I am not despite what I wanted in Disneyland right now. I am at home typing away as usual. In the end I decided that having fun did not give me a license to act irresponsibly. It didn't give me the luxury of putting myself or anyone else in potential harm's way. Having fun doesn't give me the right to stretch myself to thin financially, mentally, or physically. In the end, it was a grandiose idea that would have resulted in disaster. Part of that decision came because of work. While I thought I was going to have some quiet time the next few weeks, at 11am yesterday that all shifted. I am now going to be in Arizona on Monday. I was already teaching a class tomorrow which would have been hell, but now I am not only teaching from home, I am getting on a plane and teaching out there. The minute I get home from that I have a solid week locally followed by a week of running around to places semi-local. In short the next three weeks are going to be hectic and crazy. To stretch myself by going to Disneyland today for a few pins and being so wrought over things to come would have been ridiculous and stupid. Hence, I am home.
Yesterday ended up being a serious whirlwind of activity and today is feeling the same already. Messages have been flying around for the last 20 hours about who is going to staff what, who is available when, etc. This trip to Arizona is crazy because it is last minute. I have to fly to Phoenix and then drive to Flagstaff. Not a problem on the way in, but on the way home I have to leave Flagstaff at roughly 2am in order to make my flight. FUN.
Also yesterday as needed by one other client, I had to do an updated 'resume'. They wanted to see if my credentials are solid. They being the client. On one hand I get it - if you're used to hiring contractors you want to see a resume. But we aren't contractors. We're consultants of a firm that specializes in what we do. Do they think we hire just nobodies off the street? It's a lot of effort for a bunch of bullshit in my opinion. The upside? My resume is updated. A few little tweaks and I could easily send it out to other companies. And right now I am in that kind of mood. Because as part of having to do this, I saw the sheer number of clients I have worked on in the last year and the size of the projects. D.A.M.N. I am severely underpaid it would appear. At the same time I have a lot of freedom and freedom comes at a price, doesn't it?
B was busy yesterday too. She started tearing her room apart to get ready to move. Throwing stuff away, making lists of books to donate or leave, figuring out what she is attached to, etc. She busted her butt for 12 hours and worked for 7 on top of it. I was really proud of her. She was also proud of me for not going today. She was never happy with the idea of me going but knew it wasn't her place (yet) to tell me not to go. I could almost hear the sigh of relief through text.
I did play a shit ton of Bioshock last night. I think I am just about done with the game. At least one time through. I am trying not to miss anything but we all know how that goes. I have unlocked 25 achievements so far which is great. Another 5 or 6 can easily be unlocked if I restart in easy mode and jump to a certain chapter.
Emails are flying already. Need to deal with them.
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