just an update

In my quest for a job, I now have a nanny gig, in which I babysit for two boys, Gabe, who is 10 and Nate, who is 12 and has Down Syndrome. I nanny for them every Monday and Tuesday afternoon/evening and every other weekend for $20/an hour.

They are great kids, but the Down Syndrome part definity complicates things with their rigid schedule (and comes with many crazy stories). They live in this fabulous 3-story mansion townhome and their mother is really cool. Not only did she start her own jewerly company like me (and just stopped this year, as I), but she founded two nonprofits - one for domestic violence victims in a hospital and one in Chicago to integrate children with Down Syndrome into the regular school system. Her personal shopper also stocks her kitchen with fabulous goodies :)

I am also kind of doing freelance design and writing work for that famo celeb photographer Marc Hauser (www.marchauserphoto.com) and just beginning to do some freelance writing work for Jim Finkl. Love the name Finkl. His father is some billionaire that owned steel companies or something and he runs a tons of different companies.

On of his ventures is starting a new televion network with rapper Master P, called BBTV (Better Black Television) to complete with BET, so write now I am writing bios for his partners and he wants me to write his biography which will be combined in a book with Master P's biography. So, we'll see if that happens...

If you didn't read the last post, Razz and I found an apartment for Oct. 1 that has two bedrooms - one of which will be an office for me and it has a mini (and when I say mini, I mean mini) "backyard" for Walter. I can't wait to move so I can unpack all my crap.

I also put my mini-van up for sale, in hopes of then buying a very old and cheaper Jeep Wrangler so I can use some of the money to pay off my moving and Chicago shopping debt.

So, that's life in the big city. Got another parking ticket and am not quite still learning my way around.

Fun with "sick" Walter

Besides Walter eating poop (don't worry it's fake), the poor little guy has a skin rash all over his body. I took him to the vet and found out that he is allergic to Chicago. The vet said that he has environmental allergies...but he is still having a great time in the big city as you can see from the photos.

In other news, we got an apartment for October 1!!! Two bedrooms with a W/D and a MINI backyard for W!!! Yeah!

working with famous photographer

Ever heard of photographer Marc Hauser? He's photographed these guys and Jim Morisson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Bill Gates...he was working full-time for Playboy at age 15 and has photographed for Vogue, Rolling Stone Magazine...

Well, now I am doing graphic design for him. Got hooked up through a neighbor. His prints are worth $5,000 and I already have one signed one and hopefully will be paid for my design work. I am next on his list for a new personl assistant and hopefully this little job will lead to bigger and better things...

This is him.

Other than that, looking for an apartment and still looking for a job, and hanging out on the boat-