Now that my mini-vacation is over, it’s back on the job for me. I finished a story today aimed to print in Thursday’s edition of The Fort Pierce Tribune.
My editor sent me an assignment to cover on Wednesday. Then the mom whose kids I babysit needed me Wednesday and Friday, and the times conflicted on Wednesday. I had to say no to babysitting because I had already made a commitment to cover the story. The mom rearranged her schedule and definitely needs me Friday.
The real problem arose when my editor gave me another assignment to cover on – of course – Friday. The times conflicted, but now I must honor my commitment to babysitting.
Believe me that it hurt to have to send that e-mail turning down the assignment to my editor.
However I did make sure to explain to her that even though I originally told her I would treat freelancing like a job, I needed to take on babysitting for extra cash for gas.
