Dedication

We try to set a goal each time we meet, and an overall goal for the week. Last week we were going to work on Monday and Tuesday, then Sue was off to Omaha until Friday, when she was to unpack and repack for her journey to Vienna on Saturday. That gave us two solid days to work and our goal was to do the final proofing of the glossary. Each section of the book has to be proofed for language (so we don't use the same words two sentences in a row or sound awkward or not easily understood), spelling (including uniformity of use of hyphens) and punctuation (including correct use of commas and only one space after the period after we had entered two). Each section was read once for language and spelling and an additional time for punctuation. This was to be the final punctuation read for the glossary—a reasonable task for two days.

Sue woke up sick on Monday. So we thought we would work on Tuesday. Tuesday she was still pretty weak, but she decided she was not well enough to go to Omaha and risk canceling Vienna. With that, we had an opportunity to work on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. So we worked on Friday and got about half way through the task. We were right on target! Thursday Lil was exhausted, but we decided to fall back on our other technique since we were only "commatizing" as we fondly call it, and we worked for two hours Thursday evening on the phone, with only a few pages left to proof by the time we ended, tired but satisfied. We would finish Friday.

Best laid plans.... Lil had a client, then had to look after her mother. There was no way to spend any time on the book. Here comes the dedication: Sue called from Logan airport and we got through one more page--only two left and we had vowed to finish this before Sue left the country. JFK here we come, and we finished the last two pages on the phone from the airplane lounge. Finished..... and Sue was off to Vienna to attend the Europen Society for Sexual Medicine. Next week we will work more on proofing other parts of the reference section. The stories are done.

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