alexpgp | The struggle goes on...

Another day spent juggling about umpteen different priorities, few of them well, I'm afraid.

I spent about an hour in the store in the morning and another 90 minutes in the afternoon. In between, I kept hammering away at the document due Thursday. Progress is slow; I feel as if I am translating in a sea of molasses. (I know that makes no sense, but there you go...). Interruptions tend to exacerbate things.

In any event, I've put fingers to keyboard to the extent of about 2200 source words so far today, which at that rate will not be sufficient for me to cross the finish line on time. On the other hand, if I can hack out 1700 more words before retiring, I should be in pretty reasonable shape (3000 words tomorrow; 2000 on Thursday morning). A weekend job is simmering on a back burner; I guess I'll find out more tomorrow.

I spent entirely too much time trying to set up travel to Russia for the gig later this month. Orbitz will do the job for me, but they don't do open-return tickets (and can't -- or won't -- tell me who will). I called Vladimir V., one of the other interpreters on the team, and he gave me the name of his travel agent, whom I intend to call tomorrow.

One funny note in this regard has to do with being able to book a flight from Durango to Denver through Orbitz that gets me there two and a half hours before my connection to Frankfurt, but then having United (the carrier) tell me that particular flight is sold out. Instead, United offers me a later flight from Durango that arrives in Denver a mere 45 minutes before the Frankfurt flight departs, which ought to normally be enough to make a connection, except that Denver--Durango flights will easily slip an hour if there's any hint of adverse weather in the area. Seeing as how this flight takes place at the height of winter, so to speak, the chances of a one-hour delay seem to be fairly high. Ah, well... I'll deal with it tomorrow.

Cheers...