There is much to say since my last post!
Seems my life situation is continually improving! Many things worth mentioning: I’ve found a replacement for Trader Joe’s potstickers, embarked on two volunteer efforts, made progress on my goals with Travel, and gotten not one but TWO part time jobs to fill the job void that has existed for the past 3 months. I am slowly emerging from a life of near hermitage. Took a good long bike ride today, got some color on my face, life is gooooood.
Last thursday I started part time job number one at Webster University’s media center. The next day, I got a call from Robert Bullivant expressing that he’d like me to be somewhat of a second assistant at his printing business in Soulard. He also wants me to design his business’s website. Web design is a hobby that I continually give up on then reconnect with. But like most things in life, you have to dive in and commit. So this time I got all the necessary books and have been taking the time to really learn the ropes and don’t plan on giving it up. This summer I have 3 sites to get done.
So, this past week, I’ve gotten acquainted with two new jobs, finished a demo website for my sister, and perpetuated a few of my own projects. In the midst of all the madness, I got a phonecall on Sunday from a woman named Rosemary who had seen a flyer at her church for my missing cat, Scrat. Scrat ran away 6 months ago, and I have since adopted Hadley and accepted that he’s gone. Back in September I’d plastered the neighborhood with my missing cat flyers that clearly described him as a large short hair gray cat with green eyes. I guess one of these had somehow migrated to a church? I don’t remember putting one up in a church, only in the vicinity of one. I suppose that someone, out of the goodness of their heart, had taken the liberty of taking it in for me. Someone much like Rosemary.
Anyways, Rosemary was calling with good news. She found a flyer for a cat that someone had found, and wanted to call and relay the number to me. I took note of the number she gave me and put it on my to-do list to call the next day. So I did just that and no answer…..I left a message on the answering machine with my name and number. Well, Rosemary didn’t stop calling me. She persisted in sending me urgent messages to call her and report. I always received these at bad times, and frankly it was getting annoying. I didn’t want to answer out of spite. It seemed that Rosemary wanted so bad for it to be my cat for her own absolution. It was apparently her current mission to bring this union.
So, yesterday I finally got a call back from the poor man I’d called asking about the found cat. His message was just bizarre, and made me laugh. It was an old man who spoke very slowly. He’d found the owner of the cat already, and went on to describe the cat as being a Sphynx cat with no fur and large bat-like ears?! What?? Oh, Rosemary……..I feel bad. When I called her back, finally, she wasn’t home. Somewhat thankful for not having to talk to her, I left the message that it wasn’t Scrat with her husband–a man who has probably for the past week been at the mercy of a woman in toil and agony over my cat plight. Which is probably why as I was saying my thanks for their efforts, he said “thanks” abruptly and then hung up on me. I almost feel like I should have said it was my cat after all, and that we’re now happily reunited.
I guess that darn cat will never cease to haunt me. Causes trouble even after his sudden disappearance. Six months ago…
So, aside from inherent cat drama, things have been pretty chill. I have on tape material for a story on Niche restaurant for Travel, and I have Venice Cafe in the books for the end of the month. Exciting things are happening, slowly but surely. Building a business is hard stuff, especially when life gets in the way. But as long as I stay actively shooting and creating content for this or that, I feel that much closer to being actively working in the industry. Maybe? Yes!
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