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Nov. 6th, 2017 09:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI felt really sick for most of yesterday afternoon. I finally asked Scott to get me ginger ale in the mid-afternoon, and that ended up helping a lot to calm my stomach. I'm pretty sure that that was fallout from the migraine in the morning because that's something that happens occasionally, not generally to this level but still not utterly weird.
I'm pretty sure, too, that I've got some sort of sinus/ear infection. I'm getting occasional sharp pains in my right eat. Sudafed gets rid of them, so I'm taking that as I remember.
Sadly, by about 7 p.m., I was awake and really wanting to do things. Right in time to start heading for bed. I didn't manage to make myself sleep as early as I should have.
I spent a little while yesterday putting together a short wishlist to give to my MIL for Christmas shopping. I may need to tweak it a bit more. It's hard to figure out what I want to put on the short list, given that I've got some very long lists. I ended up skewing more toward the inexpensive stuff because I don't actually want the more expensive stuff more than the cheap stuff. I'm more likely to buy the cheap stuff for myself, but I also would rather get three used paperbacks than one hardcover.
That assumes that Scott's parents will be wiling to buy me used things via Amazon. I think they have before, but I'm not sure. I'm also going to see if passing along a catalog for the place where I buy most of my clothes will work. They're pretty likely to give me clothing that I will never, ever wear, not unless everything else I own falls to dust all at once.
My hope for today is to get the standard chores done, shower, and take a walk (assuming the weather starts looking less threatening). If I really feel good physically, I might try putting some leaves into our compost bin for pick up. It's been raining for days, though, so that's likely to be really unpleasant and physically challenging. Then again, the leaves will adhere to each other in a way they don't normally, and they'll likely not need constant compression in order to pack them into the bin.
I'm not sure if I should try to edit the story I finished in first draft last night or sit on it for a few days and try to finish the story I didn't complete by the deadline. I know what needs to happen but not yet how exactly to get there, and the result is going to need every bit as much editing/rewriting as the first draft I mentioned in the first sentence. I just didn't try to finish it because I could tell that Gathered from the Gales would end up being almost twice as long and so worth more points. Plus the currently unfinished story doesn't actually have a title. Coming up with one would take a good bit of time.
I'm pretty sure, too, that I've got some sort of sinus/ear infection. I'm getting occasional sharp pains in my right eat. Sudafed gets rid of them, so I'm taking that as I remember.
Sadly, by about 7 p.m., I was awake and really wanting to do things. Right in time to start heading for bed. I didn't manage to make myself sleep as early as I should have.
I spent a little while yesterday putting together a short wishlist to give to my MIL for Christmas shopping. I may need to tweak it a bit more. It's hard to figure out what I want to put on the short list, given that I've got some very long lists. I ended up skewing more toward the inexpensive stuff because I don't actually want the more expensive stuff more than the cheap stuff. I'm more likely to buy the cheap stuff for myself, but I also would rather get three used paperbacks than one hardcover.
That assumes that Scott's parents will be wiling to buy me used things via Amazon. I think they have before, but I'm not sure. I'm also going to see if passing along a catalog for the place where I buy most of my clothes will work. They're pretty likely to give me clothing that I will never, ever wear, not unless everything else I own falls to dust all at once.
My hope for today is to get the standard chores done, shower, and take a walk (assuming the weather starts looking less threatening). If I really feel good physically, I might try putting some leaves into our compost bin for pick up. It's been raining for days, though, so that's likely to be really unpleasant and physically challenging. Then again, the leaves will adhere to each other in a way they don't normally, and they'll likely not need constant compression in order to pack them into the bin.
I'm not sure if I should try to edit the story I finished in first draft last night or sit on it for a few days and try to finish the story I didn't complete by the deadline. I know what needs to happen but not yet how exactly to get there, and the result is going to need every bit as much editing/rewriting as the first draft I mentioned in the first sentence. I just didn't try to finish it because I could tell that Gathered from the Gales would end up being almost twice as long and so worth more points. Plus the currently unfinished story doesn't actually have a title. Coming up with one would take a good bit of time.
