It rained almost all day here and in Manhattan, which is probably just as well. Thanks to a pair of presentations that I’d signed up for but had entirely forgotten until about an hour before they started — and can I just say, it’s already December 1? — I wound up with maybe half an hour for lunch. Which translated into about fifteen minutes, after I had to double-back for my wallet, and after the new guy at the place on the corner screwed up my initial pizza order. (I think he maybe gave my slice to someone else. Then again, he may have also under-charged me, so I guess we’re all good.) The rest of the day, when I wasn’t learning about e-books and library sales and customer service — and both presentations were reasonably informative — I spent locked in some kind of horrible death-match with the system we use to create book records, among other things. I don’t have cause to use it as much as I used to, back when I was an editorial assistant and created new records all the time, and every time I go into it, something’s changed, or there’s some weird new error message. I think it’s just angry I don’t spend much time with it anymore, and it’s acting out in spite. I’m hopeful we can get the problem I’m having with it now resolved, and soon, since there are three books I’d like to move ahead with before the end of the year.
And, for me, the year more or less ends on December 17. (Which is itself like a half-day, thanks to our company holiday party.)
So, y’know, fingers crossed.
