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Jul. 6th, 2018 08:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI got up about 45 minutes before my alarm because Scott's various phone alarms kept me from really going back to sleep after he got up. I dozed in and out until the last one and then got up about five minutes after he left the house. I knew I wouldn't get back to sleep before my alarm went off. I'd just get close enough for it all to be very, very unpleasant.
I have PT later this morning. Otherwise, I'd just have slept in. My elbow is still pretty bad. I think I've figured out how to do the shoulder exercise without aggravating it further, but it's really not getting less painful.
I need to do some grocery shopping this evening or to get Scott to. I'm having a write-in here tomorrow afternoon, and I want some carrots and hummus to share. I'm also thinking that I might tweak our AC a little for the afternoon so that the dining room cools off a couple of degrees. It's not supposed to be as hot tomorrow as it has been all week, so I'm cautiously optimistic. The ceiling fan helps, and the table, chairs, and snack options are better than at Espresso Royale, but it is cooler there.
Here, though, I'm less worried that we'll have a loud conversation about tropes and fic and such that will make listeners uncomfortable. Scott and Cordelia can deal with it. We'll also all fit at one table and all have outlet access.
Scott and I went out last night and got me some more thumb/wrist braces. They're $20 each at Rite Aid. I wanted four so that I could wash them regularly (they take about 24 hours to dry enough to be worn), but they only had three. I guess I can rotate them or something. Or find a fourth somewhere else.
I kind of wanted to go out for lunch after PT, but I think it'll be better if I don't. Me getting lunch would run most of the cost of that fourth brace and make me less able to go out again later for groceries.
I'm also feeling cranky with Scott because he keeps running through our phone data and shrugging when we have ten days of me not being able to use my phone without WiFi. This means I can't use the bus website (real time bus tracking and route information) or track where Cordelia is when we're both out.
If he's going through the data for the three of us in twenty days, there's a usage problem. He's said we can't afford a plan with more data, so he needs to use less. He's doing a lot of podcast and video streaming on his phone during his lunch hour and breaks. He's also browsing Facebook then. He's not doing it while working because he has no signal at all in his office (if I send him a text or try to call him, it won't get through until he's outside his office). It's just that the new job gives him an hour for lunch when he used to get half an hour.
I know Scott's using Google maps for route planning pretty routinely on his drives to and from work. I'm sure that eats data, too, but I think it's a reasonable use because there are several alternate routes, and it really helps him to know when traffic is badly backed up in one bit or another. I just think he should stop using it for trips when he knows the route he's going to use-- He's just so in the habit that he'll use it to get to the downtown library or the grocery store.
Cordelia spending time out of the house adds to the data burden, too. She likes having Spotify for bus trips, and she needs the bus website, too. I don't like her being out when she can't get the bus information or use Google maps or what-have-you.
But Scott was pretty clear that she's using much less data than he is and that I'm using less than that. She's also not out of the house that much right now.
Yesterday evening, I cat waxed a little bit by making a randomized list of stories I'm currently working on and/or have definite ideas about. My intention is to work my way down the list and to add at least 100 words to each as I go. I'm pretty sure that one of them will catch fire and end up completed.
I separated out the one story that just needs editing because, in the random listing, it came out about 50th (out of 62). It will take me maybe an hour to finish it once I start. I'm looking at one more Nonconathon story for a person who's still without one. I'll see how I feel after PT. If I can think, I'll try to do it.
I'm also looking at a handful of prompts for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fandomgiftbox. Those may or may not happen. Usually, for fests like this one, I wait for the needy list near the end of the writing period. That makes the challenge of focusing in on what to write a lot smaller. I could probably write something for one request on about half of the giftboxes, but I can't write that many stories in the time available. Instead of trying, I looked through everything and pulled out some that I thought likely to spark ideas that I'd enjoy writing.
I have PT later this morning. Otherwise, I'd just have slept in. My elbow is still pretty bad. I think I've figured out how to do the shoulder exercise without aggravating it further, but it's really not getting less painful.
I need to do some grocery shopping this evening or to get Scott to. I'm having a write-in here tomorrow afternoon, and I want some carrots and hummus to share. I'm also thinking that I might tweak our AC a little for the afternoon so that the dining room cools off a couple of degrees. It's not supposed to be as hot tomorrow as it has been all week, so I'm cautiously optimistic. The ceiling fan helps, and the table, chairs, and snack options are better than at Espresso Royale, but it is cooler there.
Here, though, I'm less worried that we'll have a loud conversation about tropes and fic and such that will make listeners uncomfortable. Scott and Cordelia can deal with it. We'll also all fit at one table and all have outlet access.
Scott and I went out last night and got me some more thumb/wrist braces. They're $20 each at Rite Aid. I wanted four so that I could wash them regularly (they take about 24 hours to dry enough to be worn), but they only had three. I guess I can rotate them or something. Or find a fourth somewhere else.
I kind of wanted to go out for lunch after PT, but I think it'll be better if I don't. Me getting lunch would run most of the cost of that fourth brace and make me less able to go out again later for groceries.
I'm also feeling cranky with Scott because he keeps running through our phone data and shrugging when we have ten days of me not being able to use my phone without WiFi. This means I can't use the bus website (real time bus tracking and route information) or track where Cordelia is when we're both out.
If he's going through the data for the three of us in twenty days, there's a usage problem. He's said we can't afford a plan with more data, so he needs to use less. He's doing a lot of podcast and video streaming on his phone during his lunch hour and breaks. He's also browsing Facebook then. He's not doing it while working because he has no signal at all in his office (if I send him a text or try to call him, it won't get through until he's outside his office). It's just that the new job gives him an hour for lunch when he used to get half an hour.
I know Scott's using Google maps for route planning pretty routinely on his drives to and from work. I'm sure that eats data, too, but I think it's a reasonable use because there are several alternate routes, and it really helps him to know when traffic is badly backed up in one bit or another. I just think he should stop using it for trips when he knows the route he's going to use-- He's just so in the habit that he'll use it to get to the downtown library or the grocery store.
Cordelia spending time out of the house adds to the data burden, too. She likes having Spotify for bus trips, and she needs the bus website, too. I don't like her being out when she can't get the bus information or use Google maps or what-have-you.
But Scott was pretty clear that she's using much less data than he is and that I'm using less than that. She's also not out of the house that much right now.
Yesterday evening, I cat waxed a little bit by making a randomized list of stories I'm currently working on and/or have definite ideas about. My intention is to work my way down the list and to add at least 100 words to each as I go. I'm pretty sure that one of them will catch fire and end up completed.
I separated out the one story that just needs editing because, in the random listing, it came out about 50th (out of 62). It will take me maybe an hour to finish it once I start. I'm looking at one more Nonconathon story for a person who's still without one. I'll see how I feel after PT. If I can think, I'll try to do it.
I'm also looking at a handful of prompts for
fandomgiftbox. Those may or may not happen. Usually, for fests like this one, I wait for the needy list near the end of the writing period. That makes the challenge of focusing in on what to write a lot smaller. I could probably write something for one request on about half of the giftboxes, but I can't write that many stories in the time available. Instead of trying, I looked through everything and pulled out some that I thought likely to spark ideas that I'd enjoy writing.
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Date: 2018-07-06 04:42 pm (UTC)Also, for some reason I had you added but not subscribed? *hands*
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Date: 2018-07-08 11:01 pm (UTC)