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I woke with a headache this morning that kept me from sleeping after about 6:00. I should just have gotten up to take something for it then, but I didn’t. I took Amerge when I got up for the day, and that seems to have done the trick.

Scott had to work early today. He wasn’t expecting to have to, but they called at 8:55 to say they’d need him because someone on third shift had called in.

I think that pinch hit is actually mostly done. I didn’t end up going where I thought I would with it because I found an end point before I got there. I’m going to go over it one more time to make sure everything is the way I want it. I also have to select a title. I’ve got four possibilities that I’m considering. I don’t feel like I need to post immediately because the deadline isn’t for ten days yet.

I never did get to the school yesterday. I plan to go today. I also need to take out the trash. Apart from that, I’m not sure what I’m going to do with myself. I’ve got several DVDs and a bunch of audiobooks, so maybe I’ll go with some of those.

I have emailed my psychiatrist about the Zoloft side effects, and I have added Benefiber to my daily routine. I’m not sure how much I need, and I don’t want to go overboard, so I’m experimenting. Of course, tomorrow is my last day at 25 mg before going up to 50 mg. I don’t know. Is this going to get worse?

For some reason, I’ve started getting Kohl’s emails on my old college account (which forwards to my Gmail). I have no idea why that address would end up on such a mailing list, and I’m not entirely sure they’re genuinely from Kohl’s. They appear to be of the print coupons and come to the store sort of thing which I’d expect to be less appealing/effective as a phishing technique. Possibly some sort of malware if one prints? I’ve marked enough of them as junk at this point that Gmail is dumping them there on its own. The address is public because I am still, by a technicality, considered university staff even though I haven’t worked there in fifteen or so years (I’m on long term disability), but I don’t use it for anything these days except emails from the university. At one point, I let it go six or seven years without me checking on it.

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I’m planning to do Yuletide this year. Barring something awful happening, I’m certain I can do it, and isn’t it always 'barring something awful' for everyone who signs up? I ended up nominating. Two of my nominations have been approved (Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman and the Webmage series by Kelly McCullough). The third (the song Twilight Zone by Golden Earring) is still pending, but I couldn’t find any fics for it at all, so I think it will go through.

I’m considering signing up for the small fandom big bang, too. I have three story ideas for fandoms that ought to qualify (two Amber, one Sky High) and that are pretty certain to be over 10000 words. The writing period overlaps with Yuletide, so I’m hesitating. Stories aren’t due until January 30th, though, so I’d have all of January just for that.

I have a draft of my pinch hit on AO3. I’m still tweaking the notes and tags. Two of the tags I want to use are non-canonical, but I’m pretty definite that I want them. I’m more interested in them giving information to potential readers than I am about them being searchable. The other three tags are canonical. I’m going to hold off on posting it until closer to the deadline. The fandom’s not hugely active (compared to a mega-fandom), but a week is more than long enough to take a story off the first page. It’s ten days to the deadline plus however long to the reveal.