This has been a productive day of sorts. I got in touch with the unemployment agency people, and they told me that there should be no problem about getting a grant, being off the employment market for a year, and then coming back, if I don't find steady employment in the meantime. I also read some more of the book I'm supposed to translate, and ( Read more... )

   First of all, I would like to apologize to any friends who may feel that I haven't been commenting posts as often as usual. I will try to mend my ways in the near future. I've been away from the computer quite a bit this summer, and when I get to blogging, I often just browse through the posts on my friends page and proceed to writing. I do read ( Read more... )

   I didn't get any sleep before about 4 AM last night. Serves me right for staying up past any reasonable bedtime, I suppose. The rain kept me awake. It's been raining today as well, but I'm not complaining, because it's just what the doctor orders for pollen allergy. In fact, I hope it rains tomorrow too, so I won't have to worry about having a ( Read more... )

   I went to the library today to print out the bill forms I have to send to my clients. I don't have a printer at home, you see. It happens to be national library day. I wouldn't have known that, but one of my friends (she is also a reader of this blog) wrote about it on Facebook today. The date has been chosen because today is the nameday of ( Read more... )

   I have a bit of a problem. I know a secret. I just heard today, and it's something very nice, but I don't want to tell anyone just yet. The person or persons involved will doubtless tell everyone in a few days, but until that, mum's the word. I'll tell you all as soon as they do...
   The keeping of secrets is one of the dilemmas you face when ( Read more... )

   I have had a relatively busy week for once, and writing something down every day seems to intensify the feeling of being busy. It's interesting in a way, and I have noticed it before, when I kept a diary, or wrote letters with some regularity, or when I had that other blog. Even though nobody seems to have visited here yet, I feel like I have ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's not time to go to bed yet, and I've gotten so many things done today. I did the laundry, went grocery shopping, translated a text, looked over an earlier translation and sent it off, made a couple of phone calls, payed two bills, practised the keyboard (I'm going to nail "The Irish washerwoman" one of these days, no double ( Read more... )

   I went to the library today, and my back is still aching from carrying a busker's fake book of some sort. It was worth it, because there are a lot of good songs in that book, and I can go on practising the piano. I say piano, but it's really a keyboard. Anyway, I also found a Welsh language course, Teach yourself Welsh. So why would I...? The ( Read more... )