It's that kind of morning: my phone's stuck on a work profile policies update, my laptop is stuck uninstalling an app, and my desktop mouse is out of batteries. 🙄

I've restarted the devices, got my backup mouse, and am recharging the batteries. Let's see how it goes. #AmNotEditing #edibuddies

An enthusiastic new director of our kids' school told parents to contact the school at a new email account called parentliason@<schoolname>.org 🤦‍♀️ (And I have no idea how it's different from the existing and easy-to-understand parentrelations@<schoolname>.org) #AmNotEditing

Spent the last 1 hour troubleshooting Word - some keyboard shortcuts (involving J, N, and the up/down arrows) stopped working. Finally identified a link with a PerfectIt update 😭 Contacted the PerfectIt people; am hoping they can resolve it! (Any #Edibuddies experienced this?) #AmNotEditing

Watched a local LLM get stuck in a literal loop because I told it to use British spelling but with "z" for words like "organization" (see Oxford English Dictionaries) and it couldn't figure out how those two instructions could be true at the same time 🤦‍♀️ #Edibuddies #AmNotEditing

Me, arriving home after an event: I’ll log in to this client’s online system and catch up on a few bits…

Internet: nope 😂

#StetWalk #AmNotEditing

I used to love snow — then I got a driveway. There goes my morning writing session. 😩

#WritingCommunity #Writersky #Authors #AmNOTEditing #Booksky #ScifiLit #Fiction

Lol. What an ad. “Never worry about version control—but never have any control over the version, either!”

I know not everyone using it is an editor, but *as* an editor this highlights just one of the many reasons I loathe using GoogleDocs.

#amediting (or rather: #amnotediting!)

My computer died after an OS update. My tech guy (husband) spent two days trying to revive it. It’s now with Apple, but it’s not looking good. I’m on a deadline and a replacement is two weeks out.
😔
Send wine.
#AmNotEditing
Update: Catastrophic memory failure. Computer is now a paperweight.

In my capacity as a freelance editor, I think -- for only the second time in 12 years -- I'm being ghosted by a client.

#amNOTediting

Skeletano Fall GIF Alt: skeleton falling to the left in the middle of a store aisle, knocking down a shelf

By the power of all the gods, I'm done.

74.75 hours...

I'm going offline for at LEAST 36–48 hours.
Don't call me.
Don't text me.
Don't send carrier pigeons or smoke signals.
Don't even think about me.

😵‍💫🥴😵‍💫🥴😵‍💫🥴

#amNOTediting #offline

Solution to not wanting to edit a chapter about accessible entrances: call in sick. (Or “: Call in sick” if you’re the new Chicago, apparently.) Okay that’s not actually why I called in, but it’s definitely a perk #AmNotEditing

Im Gone Im Out GIF ALT: Im Gone Im Out GIF

I was offline for two days and came back to nearly 100 notifications across all my platforms.

I almost shut all this shit down again. I thought I was ready to get back to work. I am not.

#staycation #amnotediting #amwriting

FINALLY!! After tinkering for years, I've FINALLY cut the time to create an invoice down to half! 🎉
#Solopreneur #AmNotEditing

Brain fog has taken over today so rather than try to force myself into editing, I cleaned off likely spam subscribers to my newsletter. That felt good ✨ #AmNotEditing #Solopreneur

Keep it simple. Don't change a winning team. Mantras for me today as I try to better organize my social media post and flow 🥴 #Solopreneur #AmNotEditing

4 by 5 collage of Jack-o'-lantern pics found on decorations, cups, candy wrappers, and shirts.

Kids' Halloween party in 2 days means I need to decide today on the party game! 🎃 Last year's scavenger hunt was a big hit (one team's collection shown in image). Ideas for 9-13 y.o.s that require little equipment, prep, or supervision are welcome! #Procrastinating #AmNotEditing #KidsPartyIdeas

Spent 2 hrs trying to get ChatGPT to write me some batch scripts. One worked but the other 2 didn't. Not sure if it was time well spent (might've been if they had worked). I do wish I could code properly... #AmNotEditing #FriedBrain

Today is the first day since #COVID when I feel almost normal, and it’s blizzarding out there. It will blizzard all day long. Not gonna try to climb through the snow to my #office. #AmNotEditing

Okay, enough #editing for today. I need an overnight brain refresh to do my best work. #AmNotEditing

Shutting down the office computer for a while till a thunderstorm goes away. #AmNotEditing

Blue skies and spring-like temperatures tell me that I *must* take a work break. #amnotediting

All day so far, I've been gathering all the paperwork/computer files for the 2018 tax year. #amnotediting #desperatelywantanap

#AmNotEditing because head congestion makes concentration difficult. This means I #AmCranky.

My son Neil and I are out on Long Island Sound right now in his 9-foot raft! #amnotediting

New little hedgehog Elodie, who moved into my home yesterday to live with my oldest son's fiancée, is getting to know her grandma. #amnotediting #workbreak

It’s a writing day and an invoicing day. #amnotediting #businessowner #WhatEditorsDo

So far, it's been an all-business-minutiae day. I'd really rather be editing. #amnotediting

I should go to sleep now, but if I move, the chest-warmer will go away. #amnotediting

I'm giving up on editing for today. Shrieky grand-toddler has been far too shrieky for me to concentrate. #amnotediting

Sometimes you just have to take a work break and go outdoors, even if it's chilly. #amnotediting