(That said, I still love Love It or List It and Property Brothers way more than House Hunters, even if they're always SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU, to find knob-and-tube wiring or that an integral part of her design is removing a load-bearing wall)

I always yell Why didn't you check that before you made the plans! But they don't ever answer me.

The Property Brothers are cute as hell, too.

You guys, I'm crazy in the head. I know this. There's another freelance medical editing job that's essentially mine if I want it, although I do have to talk to the managing editor and make sure he believes the good stuff my colleague said about me. But the journal's subject matter is one that I don't have a hell of a lot of experience with (pathology). I looked over some sample articles, and I *think* I can do it, but I'm slightly intimidated.

I'm not going to turn down the opportunity, because I can use more work, but I'm appalled at myself for how nervous I am. Crazy, right?

Nah, going from something you know backwards and forwards to something you are not that familiar with, natural to be nervous. Going ahead and doing it anyway is the key thing, and you're doing that. You'll rock it.

I always plan for my Sundays to be full of cooking and cleaning, and then they turn out to be full of cooking and nsm cleaning. At least I won't starve.

Totally normal, Steph! You'll do great!

The mechanics of the gig are funny, though. For the AMA, I get PDFs that I download through their portal, and I mark them up using the sticky-notes function in Acrobat, and upload the finished files through their portal.

For this job, I would receive PDFs via email...which I need to print out, mark up by hand, scan, save as new PDFs, and email back. Now, I will get paid for the time to print/scan (which is good, because toner and paper ain't free), but I'm so damn amused. It's like a giant step back to Bedrock.

I think in the long run it will be fun, but yes the first steps are crazy making. for a little bit I did fact checking for children's book . The crazy making part about that is that everyone was different so I was in hurry up and learn mode. At least in theis case you might spend too much time for some of the earlier ones, but you pick up speed as you learn the basics

For this job, I would receive PDFs via email...which I need to print out, mark up by hand, scan, save as new PDFs, and email back. Now, I will get paid for the time to print/scan (which is good, because toner and paper ain't free), but I'm so damn amused.

And you worry that you're crazy.

Ha! Good point.

Shiballs. It's snowing and sticking to the deck. No rain preceding it as predicted, either. Can't pick up the laptop, supposed to replace it tomorrow. AHAHAH.

I really want to stain, but know I need to do a final wipedown and wood patching first and can't do that tonight. The sample turned out awesome.

Pissed both cats off by trimming their claws; they're currently working out their ire by beating up on each other with their new pawdicures.