Survived

Well... the holidays have come and gone.... we survived. I was sooooo careful to keep everyone pumped up on sleep and vitamins etc... Then we were brought an "extra gift" when the grandparents came for a visit. Croup for the little one and a nasty cold for me. Tinkerbell recovered rather quickly. Thank goodness. I'm almost back to my regular self...

Right now..... our biggest thorn is my husband's main client. This past year they changed their payment policies... One month my husband turned in his invoice and they said "oh, did we mention that we're paying 30 days out now?". Typically we would get paid within 2 weeks of submitting the invoice. Then about 2 months later we got this: "Oh, did we mention that we're now 60 days out for paying invoices?" So... here we sit. Broke but owed enough money that we could survive if they would just pay us. UGHHHH!!! Being self employeed has some benefits (being able to do what you enjoy for $ - picking when you will work - working from home).... I think it has more negatives at times: Having to say yes to certain work simply because it's work and not because you love it, Having to work MUCH longer hours than if you had a "regular job", No health insurance, Being at the mercy of your clients for getting paid, When one project is done you are then "unemployed" until someone calls again for work... etc...

Sorry... don't mean to post a bummer post. It's just how I've been feeling lately. I get so frustrated with life sometimes that it feels good to get it out.



Just for some fun: I am adding a poll to see what other people think we're having. In a couple of weeks we will be going in for our "big" ultrasound. As long as this little one cooperates we will find out what he/she is. I just thought it might be fun to see what everyone thinks is currently baking. We have 2 girls and 2 boys so our odds are 50/50 it seems.