Day of slack

October 27th, 2006

Yesterday was my third intensive deadline crunch in a row. After getting four hours of sleep, I started work at about 3:30 a.m. and wrapped up at about 6:30 p.m. Sucked ass would be an apt description.

Once I got project #3 of 3 off my plate, I knew it was time for a self-imposed day of slack. Besides being utterly tapped out, (1) I had ddv to remind me that my so-called freelance life wasn’t sounding so hot, (2) I became a Case In Point on a blog entry entitled “No Doz” by my new cyberpal Janna, and (3) my boyfriend suggested my next book be called Screw the Freelance Thing.

Not wanting to have to write the STFT book, and feeling a little defensive about my newfangled workaholism, I told a self-imposed day off (because believe me, I was tempted to keep chipping away at the ‘ole to-do list). Items I managed to squeeze into my schedule today:

• Hang out with boyfriend for a couple hours before his flight
• Drive boyfriend to airport
• Play with dog
• Read email; only answer messages related to social plans
• Email client an invoice due by noon (my one contribution to the working world for the day)
• Find a MoveOn.org “get out the vote” phone tree party to attend this weekend (um, if you weren’t planning to vote on Tuesday, November 7, please reconsider — unless of course you’re a Republican)
• Turn on the tube for Laura’s much-promoted return to General Hospital; promptly fall asleep

• Eat cold leftovers for dinner (because, man, I’m lazy!)
• Spend two hours online locating bootleg DVDs of 70s band that shall remain nameless
• Call a writer pal on double-deadline and encourage her to take that much-needed day off; realize this about as annoying as married friends who encourage you to shack up
• Tune in to Grey’s Anatomy, which, sadly, was a repeat; promptly fall asleep
• Wake up to Justin Timberlake gyrating on Jimmy Kimmel Live and decide I’ve had enough TV, couch, and pop culture to last me till 2007; write this post before crawling into bed with the dog and To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 10

I promise I’ll post something more useful tomorrow. I’ve got stacks of tips and headlines all cued up.

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