Heads down and fully occuiodo.,,
Mar. 11th, 2011 04:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisI've been working this job - for the same guy - for nearly 6 years now. The last year on this one project. The work is most nearly always feast or famine. There are some days when I wake up without one single work thing to do. Sometimes the day fills up to overflowing and sometimes nothing ever comes in.
Then sometimes, there is a new project within the project where this is tons of work stretched out over 6-8 weeks at a time. I'm at the start of that now. Today and most days from now until the end of April, I can work (at my hourly rate) as long as I can stand. There is plenty to do. My bank account loves this and, I do too.
The work is fun - it's like the puzzles I do for recreation - the people are great. The one person who drove me nuts before is not working on this project so I don't even have to deal with her at all. It becomes the kind of job that is hard to tear myself away from. I get just-one-more itis.
I got started early today and fully intended to stop at 3. I finally did at 4:30. And I will likely work a lot of this weekend - my choice. It's fun and interesting stuff.
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But I am taking a break now. I have a wonderful Chef Anita dinner to enjoy and some good TV to watch and a bear to knit. I have no plans for the weekend except my daily walks. There are no movies I want to see and nothing in particular I need or want to do. So I'll probably go walk somewhere tomorrow - maybe to McDonalds for breakfast - and definitely walk on Sunday to brunch and then just enjoy the rest of the time working and futzing. Oh and listening to the Marines games.
Then sometimes, there is a new project within the project where this is tons of work stretched out over 6-8 weeks at a time. I'm at the start of that now. Today and most days from now until the end of April, I can work (at my hourly rate) as long as I can stand. There is plenty to do. My bank account loves this and, I do too.
The work is fun - it's like the puzzles I do for recreation - the people are great. The one person who drove me nuts before is not working on this project so I don't even have to deal with her at all. It becomes the kind of job that is hard to tear myself away from. I get just-one-more itis.
I got started early today and fully intended to stop at 3. I finally did at 4:30. And I will likely work a lot of this weekend - my choice. It's fun and interesting stuff.
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But I am taking a break now. I have a wonderful Chef Anita dinner to enjoy and some good TV to watch and a bear to knit. I have no plans for the weekend except my daily walks. There are no movies I want to see and nothing in particular I need or want to do. So I'll probably go walk somewhere tomorrow - maybe to McDonalds for breakfast - and definitely walk on Sunday to brunch and then just enjoy the rest of the time working and futzing. Oh and listening to the Marines games.
