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progress of a sort
Nov. 1st, 2006 06:04 pmI've gotten so much done today! I started getting the edge of a migraine this morning but it didn't feel serious, so I put some caffeine in my coffee, went for a walk, ran a bunch of errands, and finished up the bed table-- in other words, did not just sit down at the computer for the day, which is my usual inclination, especially with This Damned Paper hanging over my head.
The bed table looks really pretty from the top, but the underside is quite amusing. Daddy had a brief lapse of attention when he was putting the legs on; he wanted them to fold, so attached them with hinges. All well and good when it's lying upside down, but when it was turned right side up, the legs just flopped and had absolutely nothing to hold them at right angles to the surface. Oops! I was nearly ready to leave when he showed ti to me, so I brought it on home and dragooned Dunstan into looking at it. I understand that it caused some amusement in woodworking circles, and for perfectly good reason-- it looked ridiculous. Dunstan, however, is a very inventive gentleman and figured out how add some more wood and hinges to make it work. I put several coats of finish on it and by last night, I could actually use it. It can either be flat if/when I want dinner in bed, or tilted for writing, reading, or using the laptop. Today, one of my errands was picking up self-adhering velcro patches to help hold everything in place more securely, and they are now attached so it is completely DONE. Yay, us!
Ya know that part about not sitting down at the computer all day? And the part about the paper? I finally sat dow to work on it about 4 o'clock or so. I have written a whole paragraph, all of it completlely, blatantly obvious. I keep thinking of information I'd like to have but don't know how to get. I would be such a sucky reference librarian. I'd better stick to Reader's Advisory stuff! Go ahead and ask me about mysteries; I'll talk your leg off. And I'm catching up on fantasy, too, and even some "literary" fiction. Haven't gotten back into the SF yet.
The only thing I haven't done today to put off writing the paper is housecleaning and dishes. That's probably next. Ha.
The bed table looks really pretty from the top, but the underside is quite amusing. Daddy had a brief lapse of attention when he was putting the legs on; he wanted them to fold, so attached them with hinges. All well and good when it's lying upside down, but when it was turned right side up, the legs just flopped and had absolutely nothing to hold them at right angles to the surface. Oops! I was nearly ready to leave when he showed ti to me, so I brought it on home and dragooned Dunstan into looking at it. I understand that it caused some amusement in woodworking circles, and for perfectly good reason-- it looked ridiculous. Dunstan, however, is a very inventive gentleman and figured out how add some more wood and hinges to make it work. I put several coats of finish on it and by last night, I could actually use it. It can either be flat if/when I want dinner in bed, or tilted for writing, reading, or using the laptop. Today, one of my errands was picking up self-adhering velcro patches to help hold everything in place more securely, and they are now attached so it is completely DONE. Yay, us!
Ya know that part about not sitting down at the computer all day? And the part about the paper? I finally sat dow to work on it about 4 o'clock or so. I have written a whole paragraph, all of it completlely, blatantly obvious. I keep thinking of information I'd like to have but don't know how to get. I would be such a sucky reference librarian. I'd better stick to Reader's Advisory stuff! Go ahead and ask me about mysteries; I'll talk your leg off. And I'm catching up on fantasy, too, and even some "literary" fiction. Haven't gotten back into the SF yet.
The only thing I haven't done today to put off writing the paper is housecleaning and dishes. That's probably next. Ha.
