freelancing

Well, I said I would update you on my crazy life on Sunday... and it is now Friday. However, I'm posting twice in one week, so you should be thankful I didn't wait until May (not that people read this regularly).

So, I haven't been a barista in over a month. I miss the following things about it: the people I worked with, having free delicious coffee/espresso/tea whenever I wanted it, always having cash from tips, not paying for meals, listening to Tegan and Sara on repeat (wait, I still do that) and having lots of free-time on weekdays. Don't get me wrong, it was probably better that I left, but I miss those crazy kids.

Now I'm working with a staffing agency (they only finds "creative" positions and they're actually super wonderful people) and working full-time freelance positions. I'm on my second placement (which is approximately infinity-times better than my first one) and I'm really enjoying it. I'm learning a ton and the people are great, but it is still scary as hell. Initially, this was supposed to be a one-week assignment. I was kind of not thrilled with the idea of working for a week and then (possibly) being unemployed, but I had nothing else going on so I went for it. Well, I'm finishing up my second week and coming back for a third.

This day-to-day and week-to-week uncertainty is kind of torture for an anxiety-ridden person like me. Add in the fact that I haven't had health insurance in almost a year (I'm a hypochondriac, so, ah!) and I am closely resembling a tightly-wound ball of stress lately. I guess I shouldn't be complaining- I'm employed, ya know? Hopefully, I'll adjust to this schedule sooner rather than later.

In better news, Earth Day Pub Crawl this weekend! I will update you all next week.