I finally cut the cord on that awful freelance writing project that was hanging over my head for 6+ weeks. I feel pretty liberated– then again, I probably technically let go of the idea a couple weeks ago. At least now I can go on Skype without being terrified that the guy is going to confront me about the project. I really do feel awful about quitting on him, but it’s also true that I’ve been completely overwhelmed lately.
Overwhelmed by music.
I just got caught up in a great money-making opportunity, posting advertisements through Google or something like that… and now I’m pretty sure it was a scam. I realize this AFTER I’ve given my credit card number and email address AND home address–I suck SO MUCH right now. I can’t believe I actually bought into all that. I thought it was pretty legit because I read a newspaper article about it online, which interviewed a guy who was using the system. And I thought that if it was good enough to make it into a paper around some guy’s success story, then it’s worth a try. But now, I’m terrified that I’m going to have a monthly fee for using it (even though the website said nothing about a monthly fee or anything like that, but I’ve heard complaints about the program since I downloaded it and realized it’s harder to use than it sounds). Argh!
So now I have to worry about that, as well as trying to find tons of other jobs. Supposedly, I’m going to housesit again this summer, though I only have one job lined up and it’s for mid-July. I’ also freelance writing again, which is great. I don’t get paid fairly at all, which is a problem (about $15 a week for 10 articles) but I like it and it’s good practice. I applied to some “real” jobs around town, but none of them have taken. Anyway, it boils down to being completely SOL money-wise.
And if that weren’t bad enough, the weather is awful. The rain seemed to follow be back here from Olympia, and it’s windy and VERY inconvenient. My town hosts the Ironman triathlon every year, and this year it was yesterday. The swim portion was blustery (I was volunteering in a kayak along the swim course from 6 to 10 am), the bike was cold, and towards the end it started raining. So then, the poor people had to run in the rain as well, and it was just terrible. But I had tons of fun in the kayak, and then I went to a Father’s Day celebration with my family, and I ate wheat! :P I mean, I had to–my aunt made an absolutely incredible chocolate cake. The only thing that made it taste bad was her asking every 10 minutes whether we liked it… but that’s sort of a thing in my family. Everyone gets uncomfortable about the food they made, and we have to reassure each other that it’s the best we ever tasted. And usually, it is just perfect. Anyway, I broke my no-wheat regimen for hamburger buns and chocolate cake, and I didn’t give a whit. (Ha, ha.)
But then I got an awful headache. I’d had one all day, which was expected because I always get one when I cry, and I always cry at the Ironman. The last qualifying swimmer out of the water had to literally be carried up the path to the changing area, and it was heartbreaking to watch. Anyway, I was fine with the light headache I’d been dealing with, especially because I was more concerned with being sore from kayaking and exhausted from getting up at 4 am. Until we got in the car to go home after dinner, and my headache intensified. I’m pretty sure that eating wheat really contributed to it.
By the time we got home and we were watching a movie, it had migrated to the right side of my head and it felt like my right eye was going to pop out of its socket. Naturally, I asked my dad for his migraine medicine, but he recalled that it hadn’t really worked last time I tried it. So I went with hydrocodone, of course. If you’ve ever had hydro (I’d only used it once before, when I had my whole wisdom teeth fiasco), you know that it will completely knock you out. And it did. It was amazing– I usually have a horrible time trying to get to sleep, because I can never get comfortable and relaxed enough, and I can never shut my brain up. But with the hydro, I was plastered to my mattress. And I barely had time to enjoy that feeling before I was falling asleep. I had my sleep playlist going at the time, and the last thing I remember was hearing my favorite song (“In My Life”) before drifting off.
Then I slept for 13 hours, woke up, and got involved with that stupid internet scam. What a terrible thing to do today.
I know I need to write another entry before I go to bed. I’m absolutely exhausted, but I suppose I can do it.
I went to a Mozart concert in a park today. It was actually better than I thought it would be. I was able to work on some articles I was editing, and just have the live music as background. That was the best ever, because I can’t stand classical music when I’m just sitting in a chair staring at some violins, as I told my godmother in LA.
There was a Journey/Heart/Cheap Trick concert there, in LA, tonight. I was at a Mozart concert… but maybe someday I can go to a really sweet concert with people other than Washingtonian elitists, who actually pay $10 to sit on a lawn and listen to Mozart. But whatever. I had a good time and I saw a friend I hadn’t talked to in months, so that’s always nice.
The editing I was doing was the start of a freelance job, which is so great. I learned after I was done with all the articles that I’d just jumped into the editing without acquiring any details first, which I regret now, because I should have been more thorough. But I was just super excited!
Ever since I’ve been out of school, I haven’t done any writing or editing at all, and I’ve really missed it. I thought I’d fall out of practice and be really bad at it by the time school started again, but now I think I’ll be able to keep it up, which is fantastic.
Plus I have my dear old blog, which has somewhere around 55 whole hits right now!!! WOOHOO!!
Spread the word, lovely visitors!
I’m hurriedly trying to do as much research as possible on awesome sites like www.getafreelancer.com, www.sponsoredreviews.com, www.ifreelance.com, www.bizreef.com, www.get1freelancer.com, and www.elance.com. I leave for California on Wednesday and I want to get a head start on writing for these sites, just because it’s so awesome!
I’m also trying to rip as many CDs as possible to my computer before I leave, so I can have some sweet tunes to groove to on the road! My mom and I will be driving up through CA from Phoenix.
More very soon!
