The alarm rang at 4:55 this morning. Thankfully, I wasn’t in the middle of a REM cycle, so it was easy to bounce out of bed, have breakfast, and get on the road for 5:15.

The first part of the day was flagging, which meant I had to keep the lady I’m working for alive while she laid traffic-counting hoses across a busy highway and nailed them into the pavement. At that hour there wasn’t much traffic, but I felt very powerful standing in there in my safety-yellow cover all and SLOW sign. 😀

I had to wear a cute outfit like this one this morning (image from textileinnovations.com)

After, she treated me to breakfast, then I counted cars for two hours. Tonight, I’ll be doing the reverse, starting at 4PM.

Now, I need to work on a translation contract then go deliver some fliers. After counting, I’ll try to deliver some phone books. I can’t believe how little income I have for how busy I am!

But the phone rang this morning and suddenly things are looking up… It’s way too soon to get excited, but it makes me feel optimistic.