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I feel like heading this "Out-of-area woman stares confusedly at screen," probably because I was just looking at Making Light, where people on open threads use "area woman/man does X" to introduce descriptions of events in their lives. And part of why I am vaguely out of context is that I am, literally, out of area right now, meaning among other things without my usual bookmarks and all.
I am lazing quietly about in Montreal. My caffeine intake is all out of sync the last couple of days: not the amount, but the timing. I'm not sure I actually napped this afternoon, but I came close. It's very early spring here (crocuses and the first magnolias), and the Air Canada pilot welcomed us to the Great White North on landing, but the snow melted a while ago and my parka is back in New York.
If I can get my hosts' computer to cooperate, I will be telling the Unemployment Insurance people that I was out of area/unavailable to work two days, and actually worked one, either this week or next (they use Monday-Sunday weeks), instead of unavailable three each. There's no clear definition of my "area" for this, but the person I talked to said mine does not include Quebec. But freelance/self-employment counts as work, and I figure if I proofread for money from Montreal, that's work just as if I did it at home.
I am lazing quietly about in Montreal. My caffeine intake is all out of sync the last couple of days: not the amount, but the timing. I'm not sure I actually napped this afternoon, but I came close. It's very early spring here (crocuses and the first magnolias), and the Air Canada pilot welcomed us to the Great White North on landing, but the snow melted a while ago and my parka is back in New York.
If I can get my hosts' computer to cooperate, I will be telling the Unemployment Insurance people that I was out of area/unavailable to work two days, and actually worked one, either this week or next (they use Monday-Sunday weeks), instead of unavailable three each. There's no clear definition of my "area" for this, but the person I talked to said mine does not include Quebec. But freelance/self-employment counts as work, and I figure if I proofread for money from Montreal, that's work just as if I did it at home.
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