Where I've Been: 2 Jobs

Ok, so I have not been able to blog much lately--or do anything at all much lately--because I have been pouring all of my time and energy into 2 jobs.

This is the first time in my life I have ever had two jobs at once, and the first time in my life (graduate school aside, which I never finished, but during the first year and a half that I completed 15 credits) I have had to work more than 40 hours a week. It is tiring. I know I am privileged because many people (such as my husband and my brother) have had to work 3 jobs at once at times in their lives just to get by.) I am lucky. But I am also tired!

Job #1 is my full-time "day job," 40 hours a week at a federal contractor (the name of which I must conceal, but rest assured you have most likely never heard of it anyway--we're no SAIC) working on a defense-related project. I love my customer and my boss; I love the actual work part such as writing papers and meeting my customers and going to military bases. The part I hate? The company ownership, which I feel is leading the company in a very misguided direction. So, this is a job I hope to escape no later than July 2008, if all the stars line up right.

Job #2 is my own company. We are a 2-person company only. I don't really want to describe my company much at this time, but I plan to describe it to you sometime later, when I am no longer working 2 jobs at once. I don't want to jinx it. We have 15 customers right now, but I do not yet receive a salary from this job. I hope to transition to this job full time--and earn a salary--in July 2008 or later. Right now I put in as many hours as I can into this venture.

So...the end result is I am either sleeping, driving, or working most of the time these days. In fact I drive to Fort Eustis tomorrow so if anyone comments on this blog I probably won't get around to reading and uploading comments until next weekend; most nights now I don't get home until 10 PM or later. (This sucks because by that time of night most of the best parking spaces in front of my house are gone, so I have to carry my half dozen heavy, paper-filled work bags into the house from a greater and greater distance.)

This year is going by very fast, so no doubt I will blink and soon it will be July and I will be able to return to regular blogging, regular work hours, and, hopefully, a regular life as an independent entrepreneur. I think entrepreneurship is exciting and wonderful so I definitely want to blog about it more when I can.