Trying to be a radio star
On Wednesday evening I went to the studios of Onda Cero to be interviewed about my book. I hope to be able to link to it soon, but it was fun.
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Radio star
I’m going to be on the local radio: Onda Cero between 6 pm and 6:30 pm. I hope to post a link to it afterwards.
Almost stopped again
I got the first draft of the history section done, the first draft of the section about the KVA-60 telescope done, and the first and second drafts of the Stardust appendix done. And then I got toothache. Bad enough to slow me down, and to stop me writing at all on Wednesday and Thursday. But now I have temporary fillings, and life is nicer. Onward!
Working again
It took most of Wednesday to chill out, but on Thursday I went back to work on the book, and by last night I’d finished the first draft of the revised and enlarged history section. Today I’m hoping to finish the first draft of the new appendix, “We are Stardust”.
Spanish taxes
The Spanish government decided that I had to declare any overseas assets by the end of April. Fair enough, although I thought that a 10,000€ minimum fine for not filing seemed a bit steep. But the instructions were all in Spanish legalese. I had to call banks in the UK for information, and even once I understood what I had to do, it didn’t work. This was probably due to…
Babysitting
One of my friends is hugely pregnant. She also has a very cute one-year-old. Today it was almost 30 ºC, and the last day to get the paperwork done for quarterly tax returns (mandatory for all freelancers in Spain, including my friend.) And the tax office has lots and lots of steps. And her partner had to go out. In other words, she needed a little help. So we went…