Goin' with the flow

[serene]

My ex-boss at UC Berkeley called me at 6:45 this morning to ask if I'll
cover for the receptionist, who is out today. I said yes. I had a second
thought or two about it, being as how it's May Day and I do have some
contract stuff I'd planned on working on today, but I wrote to my clients,
told them about the change of plans, and came in to work.

I know I could just collect unemployment insurance, but if I can work for
my living, that feels better to me. My goal is to end up making more from
various contract work than I would be making on unemployment anyway. (Not
to mention I love working here, even with the politics someone just tried
to lay on me -- no, I'm not going to refuse a day's work just to make
things hard on the boss you hate. Sorry. That's the beauty of being a
temp; I don't have to do the office-politics thing. If you think that
means I'm not on your side, you're a baby and I don't have time for you.)

Anyway, here I am. People (most people, anyway) are glad to see me, and
I'm glad to be here. Hope your day is lovely.