Friday, January 16, 2004
I so relate to the story in the Cynical Tyrant about trying to get to work early - the driving in traffic in Brisbane is the same!
How come days off never work out they way you expected?
I decided to work hard this week for 4 days and then take Friday off.
So Monday I worked from 8-10 in my office, then went to a client and got home at 6 before leaving for a meeting at 7 to get home at 10:30PM
Tuesday I worked for about 2 hours then played Need for Speed Underground for about 4 hours then took the kids to the beach and out for dinner.
Wednesday I left home at 7:30 and got home at 9PM - big day
Thursday I left at 7:30 and finished at my clients by 11AM so I went and had lunch with a friend. During lunch a client from 2 years ago called - just happened to be 200m up the road from the cafe I was in so I went up to meet the new person there who might give me some work later. While I was at the first client the boss of one of my other client's husbands rang up to offer me some work becuase he had heard about me from her husband. That was cool - I shall take her to lunch for a reward!
Then I finally got home at about 4PM
Today was supposed to be a day off, but already I have had to do 2 hours of accounting work for my business and then received an email and a phone call from another client asking me to redo some work because they changed their mind on what they wanted. This is good because it is now way more complicated and will cost them more. I will do that next week.
So now I have finally finished work for today and I can have the rest of the aftenoon off to play with the kids. Hurray
On another note - the Belly Blog lady has finally had the baby - hurray for her!
I decided to work hard this week for 4 days and then take Friday off.
So Monday I worked from 8-10 in my office, then went to a client and got home at 6 before leaving for a meeting at 7 to get home at 10:30PM
Tuesday I worked for about 2 hours then played Need for Speed Underground for about 4 hours then took the kids to the beach and out for dinner.
Wednesday I left home at 7:30 and got home at 9PM - big day
Thursday I left at 7:30 and finished at my clients by 11AM so I went and had lunch with a friend. During lunch a client from 2 years ago called - just happened to be 200m up the road from the cafe I was in so I went up to meet the new person there who might give me some work later. While I was at the first client the boss of one of my other client's husbands rang up to offer me some work becuase he had heard about me from her husband. That was cool - I shall take her to lunch for a reward!
Then I finally got home at about 4PM
Today was supposed to be a day off, but already I have had to do 2 hours of accounting work for my business and then received an email and a phone call from another client asking me to redo some work because they changed their mind on what they wanted. This is good because it is now way more complicated and will cost them more. I will do that next week.
So now I have finally finished work for today and I can have the rest of the aftenoon off to play with the kids. Hurray
On another note - the Belly Blog lady has finally had the baby - hurray for her!
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
I've been accepted onto a panel of voters to weed out nominated weblogs for prizes in different categories - there are some very interesting ones out there. Some that made me laugh are listed in my blog links - check them out!
Three cheers for Tramol 50mg SR (Slow Release) Now that is a pain killer!
I have been taking these since Saturday night - less frequently than I could because they work so well.
I have a lovely yellow bruise all down the side of my chest from my collar bone to my breast. Don't think it will show up in a photo though. If it goes purple I will definitely photograph it for the site.
No blog activity for the last couple of days because we had a 30 hour LAN (Computer gaming). 6PM Friday through to midnight Saturday.
We had 29 people come for the LAN and we had fun. Played battlefield 1942 (Desert Combat mod), C&C Generals, Nascar 2000, Need for Speed, Rally Masters, Soldier of Fortune 2, Unreal Tournament and others. The weather was even nice for us as we were in a non air-conditioned building. Had all the doors and windows open all night and the fans going and it was quite pleasant.
Belly blog is so well written. I sympathise with the lady who is now past her due date. I hope Judith doesn't have this happen to her. Read it to find out!
Today I woke up with a stiff neck and right shoulder and a very sharply painful collar bone - hangovers from the crash, but the tramol I took half an hour ago is really starting to do its thing. Soon I will be "pain free"!
Well today I have to do a bit of work for a client at home while Jude takes the kids to childcare and then goes to the shops for the weekly trip. Miranda has mummy time on this day and is very helpful to Mum. This afternoon we are taking a trip down to the lagoon. I will do some sea creatures exploration with Miranda for schooling. She started back yesterday because we will take some time off when the new baby arrives. We home school using the ACE program. The flexibility of that program is fantastic. I really don't know how Miranda would have coped with a 'normal' school. She just can concentrate on things for long periods of time - her brain is just growing so fast and she is so excitedly learning stuff.
She gets a lot done in a short burst of time and then gets bored and wants to move onto the next thing. A bit liker her Dad I think
Well that's it for now - have to go and do some work :(
I have been taking these since Saturday night - less frequently than I could because they work so well.
I have a lovely yellow bruise all down the side of my chest from my collar bone to my breast. Don't think it will show up in a photo though. If it goes purple I will definitely photograph it for the site.
No blog activity for the last couple of days because we had a 30 hour LAN (Computer gaming). 6PM Friday through to midnight Saturday.
We had 29 people come for the LAN and we had fun. Played battlefield 1942 (Desert Combat mod), C&C Generals, Nascar 2000, Need for Speed, Rally Masters, Soldier of Fortune 2, Unreal Tournament and others. The weather was even nice for us as we were in a non air-conditioned building. Had all the doors and windows open all night and the fans going and it was quite pleasant.
Belly blog is so well written. I sympathise with the lady who is now past her due date. I hope Judith doesn't have this happen to her. Read it to find out!
Today I woke up with a stiff neck and right shoulder and a very sharply painful collar bone - hangovers from the crash, but the tramol I took half an hour ago is really starting to do its thing. Soon I will be "pain free"!
Well today I have to do a bit of work for a client at home while Jude takes the kids to childcare and then goes to the shops for the weekly trip. Miranda has mummy time on this day and is very helpful to Mum. This afternoon we are taking a trip down to the lagoon. I will do some sea creatures exploration with Miranda for schooling. She started back yesterday because we will take some time off when the new baby arrives. We home school using the ACE program. The flexibility of that program is fantastic. I really don't know how Miranda would have coped with a 'normal' school. She just can concentrate on things for long periods of time - her brain is just growing so fast and she is so excitedly learning stuff.
She gets a lot done in a short burst of time and then gets bored and wants to move onto the next thing. A bit liker her Dad I think
Well that's it for now - have to go and do some work :(
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