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Jul. 17th, 2007 04:25 pmSo what can I tell you all about my life lately? Work is super-busy. I have so much stuff I need to get done. Ridiculous. I have five more books to do editor's changes on, then run through final QA before sending to print. I have two books for which I have to strip the text from the final print files to go to the online build. I have seven barcodes to order, and I keep forgetting. I have a set of flashcards to build by hand which I haven't even started on. And there are about nine alerts to go online regarding erratas to our books, all of which have been sitting for at least three weeks, and all of which will be sitting for at least two more.
Sunday I stayed home all day to work on freelance. I didn't even shower or get out of my pajamas, just to keep myself on self-imposed house arrest. I got 10 illustrations done, and that's including breaks. Not bad. Tonight I will be doing more illustrations to deliver the first third of the project to the editor tomorrow.
Tomorrow night the Scientist and I may be going to look at another townhome. We'll see what happens.
Yesterday I came to work online to find that I had confused dates, and YESTERDAY was my big dentist appointment, not next Monday like I thought. So I stayed at work for a half hour to get things in order, and then went right back home and drove to the dentist. I had five cavaties drilled and filled and a fitting for a new crown on the root canal tooth, as well as a temporary crown put on. I now have an aluminum tooth. It is weird and my mouth tastes funny.
The Scientist met me at my apartment after my dentist appointment and he took me to lunch. I ate pad thai with tofu (no chicken) VERY carefully. Then we did some pre-pre-wedding registering. Everything will probably be discontinued by the time anyone buys us anything off the registry, but at least we'll have time to think about things and change our minds if we want.
I had to buy a new bag for work, as my strap broke last week and then the bag ripped again on Monday. I got a new messenger bag. It's nice, but not as many pockets as I'd like. It was still $60 less than anything else I could find. It's good enough. I'll come to like it.
I took Debbie's jewelry to the bridal store to make sure the colors on the necklace matched the dress. They do, and that's a relief.
My parents are both back in the suburbs, working on getting things packed and settled at their house. Hopefully they'll get everything moved soon and a) can put the house on the market, and b) get furniture up to the new house, as Mom and Grandma have been living bare-bones for over a month up there.
Last Friday I had one of my best dates with the Scientist. We went to Navy Pier to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater to see Taming of the Shrew. Then we rode the ferris wheel and ate ice cream. It was lovely.
I'm still reading The Golden Compass, and I continue to love it. The book made me cry while I was reading it on the L.
A spider has built a huge web on my office window. It must be 3' x 3'. The web, not the spider. The spider is about the size of a half dollar.
Sunday I stayed home all day to work on freelance. I didn't even shower or get out of my pajamas, just to keep myself on self-imposed house arrest. I got 10 illustrations done, and that's including breaks. Not bad. Tonight I will be doing more illustrations to deliver the first third of the project to the editor tomorrow.
Tomorrow night the Scientist and I may be going to look at another townhome. We'll see what happens.
Yesterday I came to work online to find that I had confused dates, and YESTERDAY was my big dentist appointment, not next Monday like I thought. So I stayed at work for a half hour to get things in order, and then went right back home and drove to the dentist. I had five cavaties drilled and filled and a fitting for a new crown on the root canal tooth, as well as a temporary crown put on. I now have an aluminum tooth. It is weird and my mouth tastes funny.
The Scientist met me at my apartment after my dentist appointment and he took me to lunch. I ate pad thai with tofu (no chicken) VERY carefully. Then we did some pre-pre-wedding registering. Everything will probably be discontinued by the time anyone buys us anything off the registry, but at least we'll have time to think about things and change our minds if we want.
I had to buy a new bag for work, as my strap broke last week and then the bag ripped again on Monday. I got a new messenger bag. It's nice, but not as many pockets as I'd like. It was still $60 less than anything else I could find. It's good enough. I'll come to like it.
I took Debbie's jewelry to the bridal store to make sure the colors on the necklace matched the dress. They do, and that's a relief.
My parents are both back in the suburbs, working on getting things packed and settled at their house. Hopefully they'll get everything moved soon and a) can put the house on the market, and b) get furniture up to the new house, as Mom and Grandma have been living bare-bones for over a month up there.
Last Friday I had one of my best dates with the Scientist. We went to Navy Pier to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater to see Taming of the Shrew. Then we rode the ferris wheel and ate ice cream. It was lovely.
I'm still reading The Golden Compass, and I continue to love it. The book made me cry while I was reading it on the L.
A spider has built a huge web on my office window. It must be 3' x 3'. The web, not the spider. The spider is about the size of a half dollar.
