After several days of thumb twiddling, I just had a crazy full day and will have the same tomorrow. I am absolutely wiped tonight! It really would be nice if the work could be spread out more evenly over the course of the week!

But I’m glad that things are picking up even if I’m still worried that I won’t be able to meet my February obligations. My government contract still hasn’t started and when it does, I am going to be slammed with overtime on it, but that’s not much help to me if it doesn’t happen till the next month. At least, I know it will eventually come.

I was up super early today to get a head start on the day’s work because I needed to quit early to go to Dale’s going away happy hour. Thankfully, the bulk of the day’s work was super easy and I made really good inroads into tomorrow’s work. Thankfully, because another project due tomorrow came in as well as a non-transcription project for tonight. I’m not in a position to turn anything down at this point!

Contessa and Colin came by mid afternoon so I could scan and email some documents for them. I’ve been doing scanning or printing for a number of people, including the English teachers for the colonia, a service I’m very glad to offer.

I headed over to the happy hour around 4:40 and there was a big crowd! Dale is such a kind and fun person that you can’t help but adore her, hence her popularity. There was tons of food and I doubt anyone went away needing supper! Someone even thrust a plate of dessert in my hands at one point. It wound up being a pie that I could eat as it wasn’t too sweet, featuring tons of a tart green fruit (unripe guava?), a cream or possibly cheese filling, and a graham cracker crust, plus the portion was reasonable. What a treat!

Even though I had to go back to work after, was in no hurry to get out of there. I gabbed with a number of people about restaurants, the border crossing back into the US, life on Isla, and Maz attractions. I left around 7:00 as the gathering was winding down and Dale was ready to head off.

Thankfully, my job for tonight was not too arduous and I was able to call it a day by 8:30ish. Now, I’m thinking hot shower and bed early so I can start all over in the morning.

I’m not complaining. Yeah, the vagaries of freelancing can really suck, but look at where they allow me to be! It’s hard not to feel like the richest and luckiest person in the world when you’re living in the tropics instead of enduring a brutal Saskatchewan winter!