Storm Chandra has hit, and yesterday I got to phone my 17 year old son at 8:30pm to let him know his school was going to be closed tomorrow due to the weather and, since he was with his mates, it sounded like I’d just announced the end of WWII over the phone to someone in a bar in New York
It’s wet out.
But it’s beginning to feel like it’s always wet out.
Tuesday Recap
So, yesterday I had plans. And here’s what happened:
Mon – pencil a page, pencil and ink and letter a terran omega page. Go for a run.
Pencilled the page. Pencilled Terran Omega. Went for a run. Drove son to dentist which, somehow, wiped out two hours from my day.
Didn’t get anything inked. Today is the day for that.
Amount earned yesterday: $0. But I did upload a finished DC page to their servers so that will pay for a few days of living.
I paid my taxes yesterday, lowest my tax bill has been for years – which sadly is not great news. (I tell you, readers, not to elicit sympathy but rather so you understand how perilous freelancing can be)
When I started this career I promised myself I’d always maintain three months worth of salary in the bank (this, I reasoned was the sensible amount – if work dried up, I’d have salary to cover one month of looking for work, one month for doing work and one month for waiting on the invoice being paid) and when it dipped below that I’d have to really think about what the hell I’m doing. Well, right now I have no months of salary (though some invoices are due). So that’s a scary position. Luckily I can draw my way out of it, but it requires me to draw.
Yesterday In Social Media
The world continuous to burn, and in full view of everyone so Social Media, understandably has been screaming about awful stuff going on everywhere but right now especially, the states.
So please enjoy this one insight I had:
Nigella Lawson replacing Prue Leith (who previously replaced Mary Berry) on the great British bake off is the Uk equivalent of Marisa Tomai playing Aunt May
