End of the Week Apathy

It's the end of the week and just over five weeks to Christmas, which is scary in itself! I have that kind of apathy that comes with having worked long hours for months and really needing a good break.

But working for yourself comes with some challenges, one of them being cash flow over the Christmas period. Bills still have to be paid even if all your clients go on holidays and they don't pay their bills till January.

So I am as busy as ever trying to complete projects before the middle of next month and also trying to convince new clients to sign up now rather than wait till the new year. The latter means I can bill them for a percentage of the work upfront.

I have never really understood how a company can just close down essentially from the start of December till the end of January. Sure people may still be there, but there is this overwhelming attitude of "Put it off till next year", or "Let's not do anything till after the holiday season".

Today however I am suffering from a hang over (I had dinner with a friend while my boy was at a conference dinner) , where I managed to drink an entire bottle of white wine and a number of glasses of red wine all to myself.

I am also suffering form I just don't want to be working today. The puppy has the right idea though, she has taken her bed into the middle of the office and is fast asleep, every now and then she kicks her legs and barks in her sleep as she dreams.

Looking out over the harbor it just looks so beautiful that I would prefer to be having a long long lunch out there and relaxing, rather then writing proposals, following up clients and writing code!

9:01:00 AM