Feedback and more proofreading work; medical okay; gym

I got the following from the person I'm currently doing freelance proofreading for:

FINALLY had time to look at your proofing ... Proceed w/the same types of
changes. Can't make all of them (e.g., hyphenation and some caps), but it's
very helpful for me to see what has been overlooked, even if I cringe as I
turn the pages.

Great work.

No, I don't know why she can't make the hyphenation and capitalization changes, even if the pages have already been laid out. Replacing a hyphen with an interword space, or vice versa, shouldn't mess up the layout, shouldn't even affect it in a ragged-right style.

She has sent me plenty of additional material; I put in a couple of hours, then decided to take a break, in part because it's gotten dark out and our living room isn't as bright as I'd like for this purpose when there's no daylight to help. I may put the rest of this off until tomorrow morning.

My doctor assures me that the odd pimple-like thing on my thigh was, in fact, a blocked pore. She has unblocked it, and advised me to apply rubbing alcohol twice a day for a week, and to buy a loofah or sea sponge to wash with fortnightly.

I started the day by turning back and postponing going out for half an hour or so, because of ice on the paths. It didn't help: the sidewalk on Seaman Avenue was still treacherous half an hour later. However, that got me time for a second cup of tea, at the cost of less time at the gym. I realized after a couple of exercises that I was weaker than usual, so proceeded to reduce the weights on everything else I did.

( details of a shorter workout )

Feedback and more proofreading work; medical okay; gym

I got the following from the person I'm currently doing freelance proofreading for:

FINALLY had time to look at your proofing ... Proceed w/the same types of
changes. Can't make all of them (e.g., hyphenation and some caps), but it's
very helpful for me to see what has been overlooked, even if I cringe as I
turn the pages.

Great work.

No, I don't know why she can't make the hyphenation and capitalization changes, even if the pages have already been laid out. Replacing a hyphen with an interword space, or vice versa, shouldn't mess up the layout, shouldn't even affect it in a ragged-right style.

She has sent me plenty of additional material; I put in a couple of hours, then decided to take a break, in part because it's gotten dark out and our living room isn't as bright as I'd like for this purpose when there's no daylight to help. I may put the rest of this off until tomorrow morning.

My doctor assures me that the odd pimple-like thing on my thigh was, in fact, a blocked pore. She has unblocked it, and advised me to apply rubbing alcohol twice a day for a week, and to buy a loofah or sea sponge to wash with fortnightly.

I started the day by turning back and postponing going out for half an hour or so, because of ice on the paths. It didn't help: the sidewalk on Seaman Avenue was still treacherous half an hour later. However, that got me time for a second cup of tea, at the cost of less time at the gym. I realized after a couple of exercises that I was weaker than usual, so proceeded to reduce the weights on everything else I did.

( details of a shorter workout )

QOTD

I don't believe in lying to people to get them to leave me alone about my eating. It's not so much that doing so affects the credibility of people with real allergies as it is that it says that my reasons are anybody else's business and are open to discussion and negotiation. They're not. I eat what I eat. If I refuse to eat spinach because I had a dream once that there was a civilization of little green people living in the leaves, that's my business. — thenisaid

QOTD

I don't believe in lying to people to get them to leave me alone about my eating. It's not so much that doing so affects the credibility of people with real allergies as it is that it says that my reasons are anybody else's business and are open to discussion and negotiation. They're not. I eat what I eat. If I refuse to eat spinach because I had a dream once that there was a civilization of little green people living in the leaves, that's my business. — thenisaid