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lizardek

Thursday, March 15th, 2007 // 21:37

LIKE A WHIRLPOOL IT NEVER ENDS

Whirly wheels of mind mechanics, my brain is spinning, it seems. This whole week has been crazy busy, punctuated by a one-two-three punch of anger/disappointment/resignation. I've worked late 2 days, tonight until 7 p.m.. With only 2 weeks left before I leave I'm feeling the pace start to increase and threaten to overwhelm.
Today at work, I:

finalized a 24-page product guide
re-sized an ad layout
re-sized and edited photos
found things, sent things, uploaded things, transferred things, archived things, proofread things, showed people how to do things
delegated 3 HTMLs, 4 datasheet layouts and a content extraction
brainstormed about a corporate presentation template
reviewed and revised, basically re-creating from scratch, 2 presentations of 19 slides each
localized the layouts for campaign materials in 4 languages, including 2 web banners, 1 2-sided postcard, 2 letters, 2 envelopes, 1 poster, and 2 advertisements

Only one about half of those things were on my to-do list. Tomorrow I have 2 more presentations, 4 more languages, 2 more ads, an HTML, a 2-page flyer and some translation coordination to do. And that's just the short list.

I've got a load of laundry in and gave the kids a bath, and Martin and I read 2 chapters in Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Now I'm going to pay the bills and translate 2-3 pages. Then I shall collapse, muddy and exhausted (but not before reading a chapter of the book I'm in the middle of, I hope).

Rock 'em Sock 'em Birthday Wishes to My Nephew Bryce!

mood: busy

music: Keren Ann—Sailor and Widow

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Comments

alcesalces

2007-03-15 08:54 pm (UTC)

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Mrs. Frisby is an excellent book!

ms_jacket

2007-03-16 12:39 am (UTC)

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Oh I know, I long for the day my kids are ready for it!

bezigebij

2007-03-15 09:11 pm (UTC)

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Very impressive. Such productive days always feel so good.

BTW, I was drinking spring water out of Tetra pack and it made me think of Anders.

lizardek

2007-03-15 09:43 pm (UTC)

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:) that would make him laugh!

dyvan

2007-03-16 12:52 am (UTC)

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why does "proofread things" look wrong? Does the word need a hyphen to look correct?

lizardek

2007-03-16 07:15 am (UTC)

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Maybe. I don't know which is correct...they both look right to me.

gnostraeh

2007-03-16 03:16 am (UTC)

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Yikes! A vacation will be good for you!

lizardek

2007-03-17 02:23 pm (UTC)

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ain't that the truth!

zapac

2007-03-16 01:45 pm (UTC)

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The nerd in me read that title as Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NiMH and wondered why someone would write a childrens' book about rechargable rats, and what that means. Battery driven supposedly. At least they were not Rats of NiCd.

(Anonymous)

2007-03-16 03:01 pm (UTC)

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Busy, Busy, Busy! Well Bryce voted his Remote control race car ( the same EXACT one Karin got) and Rock em Sock em Robots game from you his two BEST MOST AWESOME gifts from his Birthday : ) they have played with it a ton. he called and spoke to the rest of your family on his birthday but you were not home. The party was a success and the birth-DAY was also a success.

Thank You and see you soon, in how many weeks Mom? oh yeah see you in two and a half weeks and we are bringing the dog cuz Karin needs a dog fix.
Love Bryce

Love Seester