Chauffeur For Hire

My dad went to Hong Kong/China a few days ago. I hadn't known until a week and a half before he was to leave. I guess he wanted a vacation from being home all the time. He'll be gone for approximately 2 months.

This makes me the new chauffeur of the house. I wake up at 7 am to drive my mom to work, and pick her up in the afternoon when she's done. I used to mind, but I don't mind now since I'm not working or doing anything. Plus, I have cured my horrible sleeping habit of 10+ years. I now wake up in the morning instead of going to bed in the morning.

Being up during the day gives me a lot of time. I started an insanely difficult puzzle consisting only of shades of blue and black. I played the piano. And because I'm home alone, I play and sing as loud as I want. It was great. Though, I almost blew out my voice. Other than that, I haven't really done anything different.

I do plan to go to the park sometime soon to take some photos while the snow's still here. I want to get inspired instead of feeling useless all the time. I was considering creating a photography portfolio online, so I could maybe do some part-time work assissting photographers. But, in comparison to art students, I know next to nothing about photography and can barely compete with them. I only think I know what I'm doing. In reality, most of my pictures are fluke. I also hope to write a song. I've always wanted to write a song, but I was never good with words and putting my thoughts down in a way that expresses it honestly and wittily. It's always been a struggle to make writing work for me.

You must be thinking, "If you have all this time, why don't you get a job?" I was certainly casually looking. I still am. I need some sort of income before university. But with my responsibilities as a chauffeur, I can't really get a regular job to leave in the middle of the day to pick up my mom from work. There are no buses that go directly or conveniently to her workplace and no co-worker lives in my area. And so, for the job search, I am just looking around for what's out there and thinking of which positions I could apply for when my dad comes back. If I could find something now with irregular hours, that would be great. But really, I'm looking for a summer job.

Poop.