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A Day in the Life at Whimfield These Days

Posted on 07. Oct, 2008 by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Personal

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I’ve been really busy. I mean really, really busy.

I’m writing up the ying-yang and sending out pitches like I’ve never pitched before.

Look, here I am petting our neighbour’s dog whilst checking my phone messages. Is nothing sacred??

Our home is still a renovation mad-house, with exactly three square feet of clean space in which to live.

Here’s my work-station/dinner table/relaxation area:

I know. It’s not very ergonomic. (Mom, look away!)

But the worst part of it is that I don’t really have a desk or a spot to put any papers. Normally, I’m a relatively organized person–when it comes to paperwork, anyway.

But yesterday, I was heading out to a meeting and I could not for the life of me find my bright blue portfolio that carries integral items such as my resume/work/contracts in it. Of course, I didn’t realize that I didn’t know where the hell it was ’til three minutes before I was supposed to leave. So I was running around in heels on our gritty, construction-zone floors like a mad-woman, leaving wakes of fluttering papers and cookie tins in my wake. (I may have eaten a chocolate-chip cookie during the frenzy.)

Eventually, I hit that crucial point: do I keep looking or do I just leave without it? Knowing the thousands of nooks and crannies where it could be hiding, I just printed off a two-page resume and flew out the door.

“It’s wonderful to meet you, Laura-Jane. Do you have any samples of your work?”

Ugh! I didn’t even try to make up an excuse. I just grinned and said, “Oh! No, I didn’t think to bring any!”

Today, I did inadvertently come across my bright blue portfolio. It was underneath a photo-album, which was underneath a giant mountain of clothes in our one tiny clean space–the bureau in the bedroom. (We don’t have any functional closets at this point.)

Amidst all my craziness, Cameron is keeping the house renovation going. By day, he’s in the crawlspace securing vapour-barrier and insulation. By night, he’s making tofu and writing code.

And remember when I was freaking out about the temperature and how we didn’t have a heat-source? Well, we still don’t have a heat-source, but it hasn’t been as cold this past week so we haven’t had to burrow under the quilts too frequently.

So yes, we’ve been busy. But it’s good busy. It’s the kind of busy that still allows for lazy mornings if we want to.

Must go!

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