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So, apparently, the place I'm working has requested me to come back for the next month. Except corporate won't let them pay my mileage anymore, and I'm driving 400 miles a week, which is a tank and a half of gas. A week. I can still track it and write it off on my 2010 taxes, but ... the Coop needs an alignment, rotation & balance. Damn sport suspension goes out of whack with the slightest pothole. Drives real good, though.
The thing is, we're gonna need the money, but I've been looking forward to getting my writing time back as of Monday. So I called my agent (not sure what else to call her) and talked about it some, with the oncology appointment Monday and all. She said she'd be in touch with the manager there, and I said I'd talk to him when I get in today. Perhaps we can reach a compromise, say 3 days a week (Monday, Wed/Thu, Friday), since Monday is the worst day (800+! Ugh!), and Friday is kind of heavy too. Wednesday is the lightest, so they may prefer Thursday. Especially since I only work till 5 Wednesday because of tai chi.
I won't be able to get in until 2-ish Monday, since I'll be in Raleigh until 12:30-ish, and there's not really a good route from south Raleigh to Oxford. 40 to 15-501 to 85 is the most direct, at 47 miles/53 minutes. Though lunchtime may increase drive time on 15-501, hopefully it won't be as bad as 5 pm. I hate 15-501.
Anyway. I ought to eat some food, since I'm managing to keep breakfast down, then go out in search of some firewood, since the Weave was out. Maybe Kroger or Home Depot? Damn North Carolinians flipping out at the prospect of ... well, 6-10 inches of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Can't say I blame them too much, really. We've got half a dozen bagels in the pantry (soon to be 5), cream cheese, cheese, peanut butter, jelly, and some lunch meat (for Ben, not me), so if we can't cook, we can at least eat. There are 2 ice packs and an ice cream freezer in the freezer, so we have things to shove into a cooler in the event we need to. Thought the ice cream freezer can stay in the fridge to maintain its cold for a while, as long as we keep it shut.
Then I get to head into work, yay. Might go in early to make up for yesterday and the potential of an early dismissal due to snowpocalypse. (I really did feel ill most of yesterday. Took me half an hour to eat a bowl of bunny pasta, and it was cold when I finished. Ick. My bowl of cereal this morning was fine, though.)
The thing is, we're gonna need the money, but I've been looking forward to getting my writing time back as of Monday. So I called my agent (not sure what else to call her) and talked about it some, with the oncology appointment Monday and all. She said she'd be in touch with the manager there, and I said I'd talk to him when I get in today. Perhaps we can reach a compromise, say 3 days a week (Monday, Wed/Thu, Friday), since Monday is the worst day (800+! Ugh!), and Friday is kind of heavy too. Wednesday is the lightest, so they may prefer Thursday. Especially since I only work till 5 Wednesday because of tai chi.
I won't be able to get in until 2-ish Monday, since I'll be in Raleigh until 12:30-ish, and there's not really a good route from south Raleigh to Oxford. 40 to 15-501 to 85 is the most direct, at 47 miles/53 minutes. Though lunchtime may increase drive time on 15-501, hopefully it won't be as bad as 5 pm. I hate 15-501.
Anyway. I ought to eat some food, since I'm managing to keep breakfast down, then go out in search of some firewood, since the Weave was out. Maybe Kroger or Home Depot? Damn North Carolinians flipping out at the prospect of ... well, 6-10 inches of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Can't say I blame them too much, really. We've got half a dozen bagels in the pantry (soon to be 5), cream cheese, cheese, peanut butter, jelly, and some lunch meat (for Ben, not me), so if we can't cook, we can at least eat. There are 2 ice packs and an ice cream freezer in the freezer, so we have things to shove into a cooler in the event we need to. Thought the ice cream freezer can stay in the fridge to maintain its cold for a while, as long as we keep it shut.
Then I get to head into work, yay. Might go in early to make up for yesterday and the potential of an early dismissal due to snowpocalypse. (I really did feel ill most of yesterday. Took me half an hour to eat a bowl of bunny pasta, and it was cold when I finished. Ick. My bowl of cereal this morning was fine, though.)
