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The queen bed that was in the basement is now gone. I'm still getting queries about it, however, not as many since my announcement that it's gone got through moderation but still multiple queries. I do understand why the e-cycle list has to be moderated, but I found that part of the process frustrating and anxiety inducing.

I think we've got a taker for the glider and ottoman, too, but the person who asked first hasn't responded to schedule a pick up. I've e-mailed her to say that I'll only hold it today, that if I don't hear from her I'll move to the next person on the list. If she actually talks to me, I'm willing to wait longer than today for her to pick it up, but there needs to be communication. She didn't give me any way but her e-mail to reach her. The next person down the list gave me a phone number and specified that he could come today.

We're still in a holding pattern over the loveseats. We have transportation for them next weekend. I'm trying to see if I can find something sooner but am not holding my breath. We also still don't know for sure if the guy wants both or just one of them. We need transportation either way, so I haven't felt that it's urgent to find out. He lives close enough that two trips over isn't going to be much more than one trip.

I'm at 2614 words for my personal NaNo goal. That puts me way behind since I was hoping for a thousand words a day. Maybe this weekend will be better. Most likely, though, I'll focus on the livelongnmarry fic. I got responses from some of the beta readers. They all liked it. They all agreed that there's something not quite right there. They all disagreed about what the problem is. The disagreement tells me that, while there is something remaining to be fixed, it's not something obvious. I suspect that it's multiple things, any one of which could be ignored but which interact in a not so obvious way.

I did realize, from one set of beta comments, how much fandom conventions and fanon have shifted since I started reading and writing Weiss Kreuz. I hadn't really thought about it, just kept using the conventions I was used to without noticing that many current fans don't share those expectations. I don't think the changes are a bad thing or a good thing. I'm just kind of bemused that I missed seeing it happening in spite of continuing to read the fic.

I'd hoped for Cordelia to have some playdates this weekend, but none of the possibilities have worked out. With luck, she won't drive us crazy. The sun's out, and she can play outside (though Scott has different standards for what she's allowed to do outside than I do. This creates some stress on weekends when he says no to things I'd probably allow). We do have playdates scheduled both Monday and Tuesday, both over here.

I'm feeling more normal today, my second day off the Provigil. I also feel like I could sleep for another ten hours without much problem. I'll start back with 25 mg on Monday. I'd hoped to avoid going back that far as quartering the tablet is a pain in the butt. Sadly, it makes sense to go back down as far as I can. If I have five days with no side effects at 25 mg, I'll try going up to 50 mg. I won't increase from that until I've had a couple of weeks with no side effects and have talked to the psychiatrist.

Pity feeling 'normal' for me means feeling like somebody stomped on me and like I haven't slept well for a week. I also wonder if I'd have been quite so freaked out about the e-cycle process yesterday if I'd taken the Provigil. I do think that my anxiety levels decreased somewhat while I was taking it. Impossible to know.