posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:16 AM
by
joe.sack
Almost done...
I'm almost done with the book. I've got one 2nd draft, two 3rd drafts, four copy-edit drafts, and ten production edit drafts left. I know that may sound like a lot, but it isn't - compared to how things looked back in February.
I'm really looking forward to working just 40 hour weeks again. Since February I've been working 70 hours a week: 40 hours at my day job, and then 30 hours a week on the book.
I've been thinking about the "simple" things I would like to do once I'm finished with the book... Things I took for granted before:
1. Buy food at a grocery store.
2. Lose the ten pounds I gained from the extra 30 hours of desk time.
3. Visit out-of-state family members who think I'm using the book as an excuse not to visit.
4. Watch all the reality TV that has been stacking up on my Tivo. It's time to dust off my treadmill and kill a few brain cells with America's Next Top Model.
5. Fill up on gas for my car and not think "but in the time it takes to fill up on gas, I could edit 2 pages? Wait until next week when you're running on vapors."
6. Enjoy the Minnesota winter.
7. Start blogging consistently, instead of just twice a month.
8. Read something that doesn't have anything to do with SQL Server 2005. I'm sorry, SQL Server, but I think we really need to start dating other people. It's not you, it's me.
Okay, back to Chapter 28...