Going to work

It should be an interesting week. Blaine is in Seoul, the kids are on vacation for four out of five school days - and I'm actually going to work in a magazine office tomorrow (Tuesday) through Friday. It will be my longest stretch in an office since Lucinda was born in June 2002!

I'm editing for a neat magazine, Kateigaho International Edition, an English-language edition of a glossy magazine about Japanese arts and culture. The stories are written in Japanese and translated into English, and they hire editors like me to smooth the translation and make everything fit into the layout. I learned how to do this at In Fashion magazine, where I worked from 1991 to 1993.

I've arranged for childcare for the kids around school; Lucinda will spend her two vacation days (during the day) with her best friend from Nishimachi, whose mom is an incredibly nice 1st grade teacher at the school. The kids won't be used to me working, and then by next week it will be over until I do it again in May.

Should be exciting, interesting, and it will feel great to work steadily.