I'm back!
Sorry about the absence. I went marketing on Sunday, saw Godzilla (I know, me seeing a film!) and came back to no phone or internet. Thank goodness for one friend and the mobile she gave and for another and the everything-else rescue. It was a strange 51 hours.
The moment I came back online, of course, stuff happened, so I've spent the afternoon chatting on the phone to nice people. One person has solved one issue, and one another. I've had totally interesting bods at the end of every phone call, including the one to the insurance company and the one to Capetown about my internet speed. One of them is going into one of my novels - I promised him. Watch for Antonio one day...
In terms of all the piles of work I was going to do, obviously I wasn't able to check any online library holdings and even more obviously I was confined to the house all day for all these calls and one visit (Telstra, finding out that my phoneline hadn't actually dropped out at my end, but at the exchange) but I've made progress in any case. If I can get my last few references online, then I shall have a first draft done of the longer article done by tonight, ready for checking through tomorrow. If not, then it's libraries for me all Thursday, and I'll have the draft done Thursday night. I don't have a timeline for the other article yet, but I'm only 500 words short on it, so maybe the weekend? And some of my lost time has been regained, for a project is with someone for consideration for longer than we thought it would be, so I don't have to work on it right now. When I *do* have to work on it, of course, there will be making-up-of-time, but this week it's a real relief that I have one less thing to do.
Today was techday. Yesterday was just generally not good, so I caught up on a bit of reading and stuff, which means I can return things to the library and etc tomorrow. This is not such a bad way to spend a day, for it means I don't have nearly as much material in my vicinity that needs to be dealt with. And when I'm finished these two pieces, then more books can go away and more papers be thoughtfully disposed of. There will be visible flat surfaces again! In order to achieve this, I ought to read some more articles, oughtn't I? Or maybe a book.
The moment I came back online, of course, stuff happened, so I've spent the afternoon chatting on the phone to nice people. One person has solved one issue, and one another. I've had totally interesting bods at the end of every phone call, including the one to the insurance company and the one to Capetown about my internet speed. One of them is going into one of my novels - I promised him. Watch for Antonio one day...
In terms of all the piles of work I was going to do, obviously I wasn't able to check any online library holdings and even more obviously I was confined to the house all day for all these calls and one visit (Telstra, finding out that my phoneline hadn't actually dropped out at my end, but at the exchange) but I've made progress in any case. If I can get my last few references online, then I shall have a first draft done of the longer article done by tonight, ready for checking through tomorrow. If not, then it's libraries for me all Thursday, and I'll have the draft done Thursday night. I don't have a timeline for the other article yet, but I'm only 500 words short on it, so maybe the weekend? And some of my lost time has been regained, for a project is with someone for consideration for longer than we thought it would be, so I don't have to work on it right now. When I *do* have to work on it, of course, there will be making-up-of-time, but this week it's a real relief that I have one less thing to do.
Today was techday. Yesterday was just generally not good, so I caught up on a bit of reading and stuff, which means I can return things to the library and etc tomorrow. This is not such a bad way to spend a day, for it means I don't have nearly as much material in my vicinity that needs to be dealt with. And when I'm finished these two pieces, then more books can go away and more papers be thoughtfully disposed of. There will be visible flat surfaces again! In order to achieve this, I ought to read some more articles, oughtn't I? Or maybe a book.
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