Time to turn up the heat...

I feel much better after this past night's sleep.

I "wound down" last night by spending some time studying some French early 20th century common issues. Feht is right; for some crazy reason, stamp collecting is quite calming. I didn't find anything unusual, but then again, it seemed that all the little bits of various designs that distinguish one type from another were covered with ink from the cancellation.

In any event, there are no idle hands in this neck of the woods; work is pouring in from all quarters, so much so that virtually all of the minor projects I had compiled into a list of easy-to-get-dones are now on hold. My time is booked until Monday.

One that will continue to occupy my mind is an issue of long standing, that of being able to put my hands on things. Yesterday, this problem was most acutely felt when I wasn't able to find either my Russian cell phone or an envelope with "left over" rubles from my last trip, both of which would have been helpful for Galina to have during her upcoming trip.

The key, doubtless, is combining the "a place for everything, etc." philosophy with fewer "everythings", which I'm working on, but will have to probably do only intermittently over the next few days.

Daylight is burning. Time to get to work.

Cheers...

Keeping the head above water...

The bag for the day contains nearly 4500 target words, and I've just spent the last 20 minutes or so trying to figure out how to get everything done within the deadlines set for the work.

The next four days will be, um, pretty tight, timewise.

I've got about 5,000 words due by the end of the day tomorrow, then 12,000 words due Monday (with a request for a partial delivery over the weekend) and another 7,500 words due Tuesday (with a request for several partial deliveries between now and then).

With so many "partial deliveries" requested, I'll be surprised if I have any time left to translate.

So I guess I better get some high-quality shuteye, starting shortly.

Cheers...