I seem to be in a bit of a work lull, for the first time this year. It’s quite nice, actually, giving me time to work on some of my volunteer efforts, back the computer up, defrag it, finish a book review, make sure my Q1 receipts are in order… It’s quite amazing to me that even without paid translation work, I can fill an entire day, days even, with other work things that need to be done. And people think that the self-employed have it so easy, lazing about all the time, working “when they want to”! Ah, if only… (Although, that being said, I did take last Monday off just because it was beautiful out and the green fees are cheaper on weekdays!)
I am feeling slightly more than peeved, however, that one task that should have taken me a couple of hours at most took me almost an entire day yesterday and may take that long again today! I hardly ever come across them, mostly because I’m working with client documents that aren’t that complex, but if you try to do a fairly complex layout in Word – watch out! It is filled with bugs and sometimes there just doesn’t seem to be a workaround. I have the distinct advantage that I live with a software programmer and Jon can thankfully usually tell me within a short while whether the weirdness I’ve come across is because of something I’ve done, if there’s a better way to do it, or what I’m going to have to do to get around the problem. But it is so incredibly frustrating to spend a day working and not get ahead. Wish me better luck today!
