Today has been a day of waiting, and I may have a few more as the week progresses. I’ve completed the edit of chapter eleven for Earning Freedom, leaving me with only the final chapter to work through. I can’t begin to until I receive the typed version from Carole. It may come in tomorrow’s mail, or it may come on Thursday. Until I receive it, I’m in a dead time.
This slow pace of productivity bothers me. I’m not able to start a new project until Earning Freedom crosses the finish line. I wrote the last page of the manuscript on 15 September, and since then I’ve been editing. I still want to read all of the edited pages once they’re typed, but in order to begin that work, I have to wait for Carole to type and for the mail to deliver the work.
I want to submit the manuscript by early next week. We still may reach that goal but I’m beginning to accept that I may have to wait for a few days or even another week after that. These kinds of delays wouldn’t exist in the real world, as I’d be able to use email and make the changes directly on my own computer. Carole does this work for me now, and she does it after working 10-hour days as a nurse. I’m so fortunate to have her assistance.
This morning I ran 10 miles and followed the run with 170 pushups. I’m not feeling any soreness now. My running tally is now 2,649 miles over the past 298 days.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
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