When I re-read my last post, I noticed that even 6 ball pens are useless for the interpreter without any paper to write on. Well, I dug deep in the briefcase mentioned in said post and found out that no less than 5 (five) notepads in all shapes and sizes are on duty in there. I benefited from that fact at my very last assignment in December when an assignment turned out to require not simultaneous interpreting, but consecutive interpreting. Sometimes I feel like a girl scout: “Always prepared”!