Bumps in the road

It's been a rough couple of weeks. Last week was germs kicking my immune system in the teeth. The week before was basically everyone in the free world punching my ego in the gut. Needless to say, it's been hard to motivate myself to do much of anything. I'm still getting my stuff done, but I could certainly be doing more than I have been.

Since I clearly need to get out of this funk, I'll list some things I have to feel good about:

• I reached my benchmark goal for business income, and that's after paying for new light mods, a boom arm, three PocketWizards, two new 1TB hard drives and repairs on my RAID. I thought I hadn't spent that much on assets, but once you throw in the computer and studio fixtures, it's been quite a bit. And I still made the goal. As long as the referrals keep flowing, things will continue to be shiny.
• I need to put my new portfolio idea to pixels, because I've recently gotten a couple of positively *glowing* testimonials that'd be perfect for it.
• The derby-verse has been treating me decently. I let some of my wushu friends know that we needed an act for the halftime show at Championships, and they wound up performing! So, yeah, my athletic worlds collided in just about the best way possible. Oh, and I kicked large amounts of ass at my most recent scrimmage. Soon they will learn to fear my name, bwahahaha!
• Being sick last week got me to watch Mad Men, which I have to say, I'm enjoying. Oh, and watching Legend of Korra with katlyn and daemonwise is equally enjoyable. The Avatar universe is SO GREAT.
• I've had multiple moments as of late when, after a socially-exhausting day of chatting up acquaintances and strangers, I came home to some gathering or another of some of my nearest and dearest folks at my place. But, instead of going back into Social Mode, I felt like I could relax and let my figurative hair down. It's great to have friends who are solid enough that I can do that with them.

Oh, and I got paid cash moneys to shoot these: