This Has Been My Life On Pause

This has been the most insane week work-wise for me since I went rogue freelance. I think it's like some kind of unwritten rule that the more stuff you already have on your plate, the more people who suddenly come out of the woodwork needing things from you. Also, the more impossible the request, the more likely it is that they need it "right away."

A few publications have amped up the volume of copy editing work they're giving me this month, which is awwwwwwe-some, BUT ... "Barcelona" is due tomorrow (with PHOTOS, sweet lord ...), and I am praying the Muse helps me crank out the last few pages of this beast of an article before I rip all my hair out. Pray that the internet gods do not crash any of the sites I need to use as resources, nor do any lolcats jam the waves as they are being transmitted through the tubes. Pray that I can continue to subsist on whatever I can still find in my fridge and pantry, and that I one day eventually remember how to socialize, since I haven't been out of the house since last weekend.

So help me god, when this week is over I am going shopping to spend every last dime I have on clothes and shoes in order to restore fun and frivolity to my life!!!

Not really. That would kind of defeat the purpose. But I am going shopping. Maybe I'll even buy something not on sale this time -- you know, get all crazy-like.