This week is something of a blur, but hey, have a work & media intake update
I keep losing track of where we are in the week, even though each day has been distinct: Monday (Victoria Day) I was on my own (working and consuming media) until 
scruloose got home from his one-night camping trip with a couple of coworkers; Tuesday I went to the office and worked a half-day there*, helping to finish some backlogged stuff from last week, and then came home to do manga work; yesterday (Wednesday) I rewrote a huge percentage of the manga volume that was due today** and then hung out with
wildpear for what felt like the first time in ages (and
scruloose broke out the smoker and dealt with some fish from the camping trip); and today I finished & polished the volume that was due and read my next assignment for that publisher, making it the only normal-feeling day of the week (except for the part where I'm not currently used to the feel of working from home [and won't be for another month or so]).
I've been continuing to get some actual reading done, which has felt great. After Gena/Finn on the weekend, I read If I Was Your Girl on Tuesday evening, and tonight I started Shadow Scale (the sequel to Seraphina). I chose Shadow Scale because last night
Bibliogato was gushing about it and
wildpear mentioned that she'd gone and ordered it from the library because she'd enjoyed Seraphina so much and knew I hadn't read Shadow Scale yet (which is relevant because one of my neuroses quirks is that I have a weird block about lending out books that I haven't read yet, and thankfully the friends who routinely borrow from my shelves don't seem to take this personally).
And for a few hours on Tuesday I was all caught up on my current shows...but then three episodes of Person of Interest aired in quick succession (one Tuesday and two Wednesday >.<). It was a nice feeling while it lasted? And
scruloose and I watched an episode of The Americans for the first time in a few weeks, which was also great. (We're now two whole episodes into season 2.)
Current TV shows: Penny Dreadful, Orphan Black (the only one
scruloose is actively watching with me), Person of Interest...and that might actually be it right now, since Elementary and The 100 just wrapped their seasons.
Current TV status: two episodes behind on Person of Interest and one episode behind on Orphan Black (since it aired a couple of hours ago.)
*Technically they didn't need me at the office, since there wasn't a ton of work left, and between that and the fact that I slept horribly the night before (this has been a shitty week for sleep), I only managed to drag myself there by reminding myself that it was a (partial, in my case, although I could've stayed) day of work that didn't count towards the ~upcoming 20 normal days of work~ and that I like paycheques.
I was literally on the bus to the office when I clued in that it was the day after a stat holiday and by going in for the amount of time I was already planning on I was qualifying to get holiday pay. So that made me a lot more cheerful about my life choices, despite how tired I was.
**This is kind of funny because, of course, being so close to the wire meant sending my handful of questions to the translator at the last minute too, and it's not realistic to assume instant turnaround. Since he hasn't been able to get back to me yet and this series isn't on a tight production schedule, the editor and I agreed that now I'll hang onto the script for a few days so the translator can answer...after I just work feverishly to get it done for today. But given that I have another volume and a half due next week and plan to get back to the office and start my ~20 normal days~ next Tuesday, having this script done was still important.
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scruloose got home from his one-night camping trip with a couple of coworkers; Tuesday I went to the office and worked a half-day there*, helping to finish some backlogged stuff from last week, and then came home to do manga work; yesterday (Wednesday) I rewrote a huge percentage of the manga volume that was due today** and then hung out with
wildpear for what felt like the first time in ages (and
scruloose broke out the smoker and dealt with some fish from the camping trip); and today I finished & polished the volume that was due and read my next assignment for that publisher, making it the only normal-feeling day of the week (except for the part where I'm not currently used to the feel of working from home [and won't be for another month or so]).
I've been continuing to get some actual reading done, which has felt great. After Gena/Finn on the weekend, I read If I Was Your Girl on Tuesday evening, and tonight I started Shadow Scale (the sequel to Seraphina). I chose Shadow Scale because last night
Bibliogato was gushing about it and
wildpear mentioned that she'd gone and ordered it from the library because she'd enjoyed Seraphina so much and knew I hadn't read Shadow Scale yet (which is relevant because one of my neuroses quirks is that I have a weird block about lending out books that I haven't read yet, and thankfully the friends who routinely borrow from my shelves don't seem to take this personally).
And for a few hours on Tuesday I was all caught up on my current shows...but then three episodes of Person of Interest aired in quick succession (one Tuesday and two Wednesday >.<). It was a nice feeling while it lasted? And
scruloose and I watched an episode of The Americans for the first time in a few weeks, which was also great. (We're now two whole episodes into season 2.)
Current TV shows: Penny Dreadful, Orphan Black (the only one
scruloose is actively watching with me), Person of Interest...and that might actually be it right now, since Elementary and The 100 just wrapped their seasons.
Current TV status: two episodes behind on Person of Interest and one episode behind on Orphan Black (since it aired a couple of hours ago.)
*Technically they didn't need me at the office, since there wasn't a ton of work left, and between that and the fact that I slept horribly the night before (this has been a shitty week for sleep), I only managed to drag myself there by reminding myself that it was a (partial, in my case, although I could've stayed) day of work that didn't count towards the ~upcoming 20 normal days of work~ and that I like paycheques.
I was literally on the bus to the office when I clued in that it was the day after a stat holiday and by going in for the amount of time I was already planning on I was qualifying to get holiday pay. So that made me a lot more cheerful about my life choices, despite how tired I was.
**This is kind of funny because, of course, being so close to the wire meant sending my handful of questions to the translator at the last minute too, and it's not realistic to assume instant turnaround. Since he hasn't been able to get back to me yet and this series isn't on a tight production schedule, the editor and I agreed that now I'll hang onto the script for a few days so the translator can answer...after I just work feverishly to get it done for today. But given that I have another volume and a half due next week and plan to get back to the office and start my ~20 normal days~ next Tuesday, having this script done was still important.
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