Last night I went to this experiential light show thing with my friend C. I was already in a funky mood and this thing threw me for a loop - in an interesting way. I was not feeling particularly festive, but this…experience…was fascinating and I left feeling pretty exhilarated.
So this show was the pre-opening of this special holiday experience. Of course, C. being the connector that he is, was invited to the show before the opening by the show producer’s assistant. The producer is apparently a famous Broadway actor, but I’d never heard of this person, so who knows. Anyway, there are lots of these kinds of things around now that everything needs to be Instagrammable and, you know, cool.
Basically, the exhibit was in an old warehouse that’s been turned into a gallery and you walk through hallways and gauntlets of TV screens and lights everywhere…mirrored stages that you can walk on and laser beams shooting colored rays all over the walls, ceiling, floors.
It was wild. I felt completely disoriented by the time we left.
And when I woke up this morning, I still felt it.
And the funny thing about working from home is that feeling that you don’t really have to get up and get moving if you really don’t want to.
And I didn’t want to. Especially working West Coast hours. This job is weird.
So I got up a little later than normal and that threw everything off. It was a beautiful day. I had a nice dog walk while getting most of my morning emails done on my phone. I did end up going through my whole morning routine, but it just took most of the morning to do it. I didn’t get to do my real workout, stretch, and then shower until my lunch break at noon.
At 3:00, I had a video interview with a company I’ve been interviewing with for months now. The interviewer told me that this interview was essentially a formality because she knew I’ve spoken with seven or eight other people at this company. I’m pretty sure they’re going to offer me a job…and I really do like this company a lot. I’ve been targeting them for years.
But the pay!! GAH. What is wrong with these guys? The pay is horrendous.
You know my salary took a $30K hit after I left The Cutie Pie Company and started working for Cool Cats. Well, with this other company I just interviewed with, it’d be another $25K loss on top of that! That is the salary I made in 2006!! Nearly twenty years of experience ago!
Fukkin. No.
So, when they offer me this job, I’m going to have to counter by asking them for $40K? I mean…ugh. My industry is so effed up right now.
Is that why I’m feeling so disoriented, disheartened and confused (on top of being lonely)?
I just feel like something needs to happen and I need to step on the gas to make things happen now. Now. NOW.
Okay, I’m going to bed. I have a weekend of prepping for Cool Cat’s founder to be here next week. It’s going to be an intense week and I should have spent all day today prepping for that instead of fiddling around with long walks in the sunshine and an interview that likely won’t go anywhere.
Lots to do. Lots to fix. Lots to create!
But first, sleep.
GS
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