Dunlap Dabbles

I’ve just experienced the instability that comes along with the Oddjobs Project.  If you follow my twitter you may recall seeing this tweet about landing a job.

This actually seemed quite reliable since I took full advantage of rule #2 and accepted the job referral from my mother. Someone from the neighborhood sent an e-mail asking if she new anyone who could walk and feed her dogs 3 times a day and help her boyfriend/husband/whatever out with a couple of things since he was ill. The gig paid 50 dollars a day and, like the tweet says, lasted for five days. This was huge for me. Consistency was always the main problem with this project and this was a decent solution. At $250 for five days with no taxes that’s probably better than what I made in a week at Borders, plus it was only three hours a day. Alas, I lost out to some nursing student because they’re more qualified to help out people who have taken ill. Hopefully they’re dog walking skills are up to par. No one seems to pay attention to good dog walking skills these days. It’s a lost art of sorts.

I can’t say this doesn’t hurt me a little. I spent two days thinking I had this gig secured which equals two days of anticipating that $250 being in my pocket. Lucky for me I have a policy of not spending anticipated funds so I’m not out any money. I know I should be tucking away all the money I get right now but I was pretty excited about the prospect of rolling that money and my current bike’s value into a new bike. Oh well, maybe I’ll win one of those Cervelos S2s Versus is giving away, sell it, buy something I deserve to ride and pay some rent with what’s left over.