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Dec. 21st, 2017 03:23 pmI took Ativan at 2:30 today. I wanted it earlier, but I also want it to last through as much of the concert as possible but still be out of my system in time for me to take Halcion at bedtime. When I'm dealing with appointments, the crucial time for having Ativan is either the night before or the 2-5 hours before I need to leave home. For something like a concert or a play, however, anything where I'm going to be physically trapped by the space as well as surrounded by other people, I really need Ativan right then. (Buses are okay as long as I know that it would be physically trivial to get off at the very next stop. I try to avoid them when they're standing room only.)
I was going to wrap some presents this morning, but I ended up trying a couple of variations on dates wrapped in turkey bacon. I did one large pan with a lot of butter added and one half filled small pan with sesame oil. The butter version was much better. I don't think they're quite as good as with real bacon because the butter doesn't carry any flavor from the turkey bacon into the dates. There's less salt and smoke flavor, and it's all much sweeter because of that which makes the richness more overwhelming.
The presents are still sitting on the table. They're all for Cordelia, so I can wrap them after the cleaning lady is done in there. Cordelia's not going to be home until after her concert. Scott's presents are still tucked away. Neither he nor I will be getting much this year because of the family budget crunch. Actually, Cordelia would be getting considerably less if I hadn't bought most of the things for her in September and October. That was before we knew we'd have to pay for her new (used) laptop and before my medical expenses last month and before a couple of other things.
I have started two new fics today. Goodness knows when I'll actually finish either of those or either of the other two that are nearly done. One of the latter two needs some sort of movement in order to end, and I don't know what it's going to be. Probably a character realization, but maybe not. The other needs someone who knows the canon, isn't squicked by the content, and isn't me. I have an email out to somebody who might be able to, but I'm not sure they'll be available until some time in January or even after.
I've named all five stories in the Sky High series with Elizabeth Barrett Browning poetry snippets and realized last night that none of the snippets I had saved fit the sixth story (which is the one above that doesn't have movement yet), so I cat waxed a bit by looking for her poetry online. The library only has one book, Sonnets from the Portuguese, and I've been through that from end to end. Interlibrary loan isn't currently an option and won't be for a couple of months yet (update to the library systems. Can't remember if it's hardware or software or both). I think I may have something that will work now, though, but I'm irritated by the site that I ended up using because there's an autoplay video of someone reading each poem as one opens the related page.
I was going to wrap some presents this morning, but I ended up trying a couple of variations on dates wrapped in turkey bacon. I did one large pan with a lot of butter added and one half filled small pan with sesame oil. The butter version was much better. I don't think they're quite as good as with real bacon because the butter doesn't carry any flavor from the turkey bacon into the dates. There's less salt and smoke flavor, and it's all much sweeter because of that which makes the richness more overwhelming.
The presents are still sitting on the table. They're all for Cordelia, so I can wrap them after the cleaning lady is done in there. Cordelia's not going to be home until after her concert. Scott's presents are still tucked away. Neither he nor I will be getting much this year because of the family budget crunch. Actually, Cordelia would be getting considerably less if I hadn't bought most of the things for her in September and October. That was before we knew we'd have to pay for her new (used) laptop and before my medical expenses last month and before a couple of other things.
I have started two new fics today. Goodness knows when I'll actually finish either of those or either of the other two that are nearly done. One of the latter two needs some sort of movement in order to end, and I don't know what it's going to be. Probably a character realization, but maybe not. The other needs someone who knows the canon, isn't squicked by the content, and isn't me. I have an email out to somebody who might be able to, but I'm not sure they'll be available until some time in January or even after.
I've named all five stories in the Sky High series with Elizabeth Barrett Browning poetry snippets and realized last night that none of the snippets I had saved fit the sixth story (which is the one above that doesn't have movement yet), so I cat waxed a bit by looking for her poetry online. The library only has one book, Sonnets from the Portuguese, and I've been through that from end to end. Interlibrary loan isn't currently an option and won't be for a couple of months yet (update to the library systems. Can't remember if it's hardware or software or both). I think I may have something that will work now, though, but I'm irritated by the site that I ended up using because there's an autoplay video of someone reading each poem as one opens the related page.
