Yeah I kn...

Yeah I know I'm rambling today but anything is better than cold-forming technology, which has nothing to do with sneezing on the horizon. Friday afternoon, after 4 p.m. The time when clients everywhere think 'oh, wouldn't it be nice to have that translation for Monday' and when translators everywhere click on their 'instant masterpiece button' as they always do anyway. Is it time to issue polite reminders about the surcharge for weekends? Yes. WHY isn't exasperated on the list of moods?

Life is f...

Life is full of little surprises *g*Charlotte was making biscuits (half term and a break from clearing up the Pit). Turned her back for ten seconds, and one chicken breast out of 3 thawing out disappeared between small fangs. Growling sounds from underneath the hall sideboard gave him away - he's got a pathetic miaouw for a big lad, but growls like a lion. The good fight was fought, so tonight there will be 2 chicken breasts for 3 people, and 3 out of 4 cats will get the chewed one. Simba the Thief, much as I love him, is in the doghouse. Cathouse. Well, in trouble. Been looking at the HTML editor's 'table feature' today. Read the instructions twice. Decided to save that one for another day *g*. However, after being stuck in a corner for 3 days, I now have some highly-cooperative muses murmuring helpful suggestions about it being time they got to play.Hehehehe. Work (what's that?)going swimmingly. Enough to pay the bills, not too much to stop play. Chris, of course, is complaining. I'm ignoring him apart from telling him that HTML skills are a useful asset for the future. Of *course* that's why I did it *g*. Nothing to do with an urge to play with a new toy of my very own and stick my various stories in one place. Nononono.

Jen just m...

Jen just mailed you - sorry only just looked at LJ and sorry to contact this way but so sorry to hear your Mum had been ill. Give her a big hug from me and all the cats and tell her to come back and give them more TLC soon!Hectic day. Work is coming in thick and fast but not complaining. Still bouncy (and still v. short of sleep and WISH this bloody jet lag would go once and for all).Chris got himself a Russian client for consulting work - a startup here in Neuchâtel yet again. Hauled out a few bits of polite conversation then ran back to the office deciding I definitely need some practice. Lovely guy - very dramatic, Russian-type but highly amenable too. Note to self: do not put ginger into guacamole (made that last night before I realised what Jen was up to and God, I love that bit) instead of garlic *sigh*. Not a brilliant taste experience but the jars in the fridge look similar. Chris deemed it 'unusual'. The cats loved it. Uh-huh. New trend, maybe. *yawn* must go programme the video.

Geez I feel...

Geez I feel good considering I'm running on no sleep. But work is going WELL. Diet is going WELL. Pictures of SLC have mostly come out in focus despite two batteries succumbing to the sub-zero temperatures. And I'm sitting here with white wine feeling at peace with the world. Invoices done, ends have been met and Chris is being lovely (he *missed* me and *said so* - YAY!). Even been bouncing ideas around with Di for a Pros story, got an idea running around for some original fic, and have countless NP bunnies. Just have to write 'em, I suppose. Everything comes with time. No worries. I love writing and always have and always will. Tomorrow I hit the sound studios, where my dulcet tones will speak a story book (wot I wrote) about crappy, Hong-Kong-made pseudo-Swiss watches and that will be made into a (probably equally crappy) syrupy commericial for the Asian market. Wonder if they can understand Yorkshire accents? Hehehehe. Who cares, they're paying me stacks of $$$ for it :)I think I'm fading though. Must get some sleep some time *g* And food. Liquid supper is probably a bad idea. Flame letters. Got No. 3 and laughed. My ISP didn't and is being terribly Swiss and sweet and devastatingly efficient. Very interesting. I really can't get het up about cowards, though, so won't take it further unless somebody else gets on the receiving end of something similar, at which point I might. Or might not. Am zen. Could be the wine or the jet lag, but hey it's NICE.

WARNING WARNING...

WARNING WARNING WARNINGWrote a private post this morning which turned up on Lou's friends page. Rushed to LJ and *had* marked it 'private' but there's a glitch somewhere (me, LJ or Lou). No idea if everybody got it, or if everybody's got LOTS of my private stuff. GOd this is awful.Going to write to LJ and ask if/when/how it can happen. For what it's worth, I don't THINK I've had anybody's private stuff.Going to carry on dying somewhere now. Praying that only Lou got it. Guess who won't be making any more private posts on that.

Hm. Suitably ...

Hm. Suitably equipped in IOC grey jacket/trousers/ skirt with... T-shirts underneath. I just hope they've got the heating on. Rumour has it we get roll-neck sweaters 'sometime before we go'. And a brown parka when we get there (my Mum said brown and grey doesn't go, but she obviously never told the IOC that). Hit MediaMarkt and went mad. 3 DVDs - they'd nearly sold out and didn't have the one with 'the Light' or 'The First Ones' which I'd been hoping for. Hugely indulgent, though.Charlotte's off school as her cold's turned awful, poor kid, and she's definitely handed something on to me. Scratchy throat, headache, wobbly everything. Bleh. Sleep would be useful (and make a change). Thought the drive back would never end. Sinned hugely. Just ate 3 Oreos that were yelling at me from the cupboard. This is BAD. Has to stop. Forthwith. Bad enough wearing uniforms with Italian sizes and finding I'm a massive... 52. Thank God I didn't have to try stuff on a couple of months ago.Definitely need sleep. Junk food would be nice, but it's Monday, i.e. Switzerland's closed, or rather the pizza delivery places anyway.

Yeah!

Oh, this could be worse, really. Much worse. The environment is huge, sure, but the meetings and translation team are a wonderful bunch of total eccentrics (OK, so I fit right in there...). It'll probably take me the whole week to get my bearings as the buildings are all odd-shaped and around a central sort of round bit. As I don't know my right from my left, it can get extremely confusing. In fact (shhhh) I shimmied down to the Underground this morning feeling very pleased and competent and was two stops in the wrong direction before I realised. Hmmm.Have very vague memories of Austria in general - 20 years since I was in Vienna. They're still obsessed with huge desserts (been good so far), and cream in everything (also good, given my expresso-obsession). And noodles and dumplings and wine by the quarter litre (been less good re. the latter but only in the evenings!).With a bit of luck, will be off soon to do a bit of frozen tourist stuff - only 4 pm!