still alive

Despite the last few days devoid of posts, I am still here, and haven't given up on this. Friday through Sunday, though, I was spending much of my waking hours editing my friend's dissertation. My edits to chapters one through three were pretty extensive, but I have to admit that by Sunday, especially with the headache from all those hours reading onscreen text, I wasn't able to be as thorough with chapters four and five, though I still think the results were an improvement over the originals.

And given the soggy Saturday--parts of the metro area were under flood warnings much of the day--I wasn't too disappointed not to be outside. The gay and lesbian squaredance club with which I used to dance even cancelled their participation in the Pride parade Saturday night; I suspect a number of other groups likely did as well. Sunday was relatively dry, if still gray and cool, but my workload didn't permit--and my mood didn't encourage--visiting the Pride festival that day.

My friend had offered to pay me for my editing work, but I had told her that a nice dinner somewhere would be sufficient. Given that when I woke up this morning, I felt like I hadn't even really had a weekend, I almost wish I'd agreed to the payment; I think I'll have to select a very nice restaurant as compensation.