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A year of freelancing
So, today is worth noting for two reasons. First, it’s the official start of my unofficial Maternity Leave. (Being self-employed, the government doesn’t give me squat) Second, it marks the one-year anniversary of me quitting my job and starting to freelance.
It’s been an interesting year, for reasons both personal and professional. A lot of what’s happened was, [...]
The Happenings
If big things are going to happen, they are inevitably going to happen at the same time. Not sure if that’s Murphy’s Law or Reverse Chaos Theory or some bunk I read on the back of a Starbucks cup, but it’s true.
To wit, in the last week I have:
- Taken on two new clients
- [...]
Running to catch up
Bah!
It’s been a crazy week around here. Very busy work wise, and there has been some interesting Life Events (when you capitalize it, the events sound bigger. Like asteroids or something.) All good things, details to come.
In consumer news, I ended up buying an iphone so I could be more mobile, while still [...]
To make different from what is
Crap.
I feel like sometime in the past couple of months I should have taken a moment to get all oprah-y about how things change and change is good and let’s all celebrate evolution! But that’s the thing about change – it’s kind of a time suck.
Friday will be my last [...]
slightly tart, but still good
Baked a pie today, 95% successfully. Lemon Meringue.
Have been revising a story, taking it from short to short-short. Mostly reworking dialogue so that the people aren’t witty all the time. Tragic, I know. Hopefully I’ll have this version done by the end of the week, a plan made a [...]