Zombie Kitteh sez ‘raaawrrr’
Hell is working right through the weekend, going to sleep after 2am on a Sunday and then not being able to sleep because you ate bread in the day and feel like shite.
Utter hell is waking up early on a Monday to carry on working, and finally hitting the 14 hour mark. I managed to have a short break or two at least, but to say I feel zombified would be an understatement.
I can’t complain, this is how I roll as a freelancer – your workload is never the same each week, and you’re either broke or deadlined out. I also can’t complain about working in the dark, because I keep forgetting to get lightbulb for my lamp.
My eyes won’t stop watering and I am feeling grouchy and over-sensitive. At least I got through the 5pm meltdown… anyone who has ever worked a 12+ hour day will know what I mean, there comes a certain time in the early evening when you lose the plot a bit. I was so tired I burst into tears when my laptop froze for the umpteenth time and I had to reboot, and lost the stuff I had just uploaded to the cms.
There is an end in sight though, and thank god for the green tea and jasmine that I’ve been downing all day along with the endless bottles of water. It’s small things like that, and Tiger biting my feet, that have gotten me through the last few days.
It’s times like this that I miss having a normal job, with normal hours and a normal salary thingy. All this stress sometimes gets a bit much, makes me forget about how much I usually enjoy freelancing.
Ok, I have to shut up now before I lose focus again. Back to work I go, hi ho, hi ho…
Sheesh, Rox, hang in there. It sounds really tough, pulling through all that work.
I admire you!
Goodness grief Rox, please remove that picture!!!
yeah, vasbyt tannie
awesome kitty shot.
Hehe, thanks guys.
Managed to get a bit of sleep last night, helped a lot! At least now I’m feeling more prepared for today’s madness.
P.S. Chris, I LIKE that picture!
*sob* Oh, zombie mouse, wherefore art thou!? O.O
I was like that last week. Sterkte darlin’!
I wish I could freelance instead of a 8 – 5 office job….grrrrrr
Ps – damn scary pic
@Craig, hehe – think that kitteh is more interested in souls than mice.
@Dolce, thanks hun… hope I can look back on this week and laugh, the way this month is going though, not likely!
@Brazen, trust me – you do not want to wish this torture on yourself. 8-5 is hell, but 15 hour days for an entire week is TORTURE. Seriously. Have never longed for a normal life more than I have this week.
Good luck hon! I’m at the opposite terrible end of the freelance balancing act, no work = no pay. Grrr. Still, I’ll live on bread & water before I go 8-5.
It sucks hey, you can never win – either dirt poor or overworked and surviving!
The annoying thing is that I’m broke as hell and will only be paid for this big project at the end of month, as with the other smaller ones. Oh well, at least I’ll have something like a normal salary this month!