A recurring theme: my good intentions to get up early, say 8:00 am, gets derailed and results in me groggily pulling out of bed around, say 10:30 am. The night before, I got pretty sloshed after a great kickball game, and ended up going to bed rather early. My body must’ve been thrown for a loop because I woke up at 3 am and was unable to go back to bed until 6 am. Hence the ruined morning schedule.

Since I was too busy last week, the first thing was to stock up on some groceries. My cart is usually the model of good health: fruit, veggies, sensible meals, healthy snacks… and then always the random horrible, processed, out-of-the-blue food which today was Cheetos Puffs. Don’t ask why, I couldn’t tell you.

I have an interview tomorrow at a friend’s company so needed to spend some time today to update my website and portfolio with new work. I spent a majority of the day working on this, which ended up with mixed results. I’m not totally happy with the presentation of the work but was pressed for time. Oh well, it’ll do.

Then another surprise, BBDO emails inquiring about my availability. I’ve done this dance with them a few times before so wasn’t getting my hopes up. Especially since I had that interview tomorrow that would eat up part of the afternoon. Miraculously, we worked it out and I’m going to be on-site at BBDO for the rest of the week.

Amazing. BBDO is a storied agency and I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about working for them. Friends are optimistic and encouraging, saying that things are beginning to shift my way, with NFL in the past few weeks and now this. I’m trying to hedge my feelings, bracing for when things don’t go my way as they tend to not.

I also dedicated part of the day to sifting through photos of yesterday’s kickball game and posting them online. The game was a great one, going into extra innings, and I have to say, I did pretty well. I’m not one to toot my own horn, but I was a good first baseman. In one of the innings, I was the sole player to get all three outs in a row. The rest of the team were amazed and joked “Should we just go sit this one out? You seem to have it under control.” Having not considered myself athletic in any way since the 4th grade, I was astonished that I was catching every ball and making timely outs.

The evening was all about cooking some serious meals with all my new groceries. My roomies were wandering around pondering dinners of a bowl of nuts, or yogurt. How could I not offer them some of my food? I admit to being a bit reluctant to do so. It’s not that I don’t want to be generous, but our apartment hasn’t really had a history of us eating together. We’re all on such different, crazy schedules that we just all fend for ourselves. And also, the survival instinct was kicking in for me. I’m by far the most financially perilous of everyone. Shouldn’t I be hoarding my food? Ah well. It’ll all go towards good karma points. Even if reluctantly, right?

Daily Panic Level: Not too bad
Financial Outlook: Better
Job Scorecard (Interviews – Freelance Work – Freelance Busts): 7 – 3 – 23
Last Night’s Meal: Stir fry beef and vegetables with rice