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[the_rck]

March's word count was just shy of 12K, bringing me to 20K for the year to date. That's 10% of my goal for the year written by a quarter of the way through the year. The goal is still possible. I don't know that it's probable, but it's possible if I manage a few months of high word count.

Taking claritin and sudafed last night seems to have helped the cold symptoms, but I slept very badly anyway. Around 3 a.m., I woke feeling overheated and never managed to get back to sleep. I kept throwing off the blankets then getting chilled then overheating again.

The roasted chickpeas I had for breakfast this morning tasted terrible. I can't tell if it's me being sick or if the container was insufficiently clean or what else it might be. I made them Saturday and put them into six containers. The one I had yesterday was fine. Today's tasted like nail polish remover, so I threw out most of it. I'm hoping that the remaining four containers will be okay because them being inedible will put a large hole in my breakfast plans for the week.

I very much want more sleep, but I also don't feel like I'll be able to manage. I'm kind of too awake. I also have a list of things that need to be done today.

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[telophase]

I've had the acetone problem before with a quinoa salad from Corner Bakery. After poking around the intartubes, I think the answer is that it got Acetobacter in it--it's harmless to humans except for the nasty smell and taste, as far as I can gather. Not that I'd be able to eat anything that had that smell/taste!

[the_rck]

I ended up throwing out the entire batch. I've tried again, and I think I don't have the same contamination. I'm hoping, anyway, because today was the first day I ate from the new batch. I didn't notice the smell/taste until day 2 last time.

[silmaril]

That sounds like an awesome breakfast idea and I am completely stealing it. I hope the rest of the containers are okay.

I'm in awe of the wordcount.