The 3rd house in astrology is associated with writing, conversation, personal thoughts, day-to-day things, siblings and neighbors.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004Tell me again why I'm working for myself
Tired and irritable tonight. Maybe the cool, drizzling weather. Maybe the pile of bills on my desk and the fact that a big corporate client of mine still hasn’t paid me for work I did in March and April. Isn’t there a law or something that you can’t not pay someone for 75 days and get away with it? Guess not. Sigh. It wouldn’t bother me quite so much if I hadn’t had the lousiest, scarcest 6 months of income since the second half of 2001, meaning next to nothing. But these guys are just sitting on a big fat check they owe me – okay, not so big and fat but very much needed.
I did have a good meeting with the new clients today – the big project my friend Carol nabbed and I’ve already started working on. They were all nice people and the project’s going well, so I’m happy about that. Carol and I went nearby to The Naked Fish after the meeting and I had a glass of wine and a very garlic-laden Caesar salad for dinner that was excellent (I’m still tasting it). Other good news is that, according to Carol, they pay promptly. With my luck that’ll change when it comes time to pay me. Such is my way of looking at things tonight.
Well, maybe a good night’s sleep will help. Long day of work tomorrow, including a run back to the new clients’ offices to retrieve my laptop, which they’re supposed to load Lotus Notes on so that I can be on their email system and retrieve documents.
Meanwhile, Happy Bastille Day! Hmm, there's an idea about how to get my money from that client...
