tried to post this yesterday, but blogger had major probs

be careful what you wish for! i got a call from the translation company in NYC on monday morning letting me know that they had sent me some files to typeset, 6 documents in all. so i put in a very long day yesterday and finished up late this morning, Outlook and gmail inability to send large files notwithstanding. i need to find a better way to compress/zip my finished files, b/c the way i had to do it was very roundabout and frustrating on both sides, i'm sure. outlook outright rejects sending large messages (we're talking 4-5MB and up, i think), and gmail has issues, too, although it did a better job than outlook. braden suggested maybe uploading files to our website, but it would have to be in a secure location, and i'd have to figure out how to do that. anyway, i've logged about 14.5 hours so far, which is cool, since i'm billing by the hour. it does, however, contribute to my overall tiredness. so i'm taking it easy for the rest of tonight. when i receive work to do, i can't rest until i've got it done, or at least as much as i can do for that day. so yesterday was a 12 hour day. bleh! but, that enables me to have a quick turnaround time and impress the client. i won't always be able to do that; i actually had an eye doctor's appt, but i canceled, b/c that's easy to reschedule. i won't/can't do that for other appts that may conflict with freelance work coming in, such as medical doctor appts, pregnancy classes, etc. i guess right now i'm trying to impress this company, but i can't totally rearrange my life for them if i have other stuff i need to do, and that's something that i'll need to deal with in the future, since there are bound to be conflicts. anyway, the finished files that i sent back to the company are going to go through a proofreader and then to the client. if the client doesn't have any changes to make, i can then upload the files back to the printer's ftp site where i got the original files from.

i had another tutoring session today, which went well. i really like my student; she's very nice and eager to learn. she's doing great, too, and i'm amazed that she's as far as she is considering the amount of exposure she's had to spanish, which is only about a year of college.

i had a wonderful, reassuring blessing given to me last night. it eased my mind about jenna coming and being able to handle things, etc. D&C 6:36 "Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not."

things are well in the ellisi household. life is good.