Everything slows down in the Summer... except sales calls... and yours truly?

Long Suffering Spouse is through with Summer School now. That means my arrival time here at the Undisclosed Location is no longer predictable.

Do those two sentences seem unrelated? Let me explain: When LSS has to be somewhere by a certain time, I too must be ready to leave with her. Or I can walk to the train. Since I'd rather ride, especially when toting a briefcase, I am ready.

Now, however, unless I have a court appearance or some other fixed appointment, when I get into the office is entirely up to me. That's the beauty of being self-employed.

Or it would be beautiful if it were true. But unfortunately Messrs. MasterCard, Visa and Discover actually have a very large say in what I do. But for them, I wouldn't be here. (Well, actually, I would probably be here in the Blogosphere... but not necessary here at the Undisclosed Location.)

Things slow down in the Summer for most people. People take vacations... and their colleagues postpone meetings and put off deadlines to accommodate. Even blog traffic is down. Regular traffic continues largely unabated... when folks aren't on vacation... but Sitemeter shows that the random stops and the searches from strangers are in decline. I suppose I could come up with a post that uses all the "hot" search terms... but I think I'll pass.

In the meantime, the sales calls keep coming in. That's one thing that never seems to know a season. There have been several this morning already.

And the other thing that picks up when everything else slows down is my business.

I've got a lot to do right now.

Part of it is because I was so long away. But part of it is traditional: People are more inclined to ask me to do stuff when they are understaffed. Like during the Holidays... or during the Summer.

So rest assured, gentle readers: If the frequency of my postings and my comments falls off in the next week or two it's because I'm working... not slacking off.

Darn it.