It's done. For now. I finally finished copyediting that stupid book and it's so nice to get it off of my desk. I'm kind of freaking out because Chris didn't look at it at all; she said that she'll check it in pages. Good God. Half of the book is at the typesetter; the authors have the other half. None of it is on my desk. And I'm ecstatic.
I have a bunch of other work to do, of course, a lot of it involving finding people to do things (review a manuscript, copyedit, etc.). I hate trying to find freelancers, which is stupid. I'm offering them a job! But I feel like the manuscript is long, the schedule too tight, we don't pay enough, and so on. Again, mostly not valid points.
But it's still easier to deal with than that stupid chapter. Hopefully I'll be able to cope better when I have to proofread it.
Current song in my head:
"Beautiful Boy" by John Lennon