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the_rckI'm at 1500 words for a 5000 word minimum story that's due this weekend (Fandom 5K). I've got the characters in the same place and am ready for Plot to happen. I just don't yet have hook for it. I'm confident that I can finish the story, but there may be some marathon writing sessions at the end.
I'm in the middle of a long Overdrive audiobook with two more checked out and needing my attention. One of those isn't quite as long and is a thing I should be able to get again without much delay. The second is long and has a waitlist as long as my arm. I can listen to some things while I write, but I tend to miss parts of the story. I think I won't mind that so much with the current book, but I would mind with the other two.
We're still in that unfortunate part of the year when I'm too warm to do without the ceiling fan but get very cold with all that wind blowing on me. The fan in the living room is adjustable via dial, but some lower speeds make grinding noises as the fan spins. The fan in the bedroom has three or four different speeds, but changing requires pulling on a cord that's a bit difficult for me to reach, enough so that I don't bother even when I'm uncomfortable. (We haven't lengthened it reasons that make sense to us but are likely to confuse other people. Mainly, that it's one of two cords right there and the one I'm less likely to need to reach easily and quickly.)
I still haven't adjusted to Scott's new schedule. I'm not sure how long it will take. This morning, I fell back to sleep after he left and woke less than an hour later with reflux. I have no idea why reflux at that point since it had been at least seven hours since I'd had anything but water and my normal medications. I had to take my before breakfast meds, wait half an hour, and then eat something in order to settle it. I went for bread as easy and likely to work. It did, but I still had a hard time getting back to sleep, so I think I only had about five hours of sleep during the ten hours I was in bed.
I'd probably have slept later, but I had something I needed to do at 1:00. That's when Imperfect Foods lets us look at what they're planning to send us and allows for alterations. Going online even ten minutes late can mean that half of the goods they were offering are sold out. If I'm fast, there will still be some things completely gone, but I have better odds, generally.
I would prefer that Scott and Cordelia have input on the order, too, but Cordelia's unwilling, and Scott's now unavailable until around 4:00. This leaves me trying to figure out whether or not he actually wants, say, celery (I can't eat it, not even in small amounts). They don't have the same things every time, so it's hard to make a get-this-every-time list. I've also mentioned to Scott that we should compare prices on a few things that we can also get at Kroger.
Naturally, we both forget by Saturday. Then it comes up again on Monday. I think we're kind of bad at this planning thing. In a different time, I'd look at the online prices on the Kroger website, but those no longer reliably track with in-store prices.
I suspect that Imperfect Foods would inspire more expensive impulse buys from us if Scott didn't have the alpha-galactose allergy. They've often got sausages, bacon, and various cuts of beef. They've also usually got vegan alternatives, but those tend to be priced high enough not to be in our budget. Also, a lot of them add celery and/or rosemary for flavor and so will make me quite sick. (And, yes, buying boxed or canned broth has become vastly more exciting in also sorts of risky ways).
I'm in the middle of a long Overdrive audiobook with two more checked out and needing my attention. One of those isn't quite as long and is a thing I should be able to get again without much delay. The second is long and has a waitlist as long as my arm. I can listen to some things while I write, but I tend to miss parts of the story. I think I won't mind that so much with the current book, but I would mind with the other two.
We're still in that unfortunate part of the year when I'm too warm to do without the ceiling fan but get very cold with all that wind blowing on me. The fan in the living room is adjustable via dial, but some lower speeds make grinding noises as the fan spins. The fan in the bedroom has three or four different speeds, but changing requires pulling on a cord that's a bit difficult for me to reach, enough so that I don't bother even when I'm uncomfortable. (We haven't lengthened it reasons that make sense to us but are likely to confuse other people. Mainly, that it's one of two cords right there and the one I'm less likely to need to reach easily and quickly.)
I still haven't adjusted to Scott's new schedule. I'm not sure how long it will take. This morning, I fell back to sleep after he left and woke less than an hour later with reflux. I have no idea why reflux at that point since it had been at least seven hours since I'd had anything but water and my normal medications. I had to take my before breakfast meds, wait half an hour, and then eat something in order to settle it. I went for bread as easy and likely to work. It did, but I still had a hard time getting back to sleep, so I think I only had about five hours of sleep during the ten hours I was in bed.
I'd probably have slept later, but I had something I needed to do at 1:00. That's when Imperfect Foods lets us look at what they're planning to send us and allows for alterations. Going online even ten minutes late can mean that half of the goods they were offering are sold out. If I'm fast, there will still be some things completely gone, but I have better odds, generally.
I would prefer that Scott and Cordelia have input on the order, too, but Cordelia's unwilling, and Scott's now unavailable until around 4:00. This leaves me trying to figure out whether or not he actually wants, say, celery (I can't eat it, not even in small amounts). They don't have the same things every time, so it's hard to make a get-this-every-time list. I've also mentioned to Scott that we should compare prices on a few things that we can also get at Kroger.
Naturally, we both forget by Saturday. Then it comes up again on Monday. I think we're kind of bad at this planning thing. In a different time, I'd look at the online prices on the Kroger website, but those no longer reliably track with in-store prices.
I suspect that Imperfect Foods would inspire more expensive impulse buys from us if Scott didn't have the alpha-galactose allergy. They've often got sausages, bacon, and various cuts of beef. They've also usually got vegan alternatives, but those tend to be priced high enough not to be in our budget. Also, a lot of them add celery and/or rosemary for flavor and so will make me quite sick. (And, yes, buying boxed or canned broth has become vastly more exciting in also sorts of risky ways).
