Here’s a post from last February 9th and things are still exactly the same. Hepcat has fallen into the rabbit hole of the working life. He’s working really, really hard these days.

Life is different now that Hepcat has a big job in Manhattan. Last
night he came home at 10 p.m. He’s back to his old tricks of working
late at the office. Back in the day when he was working for the
uber-computer corporation he’s stay until 3 or 4 in the morning. Just
you and the cleaning staff – I used to say.

Three years ago – he was outsourced from the uber-computer
corporation and we had him all to ourselves. First there was severance
– glorious severance. Then unemployment. Then Hepcat worked hard on
his photography career – something he’d wanted to get back to for years
– and was beginning to acrue a list of loyal clients.

But he was also around to prepare incredible dinners, pick OSF up from school, become a major role model to Teen Spirit. He was so around I
was happy to have my office out of the apartment so that we weren’t on
top of each other all day. But it was fun to meet for sushi lunch and
do other stuff during the day. Once, we went to the Brooklyn Museum
during the day. That was to see the Basquiat show and it was a treat.

But now…He’s distracted the way new jobs distract you. He’s
stressed in that way that new jobs stress you. He’s busy in that way…

Fortunately he’s still making time for the photography career. On Saturday he will be selling pictures at the Old Stone House…

The last there years were an experiment in trying to survive without
full time jobs. Both of us had lots of freelance work and were just
about making ends meet. Now we’re back in the race. Thanks to Hepcat’s
new job, we’ve got health insurance (starting in March), benefits,
retirement stuff, stock options and all the rest.

Consequently, we’re passing like ships in the night. The family
didn’t eat dinner together yesterday.  Husband even missed American
Idol. He came home late just like he used to – all tired and spent.

But hey, it’s a living.