An actual update!
It’s November 1st and I feel like the year has gotten away from me.
Idol
I got pretty far in LJ Idol this time around. I learned that my fall back when I was completely stumped was dialogue. If I started a conversation in my head, it usually led to a written entry being submitted. I am also the worst procrastinator. Ugh. I lost my momentum and motivation after awhile. The very worst week, I had already told my husband I was done. I was going to bye out. Twenty minutes before the deadline, I couldn’t do it. I didn’t care if I submitted junk, but I just couldn’t bye out. I did two haiku. Do you know how stunned I was, when I was not voted out that week? The next topic was the intersection. I couldn’t procrastinate that week. It wouldn’t have been fair to my partner. I enjoyed the experience overall. I still have pen_edit_repeat that I created last year and the random topic generator my husband built for me on our website. I might pick up trying to write over there again.
Work
In July, the old office called me. Lisa wanted to meet for coffee and discuss a possible work from home job opportunity. I felt it was worth a listen to, so we met. They have a special project that would take several months and a lot of work. I could work from home and set my own hours, part time. I liked the idea and thought about it seriously. She still needed to run it by the big boss. She didn’t want to do that until learning whether I might be interested.
When she called me with the go ahead from big boss, she mentioned that she wanted me to get the DVC set up and then teach the clients how to use it. Whoa. Wait. What? Nobody ever said I would have to talky to clients. That isn’t setting my own hours if I now have to coordinate training on the phone with clients and how am i supposed to do that at home? I have a toddler and a newer, yappy dog. I called her back and told her I was sorry, but I was going to have to pass. Lisa was stunned. She isn’t used to me saying no. lol
She came back with, if we drop the client contact and you just work the background stuff and we pay you $25 an hour will you do it? It was my turn to be stunned. That was pretty much an offer I couldn’t refuse. Ned and I could certainly use the extra money as we move into the holiday season. So, I started working the second week of August. It was slow to ramp up, but now that I know what I am doing and have all the pieces and processes from a-z, I am trucking right along. The big boss has crazy expectations of how quickly this project can be done, so I am trying to pull off 20 hours a week to make a good amount of progress.
It’s hard not having worked for six year and trying to do this from home. Sometimes it is too easy to not even open the laptop, because I have distracted myself with something different. I am working with a new manager who wasn’t there when I was. She is a total sweetheart. I came in to the office one day to sit down with her and go over what I was turning in to her for review. She gave me some pretty nice complements. She told me she was amazed. According to her, they said five words to me and I just took off and did all this stuff that is new to them also. Not to be overly humble or anything, but that is why they call me to do these kinds of projects for them. ;) Six years after I have quit, Lisa thinks we need Kelly.
I have more I want to chat about, but this is getting long and the little girl is whining. She wants me to go snuggle with her on the couch. lol It is cold wet and rainy here. The beginning of the week we were still mid to low 70’s for a high. Today is supposed to be 50 degrees and raining. I had to turn the heater on last night. My husband’s family is having a family reunion at a shelter at the park today. The worst day ever for doing it. This should be fun!
hugs and love to you all. I will try to stop being a stranger.
Idol
I got pretty far in LJ Idol this time around. I learned that my fall back when I was completely stumped was dialogue. If I started a conversation in my head, it usually led to a written entry being submitted. I am also the worst procrastinator. Ugh. I lost my momentum and motivation after awhile. The very worst week, I had already told my husband I was done. I was going to bye out. Twenty minutes before the deadline, I couldn’t do it. I didn’t care if I submitted junk, but I just couldn’t bye out. I did two haiku. Do you know how stunned I was, when I was not voted out that week? The next topic was the intersection. I couldn’t procrastinate that week. It wouldn’t have been fair to my partner. I enjoyed the experience overall. I still have pen_edit_repeat that I created last year and the random topic generator my husband built for me on our website. I might pick up trying to write over there again.
Work
In July, the old office called me. Lisa wanted to meet for coffee and discuss a possible work from home job opportunity. I felt it was worth a listen to, so we met. They have a special project that would take several months and a lot of work. I could work from home and set my own hours, part time. I liked the idea and thought about it seriously. She still needed to run it by the big boss. She didn’t want to do that until learning whether I might be interested.
When she called me with the go ahead from big boss, she mentioned that she wanted me to get the DVC set up and then teach the clients how to use it. Whoa. Wait. What? Nobody ever said I would have to talky to clients. That isn’t setting my own hours if I now have to coordinate training on the phone with clients and how am i supposed to do that at home? I have a toddler and a newer, yappy dog. I called her back and told her I was sorry, but I was going to have to pass. Lisa was stunned. She isn’t used to me saying no. lol
She came back with, if we drop the client contact and you just work the background stuff and we pay you $25 an hour will you do it? It was my turn to be stunned. That was pretty much an offer I couldn’t refuse. Ned and I could certainly use the extra money as we move into the holiday season. So, I started working the second week of August. It was slow to ramp up, but now that I know what I am doing and have all the pieces and processes from a-z, I am trucking right along. The big boss has crazy expectations of how quickly this project can be done, so I am trying to pull off 20 hours a week to make a good amount of progress.
It’s hard not having worked for six year and trying to do this from home. Sometimes it is too easy to not even open the laptop, because I have distracted myself with something different. I am working with a new manager who wasn’t there when I was. She is a total sweetheart. I came in to the office one day to sit down with her and go over what I was turning in to her for review. She gave me some pretty nice complements. She told me she was amazed. According to her, they said five words to me and I just took off and did all this stuff that is new to them also. Not to be overly humble or anything, but that is why they call me to do these kinds of projects for them. ;) Six years after I have quit, Lisa thinks we need Kelly.
I have more I want to chat about, but this is getting long and the little girl is whining. She wants me to go snuggle with her on the couch. lol It is cold wet and rainy here. The beginning of the week we were still mid to low 70’s for a high. Today is supposed to be 50 degrees and raining. I had to turn the heater on last night. My husband’s family is having a family reunion at a shelter at the park today. The worst day ever for doing it. This should be fun!
hugs and love to you all. I will try to stop being a stranger.