Downsides to the freelance life
Nov. 16th, 2005 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sun_set_bravelyI placed two articles about amazing, interesting women that I'm excited to talk with--this is a great thing!
However, amazing, interesting women tend to be very very busy. So, yesterday morning, I woke up early and sat down at my computer at 7:30 for a scheduled interview... and the woman had her cell phone off. She realized this an hour later. Okay. An earlier morning than I would have liked, but no problem. We rescheduled for 1. (It was a great interview.)
And the subject of the article that is due this Friday (oh, two days from now) has no voicemail, no assistant, and hasn't responded to the e-mails I've sent since last Monday. I finally contacted a colleague who kindly printed out my e-mail and taped it to the woman's office door.
So now, I wait. I know that if she calls and gets my voicemail, I'll never hear from her again and the article will be shot. So I reschedule my doctor's appointment, have a friend walk the dog, and I wait by the phone, like a girl at home on a Saturday night before cell phones were invented. (Did I mention my cell phone is dead, too?)
This is a little crazy-making. I know I'm still new at this, and I'm sure I'll get used to it. Also, my new cell phone should arrive today, making things much easier. But damn! Craziness!
[edit 11:57 a.m. --- Oh yeah. Ye Olde Mercury Retrograde. Of course. This is just a test of my ability to chill out and let go, huh? I hate that.]
However, amazing, interesting women tend to be very very busy. So, yesterday morning, I woke up early and sat down at my computer at 7:30 for a scheduled interview... and the woman had her cell phone off. She realized this an hour later. Okay. An earlier morning than I would have liked, but no problem. We rescheduled for 1. (It was a great interview.)
And the subject of the article that is due this Friday (oh, two days from now) has no voicemail, no assistant, and hasn't responded to the e-mails I've sent since last Monday. I finally contacted a colleague who kindly printed out my e-mail and taped it to the woman's office door.
So now, I wait. I know that if she calls and gets my voicemail, I'll never hear from her again and the article will be shot. So I reschedule my doctor's appointment, have a friend walk the dog, and I wait by the phone, like a girl at home on a Saturday night before cell phones were invented. (Did I mention my cell phone is dead, too?)
This is a little crazy-making. I know I'm still new at this, and I'm sure I'll get used to it. Also, my new cell phone should arrive today, making things much easier. But damn! Craziness!
[edit 11:57 a.m. --- Oh yeah. Ye Olde Mercury Retrograde. Of course. This is just a test of my ability to chill out and let go, huh? I hate that.]
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Date: 2005-11-16 01:49 pm (UTC)cell phone will heal
all will be well!~paul
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Date: 2005-11-16 03:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-16 06:02 pm (UTC)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2005-11-16 06:07 pm (UTC)Haha--the joke's on me, I'm just INCREDIBLY HIGH STRUNG TODAY!
Okay, so does that mean that my new phone might actually arrive today before I leave for the opera? Pretty please?!
oh, sister
Date: 2005-11-16 06:27 pm (UTC)I am incredibly proud of you and the stress makes life not as boring right? Everything will come through and it will be the best yet! I love you and I do need to chat with you, but it can wait until things are more under control! I love you and wish you luck, but you don't need any luck because you are pure talent!!!
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Date: 2005-11-17 04:00 am (UTC)