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Keepin' on keepin' on!
Apr. 15th, 2005 08:08 pmThe low point of the morning was having gagarin overheat again, sending the system and its volatile data to the Great Bit Bucket. This happened while I was using - surprise! - the MS Word spell-checker. I immediately removed the side panels of the machine, blew some more canned air at all the fans, and then rebooted and re-spell-checked the file, stopping and saving my work any time the CPU temperature hit 70°C (which happened three times). When the spell-checker is not working, Word cruises along, driving the CPU at 60°C. In all the commotion, I have yet to check and see why the alarm I set for 71°C didn't go off: either it's not really set, or that's the temperature at which the the machine gives up the ghost .
The high point of the morning (if we do not count the ham breakfast) was finding - and fixing - something the spell-checker didn't: the typographically erroneous "Loser Permian" (the correct term is "Lower Permian," describing a geological formation). Oh, and sending the invoice was actually pretty pleasant, too! :^)
Though I got in bed at 11:30 pm last night, I didn't fall asleep until about 1 am this morning, which makes three nights in a row of trouble falling asleep, which is very unusual for me. Again, once I finally did lose consciousness, I slept soundly until the alarm roused me for the breakfast. Of course, I didn't unwind after my last post yesterday; instead, I chased some paper and threw out some stuff.
The current "serving" on the work "plate" was to be about 2600 source words for today. Similar servings are on tap for tomorrow and Sunday, for a document to be delivered Monday. More work arrived, extending the "no work" horizon to Wednesday.
I'm currently about 1500 words through today's share, the result of not being able to start translating until after 6 pm because I had to go to Durango in the afternoon to pick up some heart meds. That trip would not have been necessary had I not waited to the last minute to call the doctor's office and ask for some of their sample stock. By the time the person in charge got back to me, it was past the departure time for the last scheduled Durango-to-Pagosa courier of the day, and the rest should be self-explanatory. In the end, I stopped by the Office Depot and picked up some much-needed supplies for the store, too.
Tax extension filed... check.
Geology translation reviewed, sent, and invoiced... check.
Credit card paid... check.
Meds picked up... check.
I'm going to go try and finish off today's quota of work, but won't feel bad if I fall somewhat short. The material - which is actually a strength analysis (the acoustics is another document from the same client) - is pretty straightforward and I feel I could catch up this weekend with ease without doing any more work tonight. Still, while I'm on something of a roll...
And after I've put in a little more time on translation, I think I'll go watch this week's pre-recorded episode of Eyes.
Cheers...
The high point of the morning (if we do not count the ham breakfast) was finding - and fixing - something the spell-checker didn't: the typographically erroneous "Loser Permian" (the correct term is "Lower Permian," describing a geological formation). Oh, and sending the invoice was actually pretty pleasant, too! :^)
Though I got in bed at 11:30 pm last night, I didn't fall asleep until about 1 am this morning, which makes three nights in a row of trouble falling asleep, which is very unusual for me. Again, once I finally did lose consciousness, I slept soundly until the alarm roused me for the breakfast. Of course, I didn't unwind after my last post yesterday; instead, I chased some paper and threw out some stuff.
The current "serving" on the work "plate" was to be about 2600 source words for today. Similar servings are on tap for tomorrow and Sunday, for a document to be delivered Monday. More work arrived, extending the "no work" horizon to Wednesday.
I'm currently about 1500 words through today's share, the result of not being able to start translating until after 6 pm because I had to go to Durango in the afternoon to pick up some heart meds. That trip would not have been necessary had I not waited to the last minute to call the doctor's office and ask for some of their sample stock. By the time the person in charge got back to me, it was past the departure time for the last scheduled Durango-to-Pagosa courier of the day, and the rest should be self-explanatory. In the end, I stopped by the Office Depot and picked up some much-needed supplies for the store, too.
I'm going to go try and finish off today's quota of work, but won't feel bad if I fall somewhat short. The material - which is actually a strength analysis (the acoustics is another document from the same client) - is pretty straightforward and I feel I could catch up this weekend with ease without doing any more work tonight. Still, while I'm on something of a roll...
And after I've put in a little more time on translation, I think I'll go watch this week's pre-recorded episode of Eyes.
Cheers...
