my life

Not enough time in a day!

Wow, it's been a busy week so far, and it's only Tuesday! :( Work has been keeping me really busy. We have to make site-wide changes to all of our web sites (and there are a TON), all because Microsoft decided to be lame and change the way the new release of Explorer handles embedded flash files. So I get the wonderful task of using a new process for using flash elements on pages for the entire peta2 site, which has flash elements on every page and is probably the largest PETA site. Can we say tedious? Argh! Not sure if that paragraph made any sense, but it feels good to vent... I guess I am learning something from the process...

Freelance work is blowing up like crazy. I took over the design of the Co-op newsletter and have designed 2 issues so far. Everyone loves it, all is well, but we are changing presses and now I have to design a new template. Not a big deal, and I'll have a chance to redesign things a bit, but it means more time spent working after regular work hours. I am working on a proposal for a landscaping company's website, and will be meeting with a client about a book project on Friday. That probably won't start for a while, since the book is just in the planning stages... and then out of the blue I get an e-mail from another possible client! She loved my work and my design approach, which is totally awesome, and is interested in having me do a logo and identity system. I'm excited about that since it will give me some variety and I haven't done a logo in a little while. Not too sure about the details yet, but it sounds like that project won't start until June. Why is it that when I'm swamped with work, more comes my way? I rarely turn it down, because I love design and doing freelance work gives me more creative freedom and variety than the day job, but juggling everything has been hard and I'm really really glad I work 4 10's so I can have a 3-day weekend. I usually only work on freelance stuff one day of the weekend, and occasionally in the evenings, but I might be dedicating more time to it soon by the looks of it. I'm just hoping things calm down this summer so I can take a much needed break! :)

Still no VW bus :( but we've found lots of possibilities. The diesels are getting snatched up super-quick. One guy had 48 people in line to look at his '82 diesel Westfalia! We're broadening the search and are considering getting a gas one that's in need of a new engine anyway and putting in a bigger turbo diesel engine so we can tackle the mountains without being too sluggish... I have a feeling this process may take longer than we'd hoped. It's already May and it's going to take a while to do the conversion to grease (and from gas to diesel, then to grease if necessary) and pimp out the little home on wheels before we do a lot of traveling in it. But I'm hopeful, and looking forward to finding our perfect bus. My parents had VW buses from before they were married until just a few years ago when they sold out and got a Honda mini-van. So it runs in the blood, and it's been a while since I had a VW in my life... I still miss the Corrado I had (even though it was a pain in the ass and wouldn't start...). I never thought I'd be so interested in cars! But a grease-powered car is yet another way to reduce my footprint on the earth and save money at the same time. :)

Speaking of reducing my footprint, Seneca got a bike trailer from a friend who's moving, and we've been doing errands in that lately. It's been so nice out, it's hard not to ride bikes everywhere. The bike trailer fits a whole load of groceries (we just tested it out with a big grocery trip last night)! Juneau even helps pull it, Seneca clips Juneau's leash to his belt and he pulls Seneca and the cart along. I have yet to try the pooch-powered bike with the cart, but boy can that dog pull. He just loves to run, he's a husky all right!

Well, this is definitely a long enough post. I guess I just had a lot to vent about. :) Life just keeps on chuggin' along, although I've noticed it goes faster the older I get...

Labels: volksvegan grease bus, work

posted by Megan @ 11:42 PM