Steph is doing pretty freaking awesome with freelancing. Well, awesome for our bank account. Not so great for his sanity and overall health. He has been working almost every waking hour for the past 3 weeks, and he has even pulled some all nighters to meet deadlines. The IT freelance industry can be so "feast or famine". Thankfully, this was a little feast, but would we be able to handle a famine? But the biggest disadvantage of freelancing, for him/us, is the lack of medical benefits. What's worse than one of us having no benefits? The both of us having no benefits. I would only have benefits if I were employed there for 6 months.
So yesterday, Steph received an offer from one of his freelance contracts, and he accepted it! HOLAAAAY SWEET RELIEF!! I can't tell you the piece of mind that having a regular second income to expect, on a regular basis, brings me. I am really proud of him, especially for making that 'sacrifice' for us. He's still going to freelance on the side, but his dream was to work on his own 100% of the time. We're just not ready for that, and thankfully, he saw it too.
In other news, I went to bed ridiculously late yesterday, for a Wednesday. They were having a silent auction bake sale at work, and for some reason, I'm a way better baker in my head than I actually am. I was up past midnight, baking cinnamon bun type of things. Hopefully the people who placed the winning bids on them weren't too disappointed. I did put them in really cute packaging! I'm still loving my job, but people aren't too Stepford-ish anymore. In fact, in the last couple of days I've found that a lot of people are either grumpy, have a bad stomach flu, or a bad cold. If I have to catch one I hope it's grumpy. Oh and today I received an email that said that they had a supp. cheque for me, could I come get it on the 2nd floor? Oh HELLS to the Yeah! I picked it up, and my mind was racing with possibilities : Did they decide to not keep some back time? Did they miscalculate my first 3 day cheque? Would I be able to finally afford something frivolous again? I waited until I had reached a reasonable cheque-opening distance, because I didn't want to appear desperate. I finally looked at the amount and I guess I could take suggestions as to what I could frivolously spend $6.34 on? hehe.
Congrats on Steph's new job! I hope that makes you both feel more secure and that he can get back to more sane hours.
Just don't spend that whole $6 in one place! LOL
Congrats to Steph on his new job! Tres exciting!
$6 eh...I'd be all over a new nail polish color or a lip gloss.
spend the 6 bucks on a skinny chocolate at the mall! mm i'm craving one lately
WHOOP, WHOOP on Steph's new job - awesome stuff! And so good that he realized you two are not ready for him to be out on his own - that's huge - proud of him!
An extra $6! You just go CRAZY! Personally - I'd get a new tube of cheapy lipstick! :)
Congrats to Steph on the new job! I know how stressful it is to not have a reliable income, so I'm glad y'all will have that peace of mind now.
Something frivolous for $6?? You could tear it up at the dollar section of Target! ;)
WHAT?! There is a dollar section at Target?! I've been jealous of you guys and your Target for years, now I'm a little more jealous. Thanks Melissa! haha kidding :).
Great news about the job!
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