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mousmeI feel like hiding from the world today. I want to dig a hole in one of my walls, drape a blanket over it that matches the wall colour, and then crawl inside and hide.
Not for any particular reason, I don't think. Just feeling a bit fragile.
I think I may have to actually venture out of the apartment to get some of my paperwork signed, though. Will wait for those emails to decide what to do. Must email another person I've neglected, then try to get something done on two other projects.
Then, two more translations to do this week, and then no work at all after that. If I can avoid curling up into a ball and dying for the next, oh, ten days or so, I should be okay.
Right now I just feel tired and vaguely numb. Very tired. Been going to bed too late (2am every night since Thursday). Not good.
At least now that I have finished the Nightmare Text O' Doom (I think I might even post the texts out of a sense of perverse pleasure, or maybe just excerpts for the sheer Schadenfreude of it all), I can work with less guilt. Not without guilt, but at least less guilt. Am going to attempt to blitz the next two texts and have them finished by the end of the week. That should clear up my schedule *and* give my reputation its zing back. These 21 pages of broken English spanked me hard, then handed me my ass on a platter. 21 pages should have taken me 7 days at most, not three weeks. That's an average of one page a day. :P Of course it includes prep work, re-writing the English text, researching all the expletive deleted acronyms the author inserted without explaining what they were, deciphering footnotes, consulting with people, and six-to-seven hour phone conferences about the goddamned text.
Kill me now.
At least it's over.
*lurks in inbox* I'm hoping I don't have to go anywhere today, but I doubt that's the case. I have Tai Chi tonight (not missing that if I can help it) and I'm supposed to see someone for coffee later, but I forgot to email her so I have no idea when and where we're meeting. I just emailed her now, will call later in case I don't hear from her in time.
On a random note (and please don't laugh too hard at me, 'cause I don't know how to fix this), I left the iron plugged in yesterday by mistake, and then while I was gone the cats knocked it onto the floor and the switch fell on "Extraordinarily Hot" or whatever the highest setting is, and now I have a perfect black scorch mark the shape of my iron on the beautiful parquet floor of my appartment. I'm *very* glad the place didn't catch fire while I was gone, but I'm pretty sure my Idiot!Landlord is not going to be happy when he finds out.
I'm hoping that if I go to Réno Dépot next weekend they'll be able to tell me how I can reduce the damage. Maybe it can be buffed or sanded out and then I can re-varatan that part of the floor, or something. *wibble*
*sigh*
I'm not having a bad day, honest. Just... an off day, I guess. Maybe I'll do a spot of semi-creative writing, and hope that'll lift my spirits a bit.
Not for any particular reason, I don't think. Just feeling a bit fragile.
I think I may have to actually venture out of the apartment to get some of my paperwork signed, though. Will wait for those emails to decide what to do. Must email another person I've neglected, then try to get something done on two other projects.
Then, two more translations to do this week, and then no work at all after that. If I can avoid curling up into a ball and dying for the next, oh, ten days or so, I should be okay.
Right now I just feel tired and vaguely numb. Very tired. Been going to bed too late (2am every night since Thursday). Not good.
At least now that I have finished the Nightmare Text O' Doom (I think I might even post the texts out of a sense of perverse pleasure, or maybe just excerpts for the sheer Schadenfreude of it all), I can work with less guilt. Not without guilt, but at least less guilt. Am going to attempt to blitz the next two texts and have them finished by the end of the week. That should clear up my schedule *and* give my reputation its zing back. These 21 pages of broken English spanked me hard, then handed me my ass on a platter. 21 pages should have taken me 7 days at most, not three weeks. That's an average of one page a day. :P Of course it includes prep work, re-writing the English text, researching all the expletive deleted acronyms the author inserted without explaining what they were, deciphering footnotes, consulting with people, and six-to-seven hour phone conferences about the goddamned text.
Kill me now.
At least it's over.
*lurks in inbox* I'm hoping I don't have to go anywhere today, but I doubt that's the case. I have Tai Chi tonight (not missing that if I can help it) and I'm supposed to see someone for coffee later, but I forgot to email her so I have no idea when and where we're meeting. I just emailed her now, will call later in case I don't hear from her in time.
On a random note (and please don't laugh too hard at me, 'cause I don't know how to fix this), I left the iron plugged in yesterday by mistake, and then while I was gone the cats knocked it onto the floor and the switch fell on "Extraordinarily Hot" or whatever the highest setting is, and now I have a perfect black scorch mark the shape of my iron on the beautiful parquet floor of my appartment. I'm *very* glad the place didn't catch fire while I was gone, but I'm pretty sure my Idiot!Landlord is not going to be happy when he finds out.
I'm hoping that if I go to Réno Dépot next weekend they'll be able to tell me how I can reduce the damage. Maybe it can be buffed or sanded out and then I can re-varatan that part of the floor, or something. *wibble*
*sigh*
I'm not having a bad day, honest. Just... an off day, I guess. Maybe I'll do a spot of semi-creative writing, and hope that'll lift my spirits a bit.
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Date: 2003-10-06 10:00 am (UTC)::sends hugz::
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Date: 2003-10-06 10:01 am (UTC)Good to see you back on LJ, btw. :)
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Date: 2003-10-06 10:12 am (UTC)It means alot that you say that.
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Date: 2003-10-06 10:15 am (UTC)I knew you had stuff to sort out, so I hope that went okay. I figure some of it probably got resolved, since you're back, so I'm glad of that too. :)
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Date: 2003-10-06 10:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-06 04:20 pm (UTC)'Tis all I have to offer unfortunately.
Well, aside from a bed if you ever decide to come visit - can't guarantee I won't be in it though ;)
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Date: 2003-10-07 02:13 am (UTC)Thank God the place didn't burn down!
I asked Patrick about this and he suggests you rent a floor sander.. but they're noisy and messy.. He says the burn may go down 1/8". That will make a dip in the floor if you sand it all off just in that spot. You may be able to flip the wood over, he said.. you may want to chip it and find out. However he says you're probably going to have to refinish the whole floor.. and if you do a crappy job, the landlord will notice.
Otherwise you may lose the whole deposit. If you think that will be too expensive, you could just admit it to the landlord and tell him you'll pay for it. How long do you expect to be there? Half a year? Two years? More?