Things are afoot. This morning I went for a meeting with a friend and collaborator. She’s an artist and has a very clear but strange eye on things. She’s used me a few times before and I’ve got some remarkable images out of it, but I’m unrecognisable in them. I’ll be back working with her again soon, bringing joyful madness. Mister Panda will be running a shop. He might be a bit pompous this time. It’s about providing a place for people to play in and then giving them rein to be silly. Nothing outside my remit there. I was enjoying thinking about the possibilities when I got a call to ask where I was because of course I was supposed to be in Aylsford today doing a workshop and I had kicked it down the road. I think I had invented an extra day in the week, and was living in it. Dayjobby people were pretty cool about it, but how could they be otherwise? How cool they actually are will become apparent via how many bookings I get in the coming seasons having just cost them a day. It’s been a useful lifeline that job but in the end it is just a dayjob. I don’t love it like I did the boats, but I love the income so I’ll be glad to keep it ticking over until Spielberg finally picks up the phone. Let’s see. For now there’s Panda and pay is comparable.
Now I’m home and I’m in bed before nine. Someone from Halfords is coming to fix the tyre because I can’t find my wheel nut unlocker. I still think it might just need to be reinflated. I wish I had a portable inflater. Can’t drive it to the pump as it is – it’ll hurt the car and I could get pulled over which would be bad as my insurance is up for renewal.
I say I’m in bed. That’s just my office. I’ve been here the last few hours sending emails and doing admin and I’ve just ordered a curry to eat here. Lou was in her office on the beach today. Mine is my bed and that’s fine. It’s the joy of being self employed.
One of my friends sent my a whole load of apps today that are supposed to help people with ADHD and I immediately thought how useful they all would be if I ever got round to actually using them which I won’t.
I’ve sent the invoices. I’ve updated the diary. I haven’t made the plans properly but … for short term I’ve put things in motion that will allow me to make the more long term plans… There’s been some sort of progress albeit slow as ever. Soon there’ll be another flurry but bed was calling today and who am I to ignore the siren song of the fluffy pillow?
AlBarclay 