When I went to bed last night, having accomplished almost nothing of my usual Wednesday work, I was expecting to be gone by now on a long and complicated day that would begin with taking my mother-in-law to see her doctor. However, one of our houseguests had to be taken to the hospital, and unfortunately not the local hospital but one of those up near my mother-in-law. Since he is like a son to us, and more so to my wife (whom he calls mother), he wanted her to take him. Since once she was there she realized she could not get back for me and get her mother to the doctor on time (which I knew when she announced she was leaving, but did not know how she would resolve that), she determined to do the medical trip herself. Thus I was handed a few hours I did not expect to have, and I am attempting to make the best of them. I could have wished that the new car was ready, but again I have been promised tomorrow, so I might actually have it then. I have not yet so completely believed the promise as to have made the inspection station appointment, but I think I can do it when I get home tonight.

Yes, I have two more appointments on my plate, and one will have me driving two hours north to pick up the son visiting his girlfriend, who is at school with the son who make college a reality in his plans. It is the former’s birthday today, and we are taking him out to dinner and bringing him home in time for the weekend stockholders meeting. Thus I am losing many hours, but to a good cause.

As for yesterday’s work, I am hoping that I can complete some of it, at least, tomorrow. I still have much to do tomorrow, because I will have no time before the meeting Saturday to get any of it completed, but there is some hope that I can do at least some of it tomorrow.

Nor have I been entirely idle. I created the computer files of those stock certificates, but there’s some glitch in the original that keeps getting transferred to the copies that disrupts the printer. I managed to solve it once before, but I’m not certain just how I did that at the moment and I don’t have a heck of a lot of time to work on it, but I think I’m closer, if I don’t have to start over.

I also finished reading, in those spare moments I get when I am forced to deal with biological matters, another fantasy book apparently aimed at the Harry Potter audience, although not, I think, terribly well. I am contemplating writing a review, but obviously not this week.

Oh, and for whatever it’s worth, as of this morning I have been included in the as yet unpublished Emerald’s Whos Who for Executives and Professionals, 2007-2008 edition. I’m sure I cheapen their standards, but since they don’t know that I’ll take the resume plum. I’m listed as a writer and editor, and maybe I’m not too bad at that. They say it’s good for networking, but somehow I doubt it will help me all that much. Am I being skeptical, or cynical?

Let me lose no more time here; there are threads awaiting, and I may have an hour left in which to address them.

–M. J. Young