(copy from journal - migraines, voice overs and more)
Always When There's Things You Need To Do
Within ten minutes of waking up yesterday, I knew it was going to be a bad day. I just woke up with a migraine. Hate that. It's to be expected as it was a hormone-based migraine and since I get them every month, it's little surprise, but still...it's miserable. And of course, it happened on a day when I already had plans and absolutely had things that needed to Get Done.
I don't know if I've mentioned it previously, but our friend Rand is helping a friend of his start up a not-for-profit organization setting up kids soccer programs. Last week, I assisted Rand in taking photos for their website and by also taking digital video they can use for promotional materials as well. Yesterday, they enlisted my help to record all the voicemail greetings for the company. Everyone always loves my speaking voice and while I've been desperately sought after to record people's messages before, yesterday was my first paying gig doing it.
So I guess I can now officially add, "voice over talent" to my list of odd jobs.
I actually really enjoy doing that sort of thing and would love to figure out how to do it more regularly for pay but it's not exactly something you can just say, "hey, I have a nice voice. Anyone need me to record something?" It's a lot like acting and other forms of talent. You need to Know People, have a Demo and most likely an Agent. None of which is easily obtained. Oh well. Still, it was fun being the "voice" of the organization yesterday.
Sadly, the migraine never went away despite taking stuff a few times. It just kept slightly receding only to come back stronger in waves. By around 10:30pm, I couldn't take it anymore and I had zero ability to concentrate at that point, so I took a final batch of Excedrin and went to sleep. After about 20 minutes of staring at the black room, I nodded off. Unfortunately, when Love came to bed, he made a noise and it startled me badly and I woke up. Unfortunately, I couldn't get back to sleep, so after futility laying there for like an hour, I got up around 1:15am and watched tv for an hour. I was finally able to get back to sleep after 2:30am and stayed asleep that time.
Today when I woke up, the migraine had broken fully so I feel good today. Whew. There's few things worse than a migraine that won't dissipate. I've been trying to catch up on posts from yesterday and I went back skip=80 on my Livejournal friend's list but I'm not sure I got everyone. I had read some yesterday morning but, with my head hurting, I don't really recall fully what I read and what I didn't. So I might have missed something. If so, sorry. It wasn't intentional. Migraines though = very little concentration for me and no focus.
Oh! On similar note, little Gracie was so sweet last night. She just cuddled up next to me all evening while we watched tv. She tends to know when Love or I aren't feeling well and she always sticks with us. So it was adorable that she was so cuddly last night with me. She really is such a sweetheart.
Alright, well, I need to blow dry my hair and run over to the library. I've got a book waiting for me (which is good because I've been out of a novel for like a week now.) Hope everyone's having a nice Thursday.
Within ten minutes of waking up yesterday, I knew it was going to be a bad day. I just woke up with a migraine. Hate that. It's to be expected as it was a hormone-based migraine and since I get them every month, it's little surprise, but still...it's miserable. And of course, it happened on a day when I already had plans and absolutely had things that needed to Get Done.
I don't know if I've mentioned it previously, but our friend Rand is helping a friend of his start up a not-for-profit organization setting up kids soccer programs. Last week, I assisted Rand in taking photos for their website and by also taking digital video they can use for promotional materials as well. Yesterday, they enlisted my help to record all the voicemail greetings for the company. Everyone always loves my speaking voice and while I've been desperately sought after to record people's messages before, yesterday was my first paying gig doing it.
So I guess I can now officially add, "voice over talent" to my list of odd jobs.
I actually really enjoy doing that sort of thing and would love to figure out how to do it more regularly for pay but it's not exactly something you can just say, "hey, I have a nice voice. Anyone need me to record something?" It's a lot like acting and other forms of talent. You need to Know People, have a Demo and most likely an Agent. None of which is easily obtained. Oh well. Still, it was fun being the "voice" of the organization yesterday.
Sadly, the migraine never went away despite taking stuff a few times. It just kept slightly receding only to come back stronger in waves. By around 10:30pm, I couldn't take it anymore and I had zero ability to concentrate at that point, so I took a final batch of Excedrin and went to sleep. After about 20 minutes of staring at the black room, I nodded off. Unfortunately, when Love came to bed, he made a noise and it startled me badly and I woke up. Unfortunately, I couldn't get back to sleep, so after futility laying there for like an hour, I got up around 1:15am and watched tv for an hour. I was finally able to get back to sleep after 2:30am and stayed asleep that time.
Today when I woke up, the migraine had broken fully so I feel good today. Whew. There's few things worse than a migraine that won't dissipate. I've been trying to catch up on posts from yesterday and I went back skip=80 on my Livejournal friend's list but I'm not sure I got everyone. I had read some yesterday morning but, with my head hurting, I don't really recall fully what I read and what I didn't. So I might have missed something. If so, sorry. It wasn't intentional. Migraines though = very little concentration for me and no focus.
Oh! On similar note, little Gracie was so sweet last night. She just cuddled up next to me all evening while we watched tv. She tends to know when Love or I aren't feeling well and she always sticks with us. So it was adorable that she was so cuddly last night with me. She really is such a sweetheart.
Alright, well, I need to blow dry my hair and run over to the library. I've got a book waiting for me (which is good because I've been out of a novel for like a week now.) Hope everyone's having a nice Thursday.