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Sep. 10th, 2018 09:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI've turned off the ceiling fan in the bedroom for the first time in months. I can't reach to adjust the fan speed (Scott can. Cordelia can. I just don't have the balance to stand on the bed to do it, not safely), so I have to go with on or off. Off means no overhead light, and I prefer the overhead light to my bedside lamp.
I suppose I should just move to the living room where the fan and the light are on separate switches...
Scott's worried about work stuff. He's been assured by his supervisor that none of what's going on is him making mistakes. It's all factors outside of his control, most of them outside of the control of anyone in the company. The parent company is demanding some rush orders which have priority over orders from other companies that came in first and have promised delivery dates. The machines break down a lot, and nobody on second shift actually knows what to do if anything at all goes wrong.
I'm letting the IIBB story sit for a few days. Then I'm going to reread it and make a list of continuity problems and confusing bits. I don't have time to wait long to do it, though.
I updated my list of chapter word counts for the IIBB without out noting the change in count, so I'm not sure how many words I've written in the last week. I'm a bit annoyed at myself for that.
I did a beta read for a 4K story on Saturday and started a beta read for a much longer story yesterday. I wasn't able to finish the second before bedtime, but I flagged a couple of recurring things that the author should be able to correct without further comments. Once those are dealt with, beta reading the rest will be pretty straightforward.
Yesterday morning, I woke with a nasty headache again. It didn't need medication this time, just a little sugar and a lot of caffeine. Being upright helped, too. I think these morning headaches are a combination of things and that the migraine part comes simply from the other bits building up past a certain threshold.
My sleep has been really weird. I'm spending a lot of time awake enough to move for something like adjusting my c-PAP hose without waking up enough that I don't slip back into the same dream. I think the wakings are under 20 seconds at a time, but there are a lot of them. I'm pretty sure that taking more Halcion would stop them, but I would like to be taking less.
Then again, I've never had what I'd consider a good night's sleep with the c-PAP without medication. Not once. I've had a year, and I still need to wear the gear for 10 minutes to an hour before I even try to lie down to sleep to convince my brain that I actually can breathe at all. (This is one of those things that makes complete sense to anyone with anxiety issues but that confuses the sleep disorders people.)
I bought some Dycem to stick between my hair and the c-PAP headgear strap on the back of my head. That strap tends to slide upward any time I move at all in bed. The Dycem provides enough friction to mostly hold it in place. The OT gave me a bit of it in dark blue, but I keep misplacing it and not being able to see where it's gone. I bought bright yellow in hopes that the color would be easier to spot if it falls somewhere. Also, having a roll of my own means that I can replace one strip if it vanishes entirely.
Change sheets
Laundry (including sheets)
Excavate email inbox
Work on a pinch hit
Sign up to run games at UCon
Fill out and mail insurance forms
Library books, CDs, and DVDs
I suppose I should just move to the living room where the fan and the light are on separate switches...
Scott's worried about work stuff. He's been assured by his supervisor that none of what's going on is him making mistakes. It's all factors outside of his control, most of them outside of the control of anyone in the company. The parent company is demanding some rush orders which have priority over orders from other companies that came in first and have promised delivery dates. The machines break down a lot, and nobody on second shift actually knows what to do if anything at all goes wrong.
I'm letting the IIBB story sit for a few days. Then I'm going to reread it and make a list of continuity problems and confusing bits. I don't have time to wait long to do it, though.
I updated my list of chapter word counts for the IIBB without out noting the change in count, so I'm not sure how many words I've written in the last week. I'm a bit annoyed at myself for that.
I did a beta read for a 4K story on Saturday and started a beta read for a much longer story yesterday. I wasn't able to finish the second before bedtime, but I flagged a couple of recurring things that the author should be able to correct without further comments. Once those are dealt with, beta reading the rest will be pretty straightforward.
Yesterday morning, I woke with a nasty headache again. It didn't need medication this time, just a little sugar and a lot of caffeine. Being upright helped, too. I think these morning headaches are a combination of things and that the migraine part comes simply from the other bits building up past a certain threshold.
My sleep has been really weird. I'm spending a lot of time awake enough to move for something like adjusting my c-PAP hose without waking up enough that I don't slip back into the same dream. I think the wakings are under 20 seconds at a time, but there are a lot of them. I'm pretty sure that taking more Halcion would stop them, but I would like to be taking less.
Then again, I've never had what I'd consider a good night's sleep with the c-PAP without medication. Not once. I've had a year, and I still need to wear the gear for 10 minutes to an hour before I even try to lie down to sleep to convince my brain that I actually can breathe at all. (This is one of those things that makes complete sense to anyone with anxiety issues but that confuses the sleep disorders people.)
I bought some Dycem to stick between my hair and the c-PAP headgear strap on the back of my head. That strap tends to slide upward any time I move at all in bed. The Dycem provides enough friction to mostly hold it in place. The OT gave me a bit of it in dark blue, but I keep misplacing it and not being able to see where it's gone. I bought bright yellow in hopes that the color would be easier to spot if it falls somewhere. Also, having a roll of my own means that I can replace one strip if it vanishes entirely.
Change sheets
Laundry (including sheets)
Excavate email inbox
Work on a pinch hit
Sign up to run games at UCon
Fill out and mail insurance forms
Library books, CDs, and DVDs
