*sighs*

If I didn't have enough money problems...
And it's not like I spent like a fiend either - it was for Lou's wedding and bills.
Ah, the joys of being a contractor.

So, one client (CPA #2) I didn't have the hours I thought I'd have. I'm going in tonight, and probably later in the week, but that check I'm refusing to beg for. I'll leave him the timesheet, and he'll have a check for me when I get back.

One client whom I haven't billed yet for work done in February and March, since we HAD an appointment for late April, and he didn't keep it, now wants to meet after my vacation. It's not a lot, but anything helps at this point. This money I will ALSO have, after the vacation.

I need to put some money to my credit card, for gas after the trip, since I will be broke. I am getting some billing, but it has to cover necessary bills. I still have to eat til we leave, and when we get back (nasty habit that, I should stop *grins*)

*sighs* I'm NOT as bad off as I make it out to be, it's just tight and I need money to get around London and Edinburgh, and I won't have a lot. I don't want D paying for everything while we're about.

I have to face it - I have to tell her I can't have the whole amount for the trip for her tonight or even before we leave. I want to give her half, put some money on my cards for expenses, have some cash, pay a bill or two that MUST be paid, then give her the other half after I bill for the month of May. I think my billing from CPA #1 will cover what I'd owe her.

I don't know why the prospect of having very little money to go, D paid off and no bills paid is worse than me having very little money, D half paid and some bills paid. The whole situation ISN'T perfect, but it's better than nothing.

Emails must go out today regarding resale of some items. This weekend will be spent taking pictures of clothes that are going, along with writing descriptions. I'm setting up the laptop in the living room, so I can hang things up and measure them.

Heh - I'm whining since I don't have enough money to blow on crap. Although I DO like that eating habit. Plus I have needs. I wonder if I can find any evening projects to take on. I REALLY like the idea of night auditing, for a while. Gets me out of the house while the unit is asleep.

I hope D understands. Big Time. As long as I have a plan, I think I'll be OK. I might blame the car - yeah the car's the ticket! *grins* NOONE tell her!

Why I think I know what I'm doing

CPA #1's office thinks I'm their computer guy.

Last week I had issues there. Specifically, with the fact that the boss's daughter couldnt' connect to the network. Mostly because she had forgotten to reboot the server. For a week. *sighs* Last weekend there was a cut in power, so we had to power down the server. (light dawns, I know what happened)

She's having trouble getting in, and I was trying to walk her through the rebooting sequence. She kept NOT listening to me, and putting the phone down, going and doing a half job, then coming back bitching when it "didn't work" I wanted her to boot the server, make sure IT was OK, then the router, THEN try to connect to the network.

What I'm pretty sure happened is that I didn't tell her to shut down the router and the modem. So the settings for the router are gone, hence no network, or at least all wonky. But I HAD to hang up on her, I wanted her to write down what I wanted her to do, try it, then call me. She left me hanging, and I'm out to another client in mere moments. Instead of calling me she called the expensive network guy. HE can go in remotely and reset the router. And charge $200 for it. *sighs* OK, yes, it's necessary, but SHE barely follows directions as is. Since I forgot to tell her about shutting off the router, this is still my fault.

I need a drink. At Least I'm getting dinner out of it. We're finally doing our dinner on Friday. I need to get up and go early, so I can put in a full day, then have a nice steak.

I have to go. I'm so irritated now. Thankfully, I'm getting a check that will cheer me up.

*grumble*

Seriously, I don't want to be working any more right now.
I haven't even had a long day.
I did majorly oversleep - when I sleep it's very deep, and undisturbed. When I finally get there, usually about 4. Not Good. I've been noticing I'm falling asleep around midnight, I actually slept through InuYasha last night. (I felt sleepy so I'd drifted over to lie down a bit) but had to get up, move my car, etc. *sighs* I think I'm going to come in here on Thursday, armed with a sandwich or snack or something, since I'm mostly hungry right now, and that's causing the distress.

Like really hungry!

*sighs* I have to finish this month I'm working on, and leave, I'm useless like this. I think I'm going to just plan to be here long time on Thursday, starting around 1, since I need to let myself sleep after ManRay and the day I have scheduled for tomorrow. *sighs* I had thought to go to Goffee, but I also feel the need to finish this project before I leave, and the weekend just isn't good. If i try to have any sort of deadline, I'll be tense and irritable. OK, more so.

This lack of content is brought to you by Soylent green *sighs*

Maybe I'm just not feeling like talking to D about the trip. I'm in a dark planning place, don't like it, and can't do much about it. Bleh.