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Exhausted!
Sep. 19th, 2008 10:31 pmToday I managed to edit a little over 6,000 words (out of 11,000) and translate nearly 4000 words (thank goodness for repetition). I find the accomplishment amazing, considering that Huntur and her friend Hailey came by around 2:15 pm to spend time with the grandparents.
Most of the time was spent with grandma, but I did put in an appearance to supervise the cooking class, where today's plat du jour was that old standby: macaroni and cheese. It was - regrettably - the glop you get out of a box with a package of orange powder that endows the pasta with the look and feel of red-orange unshrunk shrink-wrap tubing, and about as much nutrition as you'd get from eating the box.
I tried to print a prepaid Priority Mail label today via the Post Office's web site, and only noticed after the second time it didn't work that you need to have Acrobat Reader 5 or later installed for the trick to work.
Ye gods, I got rid of the Adobe product when I picked up Nitro PDF, and I don't much like the idea of reinstalling what has become beastly bloatware that, among other sins, refuses to stop calling attention to itself.
I ought to be able to finish the editing tomorrow (~5000 words), along with the rest of what needs to be translated (6500 words of repetitive material), and that will leave a whole lot of despeckling to do.
Considering how much repetitive stuff there has been, much of that time will be spent double-checking to make sure I didn't gloss over any important details. The bottom line is that the project ought to be finished sometime Sunday.
That'll put me into position to address the 8K job due Wednesday, where I must take into account the fact that I need to visit the doctor on Monday, which will kill half the day, guaranteed. But it seems doable.
The little items also need to be translated, and in fact, I'm just slightly behind as I type this.
Cheers...
Most of the time was spent with grandma, but I did put in an appearance to supervise the cooking class, where today's plat du jour was that old standby: macaroni and cheese. It was - regrettably - the glop you get out of a box with a package of orange powder that endows the pasta with the look and feel of red-orange unshrunk shrink-wrap tubing, and about as much nutrition as you'd get from eating the box.
I tried to print a prepaid Priority Mail label today via the Post Office's web site, and only noticed after the second time it didn't work that you need to have Acrobat Reader 5 or later installed for the trick to work.
Ye gods, I got rid of the Adobe product when I picked up Nitro PDF, and I don't much like the idea of reinstalling what has become beastly bloatware that, among other sins, refuses to stop calling attention to itself.
I ought to be able to finish the editing tomorrow (~5000 words), along with the rest of what needs to be translated (6500 words of repetitive material), and that will leave a whole lot of despeckling to do.
Considering how much repetitive stuff there has been, much of that time will be spent double-checking to make sure I didn't gloss over any important details. The bottom line is that the project ought to be finished sometime Sunday.
That'll put me into position to address the 8K job due Wednesday, where I must take into account the fact that I need to visit the doctor on Monday, which will kill half the day, guaranteed. But it seems doable.
The little items also need to be translated, and in fact, I'm just slightly behind as I type this.
Cheers...
