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[the_rck]

Lying down helped. I think it was actually the lower light levels. When I came out here and opened my laptop, that hurt. I’ve turned down the brightness of my screen considerably, and that seems to be okay now. My head still hurts somewhat, but I can’t think of anything much that I want to do that doesn’t involve the laptop or a book or something visual. I think I’m going to be trying podcasts and audiobooks to see if I can keep myself occupied that way.

I took a cab to my appointment yesterday and then took the bus home. In between, I saw the gynecologist and had my IUD removed. I’m not entirely happy with doing that because I don’t know how my body’s going to respond. (I’m a little worried that this migraine is related to that. I’m not sure why it would be, but who knows?) I’ll go back in about four months, and we’ll see where things are then.

After leaving the clinic, I did some Ingress stuff in terms of hacking and capturing some new to me portals. I stopped at the Espresso Royale on State St, mainly because I wanted to use the bathroom. I got a scone and a ginger dragon. The barista didn’t ask me if I wanted it hot or cold and just gave it to me hot. I hadn’t thought to specify because, in June, I assume that I’m going to get it cold. Having a hot drink meant taking about three times as long as I’d expected to because I had to wait for it to cool enough not to burn my mouth.

I ended up catching the bus home at the stop near Division and Liberty rather than trying to go all the way to the central bus station. It would have taken me long enough to get to the station than there was time before the next bus left.

I had a baked potato with green beans and pulled pork for lunch. That meant that I wasn’t very hungry when it came time for dinner. I ended up having just a bit of cheese and a small bowl of ice cream for dinner. Weirdly, I had reflux when I went to bed. I guess I need to eat a bit more at dinner time or something.

I tried still another Stash tea yesterday. This one is very berry, a caffeine free herbal. Hibiscus is the first listed ingredient, and I could definitely taste it. Fortunately, I like hibiscus. This was a bit astringent in a way I didn’t love, but I would be happy to drink it again.

I think I’ve got two or three samples from that batch left that I haven’t tried yet and then another three that are things I’d had before I bought the sampler. I’ve got another sampler that I really haven’t touched because it’s all green tea variants which I find more challenging to prepare properly.

I’m trying to decide whether or not it’s worth spending $10 to get a used copy of the first season of a show I don’t much like but very much want to write fic for. The library has it, but that means pre-planning when I need to watch (and not being able to go back to spot check things) and managing to watch everything in a short time. If it was streaming somewhere, I’d go with that. $10 really isn’t all that much for the convenience, right?

Comments

[zhelana]

Why write fic for a show you didnt like?

[the_rck]

I don't write based on loving a canon. Some people do, but I don't. I write either because I'm writing a gift for someone who does love the canon or because something about the canon caught my attention as a starting point for a story. Canons that I love actually tend to do that much less than canons that I see as having problems of some sort.

In this case, I've been telling myself for months that I wasn't going to write this story. Then I'd find myself writing another thousand words when I ought to have been writing something else. So there's obviously something here that my brain really, really wants to investigate.

And, you know, it's only $10.

[zhelana]

That's true, $10 isn't much.

[nucleosides.livejournal.com]

I got my IUD removed when my body began rejecting it. Great because it got rid of all of the pain and... my body trying to reject it, bad because it would have lasted five years and it was a "set it and forget it" sort of BC.

[the_rck]

I've had an IUD for ten years, and it's been good because of less cramps and much less bleeding. Hormonal IUDs just aren't such a good idea after hormone positive breast cancer.

The gynecologist kept pointing out that I'm hugely unlikely to get pregnant at my age. I responded by pointing out that my medications are such that, if I did, I'd pretty much have no choice but abortion and that I'm really not sure if I could do that. (I believe strongly in choice. I'm just not sure that I could.)

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

I'm glad lying down helped with the migraine.

What show are you thinking of writing fic for?

[the_rck]

DCU, pulling in aspects of Justice League/Justice League Unlimited and Smallville. I'm not remotely up on the movies or the comics, but there's a lot that's just everbody knows that mythology.