I won't forget this.

I'm one of the lucky ones.

I lost my job at America's hottest digital agency but found better work--and better money--on the outside.

I've worked everyday but about a dozen since March.

One day last October, I was freelancing at a place.

Making my day rate.

I had to head out to an edit.

And I left my power-source plugged in at my desk.

By the time I got back about a week or two later, my power source was gone.

I'm out a power source.

Today, I'm wrapping up at that same power-source-swiping place. Six weeks. Good money.

Still, I couldn't finagle a replacement power source.

I'm minus one.

But I'm keeping score.