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Well, today is the day that will test levels of stress beyond belief.
The short story:
We have an 80-page magazine due at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning and still don't have all of the content, my wife just began keeping a 6-week old little boy this morning and I have to finish a website design for an important contract - AND it is Thanksgiving Holiday which means a short work week! I'm not even home to help my wife work these things out. On top of all of that, we are out of sugar!! Hold on sanity, I'll be back shortly.
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The long story and the history of the madness:
(#1 - Stress level: High) This morning, around 7:30, my buddy Drew dropped off his newborn son, Liam, for my wife to babysit. His wife mounts up and takes her first day back to work after nearly 2 months off after Liam was born. Good luck on your first day back, Missy!
You see, the plan was, since my wife has put a temporary hold on her career (ie: quit to stay home with Carter), for her to keep Liam for extra income. The only thing is, it is a 10-hour day for $20 a day ($2 an hour). But it DOES help out some of our best friends in knowing their son is taken care of and not being neglected in some daycare housing 50 other infants.
(#2 - Stress level: Higher) BUT, about three months ago, my buddy Scott asked if I could freelance some graphic design for his new company Southestern Book Company.. It involves some newspaper ad design, web banner design and a huge year-end website overhaul. He helped us set up a contract with a 10-hour work week until next March. I gotta tell ya, that helps a ton financially. Thanks Scott! The thing with this job is I am at their "disposal". They have turned a girl, named Emily, loose on me and I have logged nearly 4 weeks worth of work just for her in 2 weeks time. Which is fine because I will have downtime later, it just comes at a bad time in relation to everything else.
(#3 - Stress level: Highest) And then, about two months ago, a magazine publisher came-a-calling - Paducah Parenting & Family. She asked if Angie and I would layout and design a local 80-page magazine on a monthly basis. Whoa! Wow! That is almost more than I make at my 40-hour day job. The only thing is, we have to design an entire magazine in 2 to 3 days. No room for mistakes. No time to get sick. Way stressful situation here!!
(#4 - Stress level: Medium) Two other littl companies have called us. Country Chevrolet in Benton, Ky started soliciting our design services, and a small branch of American Classifieds, called "The Fugitive File," has called upon us.
So with the SE Book deal and the Parenting Magazine deal and all the other little clients needing designs, we are in good financially - just not sanity-wise - lol! Things will get better, though, I hope. I should wrap up the big web project soon, even though I haven't done much of anything but a skeleton (don't read that part Scott) and there will be some downtime after that. My wife will cease keeping Liam at the end of December, so that will be less stressful, too. Hopefully this magazine will soon be more timely that a 3-day design turnaround. *sigh*
Wish me luck?
The short story:
We have an 80-page magazine due at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning and still don't have all of the content, my wife just began keeping a 6-week old little boy this morning and I have to finish a website design for an important contract - AND it is Thanksgiving Holiday which means a short work week! I'm not even home to help my wife work these things out. On top of all of that, we are out of sugar!! Hold on sanity, I'll be back shortly.
__________________________________________________
The long story and the history of the madness:
(#1 - Stress level: High) This morning, around 7:30, my buddy Drew dropped off his newborn son, Liam, for my wife to babysit. His wife mounts up and takes her first day back to work after nearly 2 months off after Liam was born. Good luck on your first day back, Missy!
You see, the plan was, since my wife has put a temporary hold on her career (ie: quit to stay home with Carter), for her to keep Liam for extra income. The only thing is, it is a 10-hour day for $20 a day ($2 an hour). But it DOES help out some of our best friends in knowing their son is taken care of and not being neglected in some daycare housing 50 other infants.
(#2 - Stress level: Higher) BUT, about three months ago, my buddy Scott asked if I could freelance some graphic design for his new company Southestern Book Company.. It involves some newspaper ad design, web banner design and a huge year-end website overhaul. He helped us set up a contract with a 10-hour work week until next March. I gotta tell ya, that helps a ton financially. Thanks Scott! The thing with this job is I am at their "disposal". They have turned a girl, named Emily, loose on me and I have logged nearly 4 weeks worth of work just for her in 2 weeks time. Which is fine because I will have downtime later, it just comes at a bad time in relation to everything else.
(#3 - Stress level: Highest) And then, about two months ago, a magazine publisher came-a-calling - Paducah Parenting & Family. She asked if Angie and I would layout and design a local 80-page magazine on a monthly basis. Whoa! Wow! That is almost more than I make at my 40-hour day job. The only thing is, we have to design an entire magazine in 2 to 3 days. No room for mistakes. No time to get sick. Way stressful situation here!!
(#4 - Stress level: Medium) Two other littl companies have called us. Country Chevrolet in Benton, Ky started soliciting our design services, and a small branch of American Classifieds, called "The Fugitive File," has called upon us.
So with the SE Book deal and the Parenting Magazine deal and all the other little clients needing designs, we are in good financially - just not sanity-wise - lol! Things will get better, though, I hope. I should wrap up the big web project soon, even though I haven't done much of anything but a skeleton (don't read that part Scott) and there will be some downtime after that. My wife will cease keeping Liam at the end of December, so that will be less stressful, too. Hopefully this magazine will soon be more timely that a 3-day design turnaround. *sigh*
Wish me luck?
posted by Wall Appeals at 21.11.05
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