so the suicide mission went well-ish, although i might be jinx-ing it since its not gone out to print yet, and anything can go wrong.
but! the writing part of it (my greatest responsibility) is complete. at 1030 am this morning, it was sent to my editor.
a greater whoosh of relief there never was.
of course, i holed myself up in the hotel room the whole of tuesday just writing the damned thing, replaced the blood in my veins with coffee, grew one large pimple and two smaller ones, realised i hadn't had dinner at 1am and ordering room service (Tom Yum Goong), then promptly falling asleep on a full and very satisfied stomach (that was also on fire) to wake up and have diarrhoea the next morning.
but it was allllllll worth it. :D
'cept the three new pimples. *scrunches up face* that's never worth anything.
anyways, i strolled into work late today, with no make up and bed-hair (but had at least thought to put on a skirt to make up for it), opened up the document, cleaned up the story (many incoherent sentences - never write while half asleep) and sent it to my editor.
1030am, baby.
both she and my GM were shocked i'd finished it already. on the one hand, i knew this meant that my name was cleared from the faux pas i made on the previous coverstory, but on the other hand, i realised it could also mean future last-min assignments are gonnabe thrown to me, since i could turn it around so quickly.
don't give me grief for being short-sighted and vain: clearing my name was more important of course!
my editor gave me the rest of the day off, but i said no, i'll stay on in case anything crops up, and that i'm okay (somebody give me the employee of the month award and stick my face up on the wall). but i've decided to give myself the rest of the day off, and have been dropping random emails, blogging and ebay-ing when i could. no work to do anyway, what.
well, except getting those blasted pimples off my face. -_-
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edit: DID YOU KNOW THERE'S A FLAGSHIP JIMMY CHOO BOUTIQUE IN BANGKOK? AND NOT ONE IN SINGAPORE? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?!