Busiest Day on Record

I didn't believe it at first; but when I added up yesterday's client-billable time, it was eight hours! For the first time since my hiring in May 2007, I reached the eight-hour mark.

I knew it was going to be a busy day when Liza greeted me with an e-mail first thing in the morning. It was for proofing and screen capturing online banners. Then there were other screen grabs, too; this one was for Charlene. Then there were the odds and ends of print ads and their revisions.

But the only drawback of a hectic day is that the next day won't be as busy. Take today for example. As of this writing, I only have 3¾ hours of client chargeables.

Slow Yesterday, Slower Today?

It was a slow day yesterday, and it looks like today's going to be slower. Somehow, I've never gotten used to spending most of my days infosnacking when I see everyone doing something work related. I feel so guilty and useless though it's not my fault entirely.

As a proofreader, I only perform my duty when work is handed to me. What am I supposed to proof when there's nothing for me to do in the first place? These are the times when I welcome labour-intensive tasks, such as proofing translation files and screen-capturing online banners.

So, when Charlene came up to me yesterday, wondering if I could do some screen grabs for her, I obliged quickly. Unfortunately, there were only eight banners to work on, which was only worth 60 minutes of client-billable time.

Chachi's Such an Ass

I usually have a cup of tea ready before the WIP starts at 9 a.m. But because I was on kitchen duty, I wasn't able to prepare my morning beverage right away. So, seeing that Julita was still setting up the conference call with the Toronto office, I left my notebook and my seat and snuck out to the kitchen to make green tea.

On my way back, I saw Chachi move my stuff and grab my seat. What the ... ? To begin with, he already had a seat when we went to the conference room. What was he thinking? Just because he believes his position is more important than mine doesn't give him the right to take my seat.

It may not be a big deal even though I quietly took the chair next to him. But I find it rude. I hope he gets his just desserts — and soon.

Kitchen Duty Again

After the long Easter weekend, I'm back at work and so is everybody.

I decided to come to work early because I'm on kitchen duty. And just as I expected there were dishes on the kitchen sink and counter. Fortunately for me, someone already washed some of the dishes from last Thursday; otherwise, there would be stacks of dishes for me to put in the dishwasher.

So far, that's the busiest I've been this morning.

Wonder of Wonders!

I managed to keep myself busy!

I thought today was going to be a long one. But somehow, the suits gave me work to do. It started with Patrick's landing pages (it was in French this time). I haven't begun proofreading them when another project came by. I forgot what it was because work came one after another.

All in all, I worked for 6.5 hours, which was not bad for a short workweek and a good way to start the long weekend.

Happy Easter!

Bored Stiff Again

It's almost 1 p.m. and I only clocked 2¾ hours. I was hoping to do more today, but nothing new was happening since Patrick's landing-page project on Monday.

I'm now running out of things to do for the next four hours.

What a Difference a Day Makes

Twenty-fours hours ago, I was proofreading like crazy. Now, I'm infosnacking, visiting Web sites on action figures and video games, and checking my Web-based e-mails every now and then. What's going on? Well, we're on the tail end of the projects again. (Of course, I did some work — all three hours of them!)

Where are Nina's translation files when you need them? Where are Chachi and his rush jobs now that I have plenty of time in my hands?

If tomorrow is going to be like this, then I guess I will be in for a long day.