Finishing Gigs and Other Things

[corpsebrigadier]

I finished my editing gig and got paid (with a pretty substantial bonus from the pleased client)! In the meantime, I've been managing to catch up on the various books and projects I never seem to finish. I finally got to the end of Zadie Smith's White Teeth (which I found very satisfying/good even if I wasn't particularly happy with one character's plotline and his eventual fate). I'm almost done with my cabinets, and the basil in my tiny and pathetic garden is coming along.

I'm also finally making good on my resolution to start donating blood more regularly, and I was very proud of myself for following through despite having to get double-pricked for hemoglobin tests, having (cw: needles) the phlebotomist muck up my vein such that somebody else had to come and jangle the needle around for several minutes, and nearly passing out. The drive in question at the very least had better than average snacks, and I got to make off with some dark chocolate snack bars. Not great overall, but I'm having a pretty nice weekend collapsing onto sofas dramatically while demanding my spouse tend to affairs my weak constitution prevents me from handling.