Insomnimusing: Allons-y!

I couldn't post the actual video, but here's a 1983 performance by Culture Club of their hit Karma Chameleon, just for Flashback Friday.

I've begun my quest for independent wealth. Okay, not exactly. But I've gone and completed the paperwork for another paper to do some freelance work for them. Between that paper and my other one, I've got three assignments for next week. It's not a lot - not at all - but it will help. This week's flown by, but I've gotten a lot done. It's been a lot of catching up on all of the things that have been neglected for three months. I'm actually almost caught up with the laundry! I've even been able to cook this week and feed my kids (and myself) properly for a change. It's been pretty much nothing but insta-meals for them for quite a while now. I've felt awful about it, you can be sure. They're definitely happy to have mom's cooking again.

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Okay, so apparently I've got some serious catching up to do on my football. I've been able to keep up with most of the Man Utd news - I mean, hey, I've got my priorities, right? But most of the rest of the teams have been pretty much lost to me over the past three months. And there's so much going on. So I watched my boys beat Boca today, and then I started watching Bayern Munich vs. Milan for the other Audi Cup semi to see who'll meet Man Utd tomorrow for the final. I thought, "Yay! I can watch my favorite team and my favorite player! If Bayern wins, that is." Well, it turns out that Luca Toni's been demoted to the reserves - AND he had four other teams that wanted him, but he'd opted to stay at Bayern - only to come back from playing in the Confederations Cup with Italy and get demoted ?!? Wtf?! Milan wanted him, for piss' sake! All I can say is, "What the hell were you thinking, Luca?"

Hmmm...what time is it now? Ah, 4 a.m. Looks like the insomnia has returned, hasn't it? Well, I'm not surprised. Expected it really. I was just lying in bed and realized that I needed to turn off my alarm on my Blackberry. No need to have it going off in two and a half hours from now. Actually, the insomnia hadn't really gone away at all. I'd lain in bed most nights until quite late (or early) nearly every night, being jerked awake by some thought or another - almost always work related - just as I was beginning to drift off. Haven't made it to quite this late in a while though. Sheer exhaustion wouldn't allow for it, though my sleep was never settled when it finally did come. Tomorrow will be a true day off for me, I think. Then Tuesday Susan said she would call after she'd heard from the publisher when she got in. She's working the night shift, so it will be later on. I haven't decided yet if I should start in on all my paperwork tomorrow (well -

Well, I'm halfway through my first weekend as an unemployed person, and so far the only thing that seems a little odd about it is that I didn't have to spend all day yesterday taking pictures for work. That's happened occasionally that a weekend has meant an actual day off - but extremely rarely. I haven't been able to sleep in as I would have liked to though. It's been quite a while since I've been able to manage that. Despite my constant state of exhaustion from overwork, I haven't been able to sleep in even those rare times I've had the opportunity. The body gets used to these things, I guess. I went to the office to clear out my desk yesterday. My former editor (the decision was made by the publisher) seemed on the verge of tears a few times while I was there. She knows how much I've been doing, and she didn't agree with the decision. I told her I've got a prospect in line that looks pretty good. She told me the publisher might be sent to

Yep, I'm back. You might have noticed that I've been away for a while. You see, I've been working these horrific hours usually 12, 13, 14 hours a day, plus weekends (at salary, mind you, so not getting any more money), always doing exactly what's asked of me despite the fact that the priorities were changing every five minutes, pulling the editor's ass out of the fire more times than I can count, bringing in organization where there was previously nothing but chaos...etc.....etc....etc........ for the past three months now. What's it get me? Publisher calls me into the conference room to tell me that it's just not working out the way we'd hoped....blah....blah....blah..... I'm not heartbroken. I said "ok" and left. Spent more than enough time killing myself for a man who demanded not only superhuman action but actually the convolution of the laws of physics and space/time. I'm well done with it. I gave a call to the editor of a sister p

Hey this is always fun. How about a little Meatloaf for Flashback Friday. It's Paradise by the Dashboard Lights. :) Praying for the end of time....

This is slightly outside my original range, but it's just too good to pass up: Blondie's Call Me. :)

In spite of what the video description says, it's not the Eagles, it's Joe Walsh solo ... Life's Been Good

When I sing along with this one, I alter the words slightly...and it makes me smile. This week's Flashback Friday is Rick Springfield's Jessie's Girl. :)