at least that week is done
May. 16th, 2023 08:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukelast week was so busy. thankfully work was quieter on tuesday and wednesday so I mowed the yard and did a little spinning to rest up a little after last weekend's adventure
Wednesday, I got a text from someone asking if I was available that night or the next morning to shear two sheep. They were being slaughtered the next afternoon. I could do that night only, so I headed over. He wasn't able to catch one of the sheep so I sheared one of them and the sheep was a jerk. But the fleece was nice so there was that.
Next day, I was out doing field work all day. Went home, went to the weaver's guild meeting which was fun. Someone had brought a ton of yarn to destash so I grabbed a bunch of yarn. I showed off my plaid, which I still need to make a post about.
Friday, Mara came to work with me at C's place since I was heading to my parents' afterwards. More field work! Hot and sweaty day. Drove down to my parents and sat around that night.
Saturday and Sunday was planting strawberries all day. We finished Sunday afternoon!
Drove home Monday morning as soon as I could because I had an interview at 3pm that was an hour and a half drive away. Got home at 11:30, ate food, unloaded some of the stuff from my truck, threw on clean nice clothes and hit the road. Interview was good, conversational. Drove home. Had crafting.
This week should be less busy. Fieldwork two days, plus a half day shearing potentially. Tomorrow is driving day but easy. Nothing on the schedule for this weekend yet, which will be nice.
Wednesday, I got a text from someone asking if I was available that night or the next morning to shear two sheep. They were being slaughtered the next afternoon. I could do that night only, so I headed over. He wasn't able to catch one of the sheep so I sheared one of them and the sheep was a jerk. But the fleece was nice so there was that.
Next day, I was out doing field work all day. Went home, went to the weaver's guild meeting which was fun. Someone had brought a ton of yarn to destash so I grabbed a bunch of yarn. I showed off my plaid, which I still need to make a post about.
Friday, Mara came to work with me at C's place since I was heading to my parents' afterwards. More field work! Hot and sweaty day. Drove down to my parents and sat around that night.
Saturday and Sunday was planting strawberries all day. We finished Sunday afternoon!
Drove home Monday morning as soon as I could because I had an interview at 3pm that was an hour and a half drive away. Got home at 11:30, ate food, unloaded some of the stuff from my truck, threw on clean nice clothes and hit the road. Interview was good, conversational. Drove home. Had crafting.
This week should be less busy. Fieldwork two days, plus a half day shearing potentially. Tomorrow is driving day but easy. Nothing on the schedule for this weekend yet, which will be nice.
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Date: 2023-05-16 01:27 pm (UTC)May the interview prove fruitful!
May it indeed be less busy this week and yay! being called to shear! (Ok, low-risk shearing from the sheep owner's POV, but still. Definite progress!)
(Also, just reading these makes me feel old. Because it'd kill me to try to get that done in a week.)
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Date: 2023-05-16 02:40 pm (UTC)I'm genuinely exhausted, spending the day responding to emails slowly and spinning in between. Sleepy too. Nothing going on tonight at least.
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Date: 2023-05-16 03:35 pm (UTC)Rest is good! May it be highly effective.
Occasional long drive or daily long drive? Daily long drives get expensive; vehicle maintenance and lost time for yourself. ("Work out the hourly with the commute thrown in" has been my rule for that.)
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Date: 2023-05-16 05:58 pm (UTC)We'll see if they offer it to me, and go from there I think.
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Date: 2023-05-16 07:19 pm (UTC)"Good to work with if a little grumpy" conjures a mental image.
250 days, hour each way, is 500 hours/year. 10000/500 = 100/5 = 20 dollars an hour for the commute time. (This doubtless needs adjusting to reality.)
Same thumb rules say divide your annual salary by 2000 to get effective hourly.
And definitely better to not count one's chickens.