Well, dear readers, we are in the guck phase. For anyone who’s been in the guck phase you know exactly what I’m talking about. I’ve about had it with damn coughing and the damn expectorating the gunk because let’s face it – we’re in the gunk phase. The nose phase was actually a bit better yesterday, so that part was good. It’s following its usual path – yesterday I felt a bit better when I got up after ten hours of wonderful sleep, and then the coughing started up again. I took a two-hour snooze and when I got up from that, the coughing was out of control. It’s out of control now. In any case, here I am The Gunk King in the gunk phase and frankly I’d like to phase out the damn gunk. Other than that, there’s really not much to report. I was up at eleven-thirty, congested from sleep, but about fifteen minutes later that cleared up a bit and my nose never really gave me many problems. Once up, I answered a few e-mails, then finished entering the fixes of proofer one. Then in an example of perfect timing, I got proofer two’s fixes and started right in on them. As always with both, I have a few things to run by Muse Margaret, but most of it is typos, making things clear, that sort of thing. I was very pleased with both proofers’ reaction to the book itself. So, I did that for a while, the around two-thirty I ordered chicken breast and chicken pasta salad from the California Chicken Café. It arrived pretty quickly, and I ate the breast and wing. It was fine, but the fact is nothing tastes good to me right now. At around five I plopped into bed and fell asleep for a couple of hours. Once up, I entered more fixes, getting to page eighty-something. I’ll definitely finish that today, then I’ll call Muse Margaret on Monday and we can go over the six or seven things and we’ll either do them or not. At that point, the book goes back to the two proofers for another go-through, just seeing what we missed. Once that’s done, then it can go to the designer. I watched some of the Penn and Teller Fool Us things – very entertaining and fun. I also watched a few irritating videos. I had two telephonic calls but let the callers do most of the talking whilst I did most of the listening due to the condition my condition is in. That was about it. And here we are.
Today, I’ll be up when I’m up, I’ll go back to entering fixes, I hope I’ll feel a bit better, I’ll eat at some point, I’ll finish proofer two’s fixes and whilst I’m doing that I can also relax, I’ll eat at some point – maybe some matzoh ball soup and a side of something would be fun, then at some point, I’ll watch, listen, and relax.
Tomorrow, I’ll just keep resting, I’ll talk to Muse Margaret, and we’ll do the things we do, I’m hoping the other blurbs come in soon and I’m still trying to figure out one more. Then I’m just staying put until I’m completely over this crud. Then I can catch up on things and finish choosing the songs for the July Kritzerland – only three or four left to go – and I’m just waiting for the club to get the show live for ticket sales, which should have happened today but didn’t.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up when I’m up, continue entering fixes, hope I feel a bit better, eat, finish proofer two’s fixes, and then I’ll watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s free-for-all day, the day in which you dear readers make with the topics and we all get to post about them. So, let’s have loads of lovely topics and loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, and hope when I arise that the gunk phase is phasing the HELL out.