March 16, 2006
Too Exhausted to Move
I worked most of the day in Los Angeles at my proofreading job, and then dropped my mother's laundry off (don't ask) at her house near the L.A. airport. We got a bite to eat, and then I came home to finish proofreading the final of the newsletter for my Twelve-Step group. I sent those changes off to the editor, and now I'm (of course) exhausted-but-wired.
It might be time to ingest some carbs and let them work their magic.
When my husband went to bed I told him he was lucky to be only a decent proofreader, as opposed to a really great one. No one has asked him to do it since he escaped from publishing.
So now I need to see how much sleep I'll be able to get before it's time to . . . go back to L.A. and do yet more proofreading. But quickly, because I still have to get to the printer in Culver City tomorrow afternoon in time to pick up the final version of our newsletter, and deliver it to the office. Then I need to go to my DA meeting that night, because we'll be sharing memories of Roger.
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Not that I like to whine when I'm busy, mind you.
Posted by: Attila Girl at March 17, 2006 08:08 AM (s96U4)
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We don't think that at all.
Nice unprovoked shot, by the way, just the thing to send off an unsuspecting innocent to Dreamland. I miss that. I enjoy someone reminding me just how mediocre I am. Better than a "Nighty Night"...
I found that the secret to good proofreading is to read an article backwards at least once. My mind has the ability to correct mistakes automatically when reading forward: Backward reading defeats this mechanism.
Posted by: Darrell at March 17, 2006 10:12 AM (R+FmE)
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It's okay: he's a better writer than I am in at least three ways. And that's an actual
marketable skill, as opposed to the hobbyesque ones I possess.
Posted by: Attila Girl at March 17, 2006 06:44 PM (s96U4)
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