We Only Work When We Need the Money
Too bad I need the goddamn money every single day.
The only thing I did today? Correct a report and send it to my client. Then I applied for a side job. Then I went to Target and bought necessary items. Then I ran and took a shower and did my hair. Which looks pretty decent considering I’m not a stylist (who, by the way, left my hair to die for).
I am bereft of topics at the moment. My Will in the World post has turned into a full-fledged essay, and I am driving myself crazy trying to trim it down. Realize that this is not to say that the work is a piece of excelllent scholarly work – no, it’s just a hodgepodge of my thoughts that get muddled with academic musings long dormant in yours truly. Expect nothing truly phenomenal, but not entirely devoid of thought, either.
The only thing left to do today is drag my butt out the door and meet my friends for dinner and a movie. We will, frankly, bitch, bitch, bitch. I think we all sincerely need to just whine and complain and vent ourselves of all the stress that work and life in general throws our way. There will be good laughs, too – I laughed so hard the last time we got together that I could’ve shot ice cubes out of my nose. That bad, or good, depending on your point of view.
And so I sit, waiting until I can leave and enjoy the company of my work friends. And I post inconsequential and snooze-inducing posts.
You ought to say you only work when they give you work to do – this apparently is not all the time, but at least in working from home you don’t have to sit there and pretend to be busy. The side job sounds like it would be pretty much up your alley, not to mention better-paying (on a per hour basis at least) than your “real” job. Hope you have fun later with your work friends…where are you all going? Drink one for me.
Well, I need to enjoy this idle time much more than I do – I will soon be busy from March through October. Yikes.
The side-job would be an awesome way to save up some money. I think I’d actually enjoy it a whole lot more than my real job. :D
We’re going to Gourmet Garden, then to see a movie (my friends’ choice of “The Wedding Date,” though it does sound like a movie you should see since you’re eagerly planning your own now ;) ).
Oh, and one important thing for you: YAY! YAY! YAY!
If there’s a scene in the movie where several of the wedding guests take pictures of their bare butts, then you totally need to recommend the movie to B—y. Maybe it’ll help her solve her longstanding mystery.
Thanks for your e-mail, btw (just got it). And have a good time tonight.
Um, yeah, I really hope that’s not going to be a scene in the movie. Maybe B&B had a scriptwriter at their wedding and this is a “based on real events” movie.
I’m all giddy for you now. :P