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Wet, wet, and did I mention... wet?
Sep. 2nd, 2003 05:35 amIt continued to rain today, so much so that I had to moderate my speed significantly while coming home on I-45. I made a side trip to the Hong Kong Market on the way, but in keeping with the Labor Day spirit, the store was closed, so I stopped by a holiday-scornful Pantry Pride on the way back to the beltway service road and picked up some eggs and more fruit.
I put the range to good use by cooking a breakfast of steak and eggs, with some home fries and mushrooms on the side. Aside from that highlight, the day passed uneventfully.
I called Drew around 9:30 to ask him to stop by the house and "unstick" my access to onegin (the keep-alive connection sometimes isn't), and he said he was going to stop by at 10 am, so instead of going to sleep, I napped for an hour while expecting his call. When he did call, I couldn't find the phone, which was lying out in the open in the living room with its ringer turned off (the fact of which was pointed out by Natalie, whom I had awakened in my effort to find the phone while Drew was leaving a message). Anyway, the problem was cleared up in short order and I sent the monthly UPS report out for the store.
That's going to be an eye-opener once I get back. Seeing as how Galina will undoubtedly have to come down here to inspect the (presumably) recently vacated property in Seabrook and then get it either sold and rented again, that'll leave the store staffing up to Drew and me (especially seeing as how our employee Mike just doesn't have his heart in the work, or even in showing up any more... I think we've come to a common understanding that he no longer has a job, but that's another rant).
Actually, I'm sort of looking forward to it. We need to get some automation up and running.
In any event, I spent much of the rest of my waking time yesterday on the translation I'm doing for another client. I'd slacked off for a couple of days and now, I'm paying the price. When I last quit, I had just over 5100 words left, and the deadline is this Friday.
The text has my mind agog with trying to keep the terminology straight between silty sand, sandy silt, and various other combinations of the words loam, clay, sand, and silt. Unfortunately, the bulk of what remains is solid text (which is to say, just like the part I've finished), so there's no relief to be had from numerous tables that one might expect to see at the end of a 80-page report like the one I'm doing.
Ah, well... there's still 3 days left, and I may be able to extend the deadline to Monday, seeing as the text will require a fairly impressive review, and nobody in their right mind would want to read something like this on the weekend.
Cheers...
I put the range to good use by cooking a breakfast of steak and eggs, with some home fries and mushrooms on the side. Aside from that highlight, the day passed uneventfully.
I called Drew around 9:30 to ask him to stop by the house and "unstick" my access to onegin (the keep-alive connection sometimes isn't), and he said he was going to stop by at 10 am, so instead of going to sleep, I napped for an hour while expecting his call. When he did call, I couldn't find the phone, which was lying out in the open in the living room with its ringer turned off (the fact of which was pointed out by Natalie, whom I had awakened in my effort to find the phone while Drew was leaving a message). Anyway, the problem was cleared up in short order and I sent the monthly UPS report out for the store.
That's going to be an eye-opener once I get back. Seeing as how Galina will undoubtedly have to come down here to inspect the (presumably) recently vacated property in Seabrook and then get it either sold and rented again, that'll leave the store staffing up to Drew and me (especially seeing as how our employee Mike just doesn't have his heart in the work, or even in showing up any more... I think we've come to a common understanding that he no longer has a job, but that's another rant).
Actually, I'm sort of looking forward to it. We need to get some automation up and running.
In any event, I spent much of the rest of my waking time yesterday on the translation I'm doing for another client. I'd slacked off for a couple of days and now, I'm paying the price. When I last quit, I had just over 5100 words left, and the deadline is this Friday.
The text has my mind agog with trying to keep the terminology straight between silty sand, sandy silt, and various other combinations of the words loam, clay, sand, and silt. Unfortunately, the bulk of what remains is solid text (which is to say, just like the part I've finished), so there's no relief to be had from numerous tables that one might expect to see at the end of a 80-page report like the one I'm doing.
Ah, well... there's still 3 days left, and I may be able to extend the deadline to Monday, seeing as the text will require a fairly impressive review, and nobody in their right mind would want to read something like this on the weekend.
Cheers...
