Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

I got a call early last week, offering me freelance copyediting for journals published by my former employer. I talked to the woman who runs this (they have it all farmed out these days, apparently) and asked her some questions about what the work would involve, what they were offering to pay, and how much time they were looking for, and told her I'd call her back in a few days. I also told her I had a friend who might be interested, and was good, and asked if I should pass her information along. She said yes. Then I talked to cattitude, and sent email to Q and adrian_turtle asking what they thought.

By the weekend, after talking to Cattitude and Q, I'd about decided to offer her a few hours a month, because it would be useful to have the freelance contact, but I hadn't called her back. This morning, I got email from Adrian, asking some sensible questions about how much time and energy I have to spare. That conencted to a conversation on the subway this morning, about having seen only one of the plays that won Tonys this year, for lack of time and energy rather than because we couldn't afford tickets. I checked in with Cattitude, who agreed that what Adrian had said made sense, and then called the woman back.

She thanked me for having a good enough idea of my time and availability to be saying "No, I can't do this now, shall I call you when I do?" rather than taking work and then not getting it done. She also mentioned having talked to my friend, and being glad because zie seems competent and has a bunch of time available. [I think you're reading this; feel free to identify yourself in comments.]

Then I finished my workday, and went and lifted weights.

The gym wasn't quite as crowded as last Monday, but it was crowded enough to be inconvenient. I worked out anyway, but the order of what I did was based more on what wasn't in use than I really like. I may try Tuesday-Friday instead of Monday-Thursday next week.

Cardio, 16 minutes, top heart rate 145

Leg press, 250 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Wrist curls, 30 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Slanted calf raise, 50 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Balance ~fly, 65 pounds, 15 with each leg forward; 50 pounds, 6 on one leg, 7 on the other. I got through that first set on sheer stubbornness, and by the second was low on even that.
Hip adduction, 110 pounds, 13
Hip abduction, 90 pounds, 2; 85 pounds, 10. By the last few, my left hip was unhappy at the widest point; I should have stopped sooner.

Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 5 sets of {3 on each leg}

Balance lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15; 2.5 pounds each hand, 15
[Turbogym] chest press, 50 pounds, 8; 40 pounds, 10. (The first set was hard, but part of that may have been that I think I had the seat too high.)

Stretches