How to Sign Up to be a Dog Sitter on Rover

Do you want to sign up to be a dog sitter on Rover? Right on — it’s super easy! You’ll be on your way to hosting new dog friends in your home in no time. First, a little background: Rover.com is a site where you, as a dog owner/pet parent, can search for local dog sitters when you’re going away and can’t bring your fur baby. My fiancé and I first used Rover back in November when we went away for a week. We Read More …

What’s it Like Driving for Uber (Again)?

So, I started driving for Uber again. I forgot how much fun it was! I first drove for Uber back at the tail end of 2013 and very beginning of 2014. You see, gigs are always a little bit slow in the first couple months of the year so I was looking to make a little extra dough and also just for something to do — I like to stay busy. Uber, at the time, was pushing really hard for Read More …

Shrek the Musical: What I Learned Playing it for the Second Time

In almost 8 years of playing in orchestra pits, this summer marks the first time I’ve ever repeated a show. Here’s what I learned playing Shrek the Musical for the second time: Always give it everything you’ve got and play your best, even when you’re bored. Just because you have played the show a bunch of times before doesn’t mean the audience has seen it before. In fact, the vast, vast majority of the audience probably hasn’t seen it at all. Read More …

Getting it All Out: My First Few Months Working for Myself

So, I’ve been working for myself for a few months, I’ve started this website to hold myself accountable and be transparent about everything I’m doing online, and I think I’ll explain everything in this post — where I am in my process, what I’ve done so far, and what I want to do. The first few weeks working for myself As you may or may not know, Friday, April 10th was my last day of full time employment at the music Read More …

Welcome!

I’m going to share with you something I wrote a little bit ago … probably a few months. I got sidetracked and started working on some other projects and got busy with gigs, but I’ve come back around to finally building this site. Welcome! I wrote the following post with the intention of it being my first post on this new site. While it was composed a couple months ago, it all still holds true and I’d like to share it Read More …