In The Midst Of Life...
Sunday Morning...
Time to reflect on the last 7 or so days - especially now that I've had a decent amount of sleep in the last 20 hours or so...
I've just received 5 jobs from the 2nd flooring company I'm now working with. I say 'working with', as I haven't signed a contract with them & will just be invoicing them for whatever work I do. That way, I'm not in 'breach' of the contract I have with the 1st company, who want my contract with them to be exclusive, though I'm not sure if (a) the contract actually states that, or (b) that's the kind of clause that would stand up to legal scrutiny. Regardless, the 2nd company is fine with an ad-hoc arrangement & so, as we Australians say, no worries! 5 jobs from these guys all in one day, will make tomorrow a bit interesting, if the 1st company has a typical Monday for me - it's usually the busiest day of the week, but sometimes not... I'm not sure whether to pray for a quiet one, or just load me up & have a long, really busy day, as most of the past week has been a bit light, work-wise, so it would be good to finish off the invoice week with a better bottom line
A light workload turned out to be a good thing, given the 'life' side of my work/life balance has been pretty demanding this last week. 2 things are noteworthy - the recording session with my resurrected 1st ever band, which was more of a listening & plotting session going through various candid & field recordings we've made on our phones & deciding which ones would blend for a backing track, over which more instrumentation can be played later...
The 2nd thing wasn't so much fun - we got a phone call on Wednesday night informing us that the lady who used to run the bar at our local Bowling Club was in a coma & not expected to live very long. Both L-SP & I did bar-tending shifts there for a while & got to know this little northern Englishwoman of a certain vintage that called a spade a fucking shovel & was equally blunt & forthright in every other opinion she had... & she had a few!! We ended up as friends & went to several dinners & events, before her health declined & she moved to a retirement/nursing home on the New South Wales central coast, closer to some of her family. Then Covid19 happened & well, you know... nobody could see their elderly relatives or friends for a long time. We drove up to Bateau Bay on Thursday afternoon to see her & say goodbye & ended up staying for a while, speaking with some of the family, when... her eyes opened one last time & she drew her last breath
We are now, of course, involved in the memorial service & have been taking & making calls, as well as being the face-to-face contact with our late friend's church of choice - it's about 5 minutes from WaitingManor
The next few days are promising to be pretty hectic then... Maybe I should go back to bed now & get some sleep while I can!!
Time to reflect on the last 7 or so days - especially now that I've had a decent amount of sleep in the last 20 hours or so...
I've just received 5 jobs from the 2nd flooring company I'm now working with. I say 'working with', as I haven't signed a contract with them & will just be invoicing them for whatever work I do. That way, I'm not in 'breach' of the contract I have with the 1st company, who want my contract with them to be exclusive, though I'm not sure if (a) the contract actually states that, or (b) that's the kind of clause that would stand up to legal scrutiny. Regardless, the 2nd company is fine with an ad-hoc arrangement & so, as we Australians say, no worries! 5 jobs from these guys all in one day, will make tomorrow a bit interesting, if the 1st company has a typical Monday for me - it's usually the busiest day of the week, but sometimes not... I'm not sure whether to pray for a quiet one, or just load me up & have a long, really busy day, as most of the past week has been a bit light, work-wise, so it would be good to finish off the invoice week with a better bottom line
A light workload turned out to be a good thing, given the 'life' side of my work/life balance has been pretty demanding this last week. 2 things are noteworthy - the recording session with my resurrected 1st ever band, which was more of a listening & plotting session going through various candid & field recordings we've made on our phones & deciding which ones would blend for a backing track, over which more instrumentation can be played later...
The 2nd thing wasn't so much fun - we got a phone call on Wednesday night informing us that the lady who used to run the bar at our local Bowling Club was in a coma & not expected to live very long. Both L-SP & I did bar-tending shifts there for a while & got to know this little northern Englishwoman of a certain vintage that called a spade a fucking shovel & was equally blunt & forthright in every other opinion she had... & she had a few!! We ended up as friends & went to several dinners & events, before her health declined & she moved to a retirement/nursing home on the New South Wales central coast, closer to some of her family. Then Covid19 happened & well, you know... nobody could see their elderly relatives or friends for a long time. We drove up to Bateau Bay on Thursday afternoon to see her & say goodbye & ended up staying for a while, speaking with some of the family, when... her eyes opened one last time & she drew her last breath
We are now, of course, involved in the memorial service & have been taking & making calls, as well as being the face-to-face contact with our late friend's church of choice - it's about 5 minutes from WaitingManor
The next few days are promising to be pretty hectic then... Maybe I should go back to bed now & get some sleep while I can!!