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One thing that has been bugging me -- and that I am trying not to fret over too much, given everything else that has gone on the past month -- is my current employment status.
As some of you might know, I had an ongoing freelance job as a writer of trivia questions for an online game site. I was notified a few days before surgery that the company that runs the site was discontinuing it, or at least discontinuing purchasing new content for it. As I had other things on my mind, I just gave a disappointed shrug. But now I am starting to really feel the loss.
I loved this job. It didn't pay very well (piecework, $4.00/question), but it was extremely flexible -- I could work as much or as little I wanted. I incurred no childcare expenses. I didn't make a lot of money, but I did pay for Christmas the past two years, and because of what I earned this year was the first one that we didn't run up debt when![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
brian1789 went to the Arctic. The extra income made a small but significant difference in our standard of living.
But most of all, it was fun. It was the closest I am ever likely to get to my dream job of writing for Jeopardy!. I had high standards about what I would write about (although I occasionally had questions rejected as being too hard, I never had ones rejected for being stupid or vulgar) and I was good at my craft. I was being paid to learn things, and to try and let others learn things in an entertaining manner. (It also gave me something to throw into conversations at parties; I love my husband and kids, but I do get tired of talking about them sometimes -- especially his work, which is fascinating I admit, but which is about him, not about me : >)
And now it's gone. My editor has promised to notify me if something comes up (and I trust him, I followed him to this company after working for him on a similar project at another company), but right now I feel at a loss.
At some point in her LJ,clairade said she wanted a refund on September. I want one of those, too.
As some of you might know, I had an ongoing freelance job as a writer of trivia questions for an online game site. I was notified a few days before surgery that the company that runs the site was discontinuing it, or at least discontinuing purchasing new content for it. As I had other things on my mind, I just gave a disappointed shrug. But now I am starting to really feel the loss.
I loved this job. It didn't pay very well (piecework, $4.00/question), but it was extremely flexible -- I could work as much or as little I wanted. I incurred no childcare expenses. I didn't make a lot of money, but I did pay for Christmas the past two years, and because of what I earned this year was the first one that we didn't run up debt when
brian1789 went to the Arctic. The extra income made a small but significant difference in our standard of living.But most of all, it was fun. It was the closest I am ever likely to get to my dream job of writing for Jeopardy!. I had high standards about what I would write about (although I occasionally had questions rejected as being too hard, I never had ones rejected for being stupid or vulgar) and I was good at my craft. I was being paid to learn things, and to try and let others learn things in an entertaining manner. (It also gave me something to throw into conversations at parties; I love my husband and kids, but I do get tired of talking about them sometimes -- especially his work, which is fascinating I admit, but which is about him, not about me : >)
And now it's gone. My editor has promised to notify me if something comes up (and I trust him, I followed him to this company after working for him on a similar project at another company), but right now I feel at a loss.
At some point in her LJ,
clairade said she wanted a refund on September. I want one of those, too.