This has been a month of contrasts. First I became a godmother to L&S's little baby K. She's delightful and oh so cute, even if she showed her full lung capacity and cried when I held her in the church ( Read more... )

I'm not dead, I haven’t quit LJ or the HP fandom. I have just spent next to no time on the computer outside working hours recently, due to a laptop with heating problems. And to that I have only one thing to say, my next one won't sound like a jet-engine, and will manage to run two or three simultaneous programs without becoming too hot and ( Read more... )

I've worked more than my share lately. So much that I have met my budget for the year already. The year that ends in September, that is. Not that anyone cares, though. The jobs you've already finished are forgotten really fast. Writing in water. And it's not like I'm making more money no matter how much I work ( Read more... )

Went to the workplace today, to send out invoices. For a lot of money, none of which I will get. Always a dreary task. Found out that P isn't my boss anymore after Monday. I thought it wasn't going down until fall. And I will be moved away from my nice group and share a room with two guys. I have to share my desk with a freelancer who's there two- ( Read more... )

Why can't I ever do anything before deadline? I have three translations to finish before August 2. I've estimated two days of work. A good start to get into working mode again July 31. I've pushed them in front of me for a week now and I had to stop since I ran out of things to distract me, which means I didn’t do anything at all. Vacuum? Not ( Read more... )