Torture for Couples ... (or Damn You, Aliens!)

April 29, 2006 – 20:58

Jade is finally doing my taxes … so I have to sit at my computer too. Equal torture, he says. Well, I’ve fooled him … I’m doing crafts and watching a movie ... heh!

I love Lethal Weapon 4 … hee hee hee!

So I’ve talked with my clients and confirmed that I am working for them. Apparently, they are extremely relieved about getting me to work for them, because they tried to hire somebody to look after their lawn, and there is nobody available. (I’m not so sure about that, but it’s not my worry to hire competition.) Anyway, what we’ve worked out is that I will work on their beds first and foremost and if they haven’t found somebody for the lawns when I catch up with that, then I’ll do them for them.

Oh, I hope I can work fast on the beds. I have a feeling that watering is going to be the main issue. I’ll pull what weeds that managed to struggle up, and then water the crap out of everything.

Oops, Jade got tired of repeating himself and turned the movie off. Darn it. Stupid torture. This isn’t fun anymore.

Ran out of Barq’s. Holding off the withdrawal symptoms with Coke.

Oh, now doesn’t that create an interesting picture?

I really have to schedule myself better. Now that I am working outside the house, I’ll have to be more careful about my minutes. Hmm ... I can get the house clean before leaving for the client’s house if I stay awake when I see Jade off in the morning. Then I can work while it’s still cool. (To say that the client gets almost 24 hr sun on most of the property is not a far-fetched exaggeration.) Then I can come home and rest during the high UV hours … and go back out to work on MY flower beds. Then I can come in and write for a bit before supper. Yeah, that could work.

Now I just have to make myself do it!

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This claiming to be self-employed is a pain in the butt! Maybe I should just get Jade to claim me as a regular employee and worry about paying them back later. But the Auditor suggested that it would be better to do it this way. Huh. Right. Better for who? ‘Cause it’s sure not easy from this end. The program isn’t letting me write anything off! Grrr …

I hope this all works out without my getting audited myself. What a pain in the butt! (And I’m not even the one doing them!!)

I wonder if this project is going to be as popular as I think they will be. I tried to ask Lynne, but I forgot that she was out doing a fundraising thing for her team. Roller Derby. That’s what the girl is a part of. That’s all I’ve got to say about that.

I’ll find out from her later. And if I forget to ask, well, then I’ll work it out later.

Just add it to one of the many lists that I have going.

Used to write lists all the time as a kid and teen. My mother used to tease me about them. I told her that they were the reason why I have such nice handwriting. She would snort about that, but never argued.

It’s a darn good thing that I’m going to have that two week holiday at the end of July … it just might keep me healthy enough to survive the Thoroughbred Meet. Otherwise, I’d just stress myself out worrying about all the stress I’ll be dealing with – the schedule, the trainer’s stress, the total lack of seeing my boyfriend, my home or my cat! And the complete shut down of almost all communications with my friends. What can I say? working seven days a week sucks!!

I’m going back to making my lists …

Sweet Dreams!