A while back, Lostarts asked me whether I would have thought, four years ago, that I would be doing what I’m doing now. Today it is four months since I lost my job, so actually I wouldn’t even have predicted it four months ago.
I’ve been indulging in some relatively deep thoughts. At least deep enough to think about how I want to structure my days this fall.
Client #6 emailed me yesterday and said that he thinks he will have another contract for me. In case you’re keeping score, this means that I am securely self-employed for the fall. I figure by the spring I’ll have sufficient momentum to continue whether the contract goes on from there or not. Client #2 sent me his next blog post topic, and it’s a good one. I think I can get a post for my other xanga (which is dextr, for those who asked) from it, which will allow me to spend a bit more time on it without charging Client #2 more. The bulletin cover turned out well, and I learned a bit more about CorelDraw in the course of it.
And if there is anything — anything at all — that you want to know about hookworm eradication, you just ask me, you hear?
I’m coughing and not sleeping well and generally suffering a bit. I went to see Partygirl, who has been sick for a month and also is a teacher and is therefore going through August Horror. We commiserated with one another. I also saw Luna and had a nice talk with one of the pastors, so I actually had more human contact than I normally would, on a day when I ought to have been holing up feeling sorry for myself.
Tomorrow is new faculty orientation, so I have to make that drive and fill out forms and stuff, and also to meet my new colleagues. I am therefore planning to take it easy today — three or four blog posts (not counting this one) and otherwise I’ll just read the books I have for review and get the hookworm, entry shaped up.
Actually, that is a full day’s work, isn’t it?
I’m seriously considering NyQuil.
Considering what you’ve been going through, it’s not surprising that you’re not sleeping well … I’d think hard before adding NyQuil to the rest of the chemical-turmoil your body is putting up with right now. And you might check to see if poultry trucks have been going through your neighborhood recently….
nyquils!!! :-O
Sorry you’re not feeling well!
Regardless of what you take, make sure you take some vitamin C! WalMart has a BIG bottle available for (I think) about $5. The important thing is that it doesn’t just cover up symptoms, it actually helps fix what’s wrong. You might want to take something to help you feel better fast, but you should take something that’s also going to help.
When I asked if you thought you’d be where you are today, that was only part of my meaning.
My sister has agoraphobia, claustrophobia, and gets motion sick, and probably a few things she hasn’t mentioned to me. She recently got a new car (as opposed to a van, which is what she used to drive because she couldn’t stand to be in a small vehicle).
She says that sometimes when she gets in, she thinks to herself “I’m actually doing it! I’m actually getting into a smaller vehicle!”
It’s such an accomplishment for her.
I’ve been with her while she struggled with some problems similar to yours, and I know it’s not easy.
I was trying to point out all that you’ve accomplished in other ways, too.