Ick. I have had a "stomach bug" (euphemistic term) for the last week and have been laid very low. It seems better today, which means I only have nausea left and my diet is up to bland potatoes and rice.
I have nothing to show at all, from this week and couldn't even focus on reading a book. I had also undertaken to proofread an M.Pharm. thesis because I have SUCKER written in neon lights on my forehead (and the glare is hurting my eyes.) I gave up after 4 days and 18 pages. I was considering trying to earn a little money from proofreading (due to my very impending unemployment) but had forgotten how arduous the work is! The general rate is R5 a page, but you're lucky if you can fit four pages into an hour, especially from an English as second-language thesis, making it, at the most, R20/hour. Plus the student inevitably arrives a week or two before their handing-in deadline, and I want to have a life as well. So I'm rapidly ruling that out, other than the occasional occurrence.
Sorry about the moaning. Haven't been feeling great.
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