Live Weekend Update
I’m taking a break from editing/reading/writing to play on the internet, which of course, includes blogging.
Let’s see, Friday Bryce and I spent the night sitting on the couch reading (not together, but doing our course work). He “made” me go out for a short walk with him so we could take advantage of the great views we get of this amazing city we live in.
Saturday was lots better. I had my first editing meeting with a “client.” I went to the library and discussed a girl’s dissertation plan and first chapter with her (she’s an MPhil student). She’s also in the English lit department and since her supervisor told her she wouldn’t give her any feedback until after she’d submitted her first chapter, the girl needed someone to help her out with organization, ideas, etc. She saw a flyer I had up at the library and now I’m “advising” her and will edit her paper–at least the first chapter anyway. It was fun, tiring, but great to get paid! Also along those lines…I’m helping Katie (friend from OC) with some of her editing jobs as she’s out of town. It’s a bit maddening when you read papers where the grammar’s awful or incomprehensible or the writing is just vague and bad. 
Then, when I got home the Crocketts were here! They drove down to spend the day with us; we had planned to go climb Arthur’s Seat but it was a bit drizzly (as Bryce pointed out this was inevitable as the weather.com site forecasted “mostly sunny” for Saturday). So, we walked around the Royal Mile, went to see the outside of the castle, walked around the tartan weaving mill exhibition, went into St. Giles and drove by Bryce’s college, my work, and the George Square area (main Edinburgh Uni area). After that, we went to IKEA (about 20 minutes outside Edinburgh and one of two in all of Scotland). IKEA is so exciting for us. The kids played in the balls and had a blast. We bought another table lamp, some candles and some more mugs (they’re only 35p each!) and made it out for just ?20! We also feasted on fish ‘n chips there–it was quite a splurge! We then went back to the flat and had some tea and biscuits before the kids got really sleepy and they left to drive home.
Today was also nice. We had a nice walk to church and the skies were trying really hard to be blue. We met some more folks at church and one lady works as a proofreader at the Rutherford House (established as a centre for theological study and research) and she got my details (i.e., contact info) in case they need some freelance editors. The Hays came over for lunch and we used our last packet of brownie mix. Now we have no more canned black beans or brownie mix; our chocolate chips and peanut butter supplies are running low and our new tortillas sort of taste like pancakes. There’s some definite things we miss to eat! 