Susan Arthur

I was all set to write another whiny entry about feeling bad until I read trancejen's latest entry. Damn, that girl can write. And this isn't even one where she writes about her own problems, which are significant.

So, all in all, I guess having a headache that wasn't a migraine for a change is pretty insignificant. Especially since, once I figured out that it was non-migraine, I took 4 advil, read a murder mystery, ate a warm brownie with chocolate chip ice cream on top, and finally felt better. Heh.

The "5-7 hour" cataloging test is now up to 10 hours and counting. The headache was bad enough that I didn't even attempt to go to the library (even taking a shower was painful,) but stayed home and worked more on typing the test up. Even the typing isn't all done yet. I swear, the headache really started this morning when I tried to type the damn thing in—you guessed it-- Word. I got about three lines in, Word started its usual formatting games, and my blood pressure shot through the roof and I started having an anxiety attack. Finally I highlighted the whole damn thing, went to "bullets and outlines" or whatever it is on the menu, and selected NONE. Geez. I wish there was a way to make that the default. Surely there is, but as usual, I haven't found it. Anyway, this worked. I can use tab with the best of 'em, by god, and it looks the way *I* want it to. So there. Pbthththpth.

Anyway, I still need to go to the library and spend a few more hours looking up stuff in the reference books. There's one question that I can't even get a handle on at all. Usually when she uses a peculiar phraseology, there is a specific reason and the answer will match very closely. This time I can't find anything remotely close. And on at least two other ones, I can only match part of the title, not the entire thing. (Say, for example, the title is "The Price of Tea in Szechuan, China in 1950." Do I start looking under "China?" "Tea?" "Economics?" "History?" Maybe I can find "production of tea in Szechuan, China," or maybe even "in 1950," but no mention of price. Or else I can find "price of tea in China" but no note about geographic subdivision (for Szechuan) or anything about specific time periods.) I don't even know whether I can't find it because I'm starting in the wrong place, or whether I just missed the line that tells me how to find some secret table that explains how to add an extra number or two to narrow it down. Sigh. As much work as I'm putting in on this thing, I'd really hate to get a poor grade.

And finally, LJ has started doing something weird while I'm typing an entry-- the text box just keeps getting wider and wider, so I can't see the whole line at once. Not that it’s just one long line with no breaks, but every few lines it just keeps getting wider and wider. Most peculiar.

So. Back to typing up my notes. And maybe another brownie with ice cream for dinner. Heh. Sometimes this being grown-up can have its rewards.