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bktheirregular) wrote2007-11-13 08:50 pm
bktheirregular) wrote2007-11-13 08:50 pm
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By way of an update
Catch-22 got cleared up with respect to the consulate. Turns out they were saying I needed my contract for ... er ... call it Step Eight of the work-permit process. I'm still only on Step Four, waiting for paperwork to arrive in New York from Athens so I can proceed to Step Five.
My brother found an apartment in Brooklyn, and someone who was looking for someone to go halves with for it, in the Baker Street tradition. He's settling in nicely. In other brother-related news, he's busy putting his nose to the grindstone at his job, to the extent that several bigwigs in the billboard-rental industry are naming ulcers after him.
Speaking of ulcers, my translation project has hit twenty-six thousand words, sixty pages' worth. Like being halfway through NaNo, except without any of the creative or fun aspects. And also, not sure whether they're legally allowed to pay me for this.
Did manage to get an invoice out for research done this summer, though. Respectable payday, if the fellow receiving the invoice can get the money out of the people paying him for the underlying work. And it's in euros, so if the dollar continues to slide, my work becomes more valuable. (At least with respect to the dollar.)
My brother found an apartment in Brooklyn, and someone who was looking for someone to go halves with for it, in the Baker Street tradition. He's settling in nicely. In other brother-related news, he's busy putting his nose to the grindstone at his job, to the extent that several bigwigs in the billboard-rental industry are naming ulcers after him.
Speaking of ulcers, my translation project has hit twenty-six thousand words, sixty pages' worth. Like being halfway through NaNo, except without any of the creative or fun aspects. And also, not sure whether they're legally allowed to pay me for this.
Did manage to get an invoice out for research done this summer, though. Respectable payday, if the fellow receiving the invoice can get the money out of the people paying him for the underlying work. And it's in euros, so if the dollar continues to slide, my work becomes more valuable. (At least with respect to the dollar.)