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[the_rck]

Today is my stepfather's birthday. I want to remember to call him. He likely won't notice if I don't, but I think my mother will. She doesn't think that me calling for birthdays is important, but after all these years of me doing it, she starts wondering vaguely if there's something wrong when I don't call. Of course, I've been calling her less the last couple of years, and now, when I do, she assumes something's wrong.

Hm. Do I call my mother's cell phone for this because she'll be more likely to answer or do I call my stepfather's because it's his birthday? Calling their landline was simpler because it belonged to both of them.

I intended to sleep in today, but I couldn't get back to sleep after Scott got up at 5 a.m. I tried for about two hours, but my mind started throwing me bits of a story that I don't currently have time/desire to write. I suppose I can add the idea to the list of things I might write some day. (I need to reorganize some of those next time I end up cat waxing. Which might be today, depending on whether or not there are half a dozen fourteen year olds in my living room all afternoon.)

My current plan is to post this, then shower, then do paperwork and laundry, then write.

I'm considering nominating for SmutSwap, but I don't know if I will. I'm pretty sure I won't sign up, just write some treats and/or pinch hits. It's the sort of exchange where what I write well doesn't map clearly for offering so as not to match on things that I can't do at all. Requesting would be hard for similar reasons. I'd hate to be the person matched to try to write for me because I can't actually explain what I want.

I looked at the tag set for SpaceSwap and confirmed what I'd suspected-- The things in there that I know and could write are pretty much all big canons with the word 'star' somewhere in the title. I'll keep an eye on requests in case I can treat, but I'm definitely not signing up. I hadn't expected that I'd want to, so this isn't any particular disappointment. (I didn't nominate because I couldn't think of anything I'd be interested in asking for that fit the criteria. I'm sure I could have found some obscure stuff in my DVD and book collections, but that seemed fairly pointless.)

ETA: The girls will be meeting elsewhere. Yea for a couple of hours alone and the use of the living room!

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[fred_mouse]

I hope the couple of hours alone with use of the living room were pleasant, regardless of how productive they were.