Here it is again, the catching up!
Jan 14th – Definition of a bad day.
Afternoon: we went to the military post to get a copy of the report on the car crash; upon arrival, I realized I had forgotten all my documents at home; no ID, no report. We returned home. As if my shame was not enough, I had to listen to all kinds of lectures.
Late afternoon: I said I did not know how to separate syllables in English, and given an example, it made no sense to me. I asked why it was this way, and not that, which seemed a lot more logical. It was taken as a personal offense.
Evening: as is now standard, things that need replacing break down after 6h PM, when all stores are closing. As I was playing Gunstar Heroes (have to make good use of anger), the screen just went black, and the loud noise made by the Volcano 9 CPU cooler (which runs at up to 5,800 rpm) sitting on top of the Athlon stopped (which is very noticeable). “Blackout”, I thought, but every led and light was still on in the rest of the room. So I pressed the Power button on Asgaard. Nothing. The power supply was dead.
Jan 15th – Lunch time: my work arrived. 200 pages of Sociolinguistics. I chose not to touch it on that day. We went out for bowling in the evening. Won one, lost one, broke two nails, and my arm still hurts.
Jan 16th – Woke up early, went to my father’s graduation (yes, you heard it right), then took Asgaard to replace the power supply. All done, returned home, set it up, turn it on, all great. Checked e-mail and daily visited sites, all okay. Started working on the book. Three hours to do 10 pages. Meanwhile, one long download finished (total 96 hours, approximately); 9 to go. I went to bed.
Jan 17th – Woke up a little late. Before lunch I got a call from a friend who works for the publisher (she gave me this book). The deadline was moved from the 27th to the 22nd. So right after lunch I started working on the book again, and that was it. From 1h30 to 10h30 PM, minus one hour of break, I reached page 80. Good enough.
Jan 18h – Same thing, work was flowing great. I reached page 147 (out of 200).
Jan 19th – Sunday, so I decided to start working a little later than usual – which resulted in firing up Secret of Mana and playing until 1h30 AM. Oops.
Jan 20th – Today. Woke up, checked e-mail and daily sites, wrote this. Lunch soon; then hopefully finish the book, and if time allows, do a quick full revision again for minute things (space after tables, wrong numbers, bad italics – easy stuff, just needs attention to find).
That should explain my absence.
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