Weekly Update

[outsdr]

Busy week for me, but it feels like I've made little progress.

Andy and I intended on taking our A+ certifications before we left. Unfortunately, all the spots at the testing center have been taken already, so it's going to have to wait until we are settled in in Albuquerque.

Tomorrow, I finally get to tell my last client I'm moving. Ironically, this will happen right before she goes on vacation ... in Albuquerque.

Packing continues, but I'm not really going to lean into it until April. I do it when I have spare time, but I'm also disassembling my life, while I'm living it. That's a little difficult. April first is going to be spent just enjoying my freedom, although at noon I'll be attending my going away party at the newspaper.

*sniff*

I banged out a column tonight that will go in the paper Wednesday. I also reached an agreement with the paper so that my column will continue to appear as long as I (or they) want. And I'll get paid! $25 per column and a free newspaper subscription.

I'm okay with that. The publisher offered the $25, and I upped it to include the subscription. Sure, I would have liked more, but how do I even determine what it's worth?

Anyway, the column is called "Moving on..." Gee, I wonder what it could possibly be about.

I'm trying desperately to get my websites updated and working. I switched from a Windows package to a Linux package, so I could use Wordpress files .... and I'm totally lost. I'm following a tutorial that doesn't really match exactly what I'm trying to do, and it's all over my head, to be honest. Hopefully I can muddle though it and get it all working before I send out any resumes.

I've been having sleep issues lately; my doctor prescribed an obsolete antidepressant that causes MASSIVE drowsiness, as well as dry mouth, that I take before bed. Puts me right to sleep and stops me from drooling to boot!

And, that's about all. Howdy folks.

Comments

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

My doctor also determined that my nose has been so sore for two weeks because a staph infection caused a lesion inside my nostril. Ow. He gave me some antibiotics that are clearing it up nicely.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what the going rate is, but congrats on the $25 per column - a long overdue acknowledgement of your value. :)

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Considering I just spent five minutes agonizing over whether to use "these times" or "those times", I think it's fair.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

I use a thesaurus when leaving comments online. *the shame*

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

This is turning into "Secret confessions of Writers".