Escaping work!

[ellenmillion]

Doing some research into getting Sylver's book printed. I can do it myself, but it's time-consuming, and if I can find a reasonable price, I'll gladly job it out. Bunch of emails out today along those lines. Bunch of other emails trying to weed out my stupid inbox. Transferred the rest of the artist-inquiries from my Outlook box, but haven't answered all of 'em yet.

Work is sloow this morning, and my back hurts like a sunuvabitch, so I think I'll take the afternoon off. Maybe even /really/ off, like 'sit on the couch and watch dvds' kind of off, instead of 'scramble madly to get everything done and add more things to my list to do than six people can do in a week' kind of off.

Have lots of art to scan, and shall plan on doing that tomorrow evening, after dropping Jake at hockey. Didn't get any of it done yesterday. Though I did get shirts printed, and am now in possession of a package of the transfers you can use on black t-shirts. Mmm! The samples at Kev's shop looked nice!!

Started a romantic wedding-themed piece for EMG, and remarkably pleased so far. Using good, rich, dark parts, inking boldly, and the trees are cool. Yay!

The new contract page is swee-eet! I can do search and replace through all the contracts, and make personal notes on the extended entry bit that only I can check. Yeah! I've only transferred a couple of 'em so far, mostly the ones I needed to update. I'll have to dedicate a couple of hours doing the rest of the transfer one of these days. What I wouldn't give for a Whole Week of nothing but EMG. I'd finish the contracts, finish updating with new work, get some advertising done, clean out my old email (nearly done!), and start making stuff for Christmas bazaars. And make RWH tarot cards. I could do that in a week, easy. I could probably do it in three ten-hour days. T'ain't going to happen without a minor miracle.

And darn it, I /am/ taking the afternoon off. At least mostly. My back has been spasming since last night, and that wears me down horribly. They've got no work for me, I'm sick of mucking with the DA webpage, and I hate feeling guilty for doing my own stuff here but I can't stand wasting time.

So there!

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Ellen, have you gone to a doctor or a chiropractor or /anybody/ about your back?

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

I've been good, I have! I've been to the chiropractor twice, and I'll go again. He fixed a problem in my neck I didn't even realize I /had./ But when I described the lower back injury, he said if it didn't improve over a few sessions, we'd probably have to do x-rays and I'd want to see an orthopedic surgeon. Alas, my established orthopedic surgeon has moved to Hawaii, with all my records, so I've got to try to track them down. :( The treatments helped enormously, but I keep doing... something... and I'm pretty sure that once I get the darned x-rays the doctor's going to start saying words like 'pins' and 'fusion.' They warned me this could be a problem, back when, and to be honest, I'm scared to death.

*sighs* I know, I know... no excuse. Go see the darn doctor. Yes'm.

*mutteryouandJakeganginguponmeandmakingmegoseethebigmeandoctormutter*

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*nod* We're big meanies, but we want you to be well and not suffering. Get ahold of your surgeon and see if there's somebody he'd recommend in Alaska, and get your records. 'Pins' and 'fusion' are really scary words, you're right, but "My back has been spasming since last night, and that wears me down horribly" are also not good words, and in the long run pins and fusion and no pain are going to be better for you than a constant struggle with pain and exhaustion.

*hugs and hugs*