Today it's heading over to the bank

To deposit my check from SVU. I'm excited. It's really ... I hate to say it, pathetic, because I jump for joy over these checks like I'm making a thousand dollars a check when it's nowhere near.

These checks are more exciting and seem more 'rich' because it's related to something I want to do with my life. AUGH!

The sun is out. It looks like a pretty day. I'm getting dressed and running some errands, amongst them the bank deposit. Feel pretty productive and important today. Would like to deposit some more this coming week!

I continue to stay positive, submit for work, and try not to worry over things too much. When it gets too much, I write, to get it all out or just to sort it all out. Who knows? Maybe I'll find a good paying gig just by walking outside today. That'll be something!

I'll take my phone with me just in case someone calls. Feeling a little lightheaded, so I may need to eat something but have no idea what.

gig tomorrow - woo hoo!

Got a phone call earlier about a gig for tomorrow. Feeling good. Checked my email quick. Went out to walk the dog, run some errands and pick up some lunch. Got back and submitted for some more gigs for later this week. Crossing my fingers.

I'm submitting for more work and things will come. I tried to cheer up a fellow BG who seemed a bit scattered and frustrated.

Over the weekend, re-connected with a good friend and did some volunteer work. Overall a very productive weekend and a good start to the workweek. We'll see how things go.

Quiet day

Things are quiet today. Woke late. Didn't matter, as I wasn't called for any last-minute gigs today. I did find out that a gig I put in that would take place Monday has been yanked. Disappointed, I thought I'd be working Monday. So I scour ads and look at what I can scramble to get on for Monday. So far have not heard anything from the auditions I have done. Trying to stay positive.

Walked the dog. She's happy. Will go out later to run some errands. Right now the house is quiet, everyone is out. I'm kind of reveling in the quiet. Soaps are on. My guilty pleasure.

Happy Tax Day!

Well, this morning found me up early working on my amended tax return. Got a W-2 sent to me late -- after I already filed in February! Then the state and city decided to send back my return informing me they are no longer doing my form for me, despite my signoff on it allowing them to, I would have to do my OWN taxes! WHUH?! How dare they!

So I recalculated and pulled out the booklets and went line by line. A lot of it didn't make sense to me, the whole computation thing, so I did my best, and wrote on the form, "Don't know if this is completely correct but I did my best" and signed it, attached the tardy W-2 and then worked on the amended 1040 I had to do because of the stupid W-2. Mind you, it's only a couple of hundred dollars, but I just didn't want it to come back and bite me in the ass as I tend to have that luck that gets me called out at the weirdest times.

And I hate being embarrassed, so I'd rather just straighten up and fly right and not be used as an 'example by the Man' and just dot those i's and cross those t's and dutifully send off my paperwork as updated or complete as it can be.

After I finished, I made a copy of everything, made sure the original was going into the proper envelope and address, and applied the proper postage stamps. I took a stroll to the post office and made sure it was dropped off in the correct bin.

Feeling accomplished, I went to pick up some lunch and headed home, checking my phone from time to time in case a potential gig dinged me.

The only sort of good news I heard from the government was I might be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, so does this mean I'm going to get cut a break? Dunno. Let's see how it goes.

Quiet day but productive

I had been promising myself to pick up some soil to start the herbal container garden. I finally pushed myself out the door today and kept my focus, despite the grey and rain, to pick up fresh soil from the store. Got a check in the mail today from my 'non-work' on Mercy. Fast check, despite the disappointment.

After finishing off my errands, I got home to check my email and phone and then wandered onto IMDB and updated my page, it's been some time since I've done so. This brought me some positive feelings, because I felt a sense of accomplishment on all the background work I've done. I updated several pages, so I'm feeling good now.

Tomorrow I have Easter Sunday dinner with friends and family. I count myself lucky and blessed to be able to do so. I'm also bringing over a couple of bottles of wine, so it'll be all good.

I've been cheating a bit with my diet but will end my vacation from it starting Monday. Summer's just around the corner and I'm looking to be more marketable.