. They had a review of the literature due, and only a handful of them had actually done it. The rest looked as though they were waiting to line up […]
Tuesday October 28, 2008
“Girl, you’re perfect!” said the vice-chancellor. I modestly agreed, and assured him that I was very excited about working on his website. Which I was, and possibly am. “You ready to move here?” I said that while I was […]
Spicer’s Sweater
Here’s Spicer in her sweater — like a wooly little armadillo, as Paige said. I don’t know. She’s pretty cute. Below I offer you her picture in the sweater when #1 daughter got it for her last Christmas. I think […]
Sunday October 26, 2008
I lost track of the HGP this year, sad to say. Not to worry! There’s a second chance. The Christmas Countdown starts today. This plan is shorter and simpler than the HGP. It starts this week with getting your holiday […]
Saturday October 25, 2008
#2 daughter was laid off yesterday — no notice, but a little bit of severance pay in lieu of it. This happened to me not so long ago, and that has worked out pretty well, and she was working in […]
Friday October 24, 2008
Craftymommavt has been posting some really beautiful pictures of her local scenery. Yesterday was a fairly perfect workday for me, as long as I count lugging a dozen books from the parking lot to the third floor and back as […]
Day in the Life, for My Future Self
What do self-employed people do all day? Here’s what I did yesterday, in excruciating detail. I got up and made coffee and tea, and got to the computer around 6:00 to answer emails, blog, and apply for jobs that came […]
Wednesday October 22, 2008
Yesterday I made it to the gym, posted my blogs, taught my class, came home to a couple of prospective client nibbles and a small new assignment, and then did some work on my own websites (my main site is up […]