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Dog Walking
Apr. 26th, 2017 11:57 amI'm dealing with the worst cold I've had in years right now. Admittedly, that's not saying a lot because I rarely get sick. Over the last few years, I think the worst I've had is sniffles and a little congestion. But over the last few days, I've had a nasty sore throat, congestion to the point that walking around gets me a little out of breath, and lots of coughing and sneezing. So of course, yesterday was my orientation for Wag!. (It's so weird punctuating sentences with business names that include punctuation, isn't it?)
I finally decided that I want to pursue a source of income and that dog-walking is a really good way to do it for now. Wag! is a sort of "uber for dogs." People put in requests for someone to walk their dog, either on demand or at a specific time, then walkers respond with their interest in the job, and the client picks one of them to do it. I applied online, went through their testing, asked people at the shelter for references, and was accepted!
The orientation was at a coworking space in the West Loop in Chicago. Me and about 15 other people got information and instruction, paid for our background checks, got Wag! T-shirts and bandannas, and recorded our intro videos. Each walker has an online profile with a picture, a short bio, and a video where they talk about their dog experience and where they'll be walking. I was worried my voice would be so bad that I'd have to go back later and redo it, so I was mainlining cough drops and drinking lots of water through the whole process. When I finally recorded and watched my intro, it sounded pretty decent.
However, speaking loudly for the video and during the course of the orientation in general has been really harsh on my throat. It didn't hurt too much at the time, but soon after the session and for the rest of the day, my throat was really painful. I could only speak in a whisper to avoid pain, and sometimes not even that. The 'must be 18 to buy this stuff' cold and flu medicine helped, but only so much. I'm better today, though I still have a really raw throat and easily get out of breath. I'm going to cancel my therapy appointment today too, which I feel bad about because we already rescheduled a couple times for this week. Once for the therapist, and once for me. I'm going try to get some dishes done and take it easy.
Fortunately, I have a new Factorio release to entertain myself with!
About Wag!: I will have a promo code for interested people to use once I'm cleared. It's good for $20 off your first service, and no matter where it is or who does the walk, I get bonus money when it gets used. I'll put that here later. Assuming I pass the background check...
I finally decided that I want to pursue a source of income and that dog-walking is a really good way to do it for now. Wag! is a sort of "uber for dogs." People put in requests for someone to walk their dog, either on demand or at a specific time, then walkers respond with their interest in the job, and the client picks one of them to do it. I applied online, went through their testing, asked people at the shelter for references, and was accepted!
The orientation was at a coworking space in the West Loop in Chicago. Me and about 15 other people got information and instruction, paid for our background checks, got Wag! T-shirts and bandannas, and recorded our intro videos. Each walker has an online profile with a picture, a short bio, and a video where they talk about their dog experience and where they'll be walking. I was worried my voice would be so bad that I'd have to go back later and redo it, so I was mainlining cough drops and drinking lots of water through the whole process. When I finally recorded and watched my intro, it sounded pretty decent.
However, speaking loudly for the video and during the course of the orientation in general has been really harsh on my throat. It didn't hurt too much at the time, but soon after the session and for the rest of the day, my throat was really painful. I could only speak in a whisper to avoid pain, and sometimes not even that. The 'must be 18 to buy this stuff' cold and flu medicine helped, but only so much. I'm better today, though I still have a really raw throat and easily get out of breath. I'm going to cancel my therapy appointment today too, which I feel bad about because we already rescheduled a couple times for this week. Once for the therapist, and once for me. I'm going try to get some dishes done and take it easy.
Fortunately, I have a new Factorio release to entertain myself with!
About Wag!: I will have a promo code for interested people to use once I'm cleared. It's good for $20 off your first service, and no matter where it is or who does the walk, I get bonus money when it gets used. I'll put that here later. Assuming I pass the background check...
