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the_rckWe all woke this morning before any of the alarms we’d set went off. The free hot breakfast was fairly varied, but the protein options were mostly things I can’t eat. I ended up with some muffin type things and some honeydew melon and two slices of lunchmeat. I’m pretty sure those were ham, but they weren’t labeled. All three of us tried the orange juice. Cordelia and I found it too sweet. Scott didn’t notice that at all. I couldn’t finish mine because it tasted wrong.
I had a headache for about half of last night. It eased when I got up but didn’t go away. I think that it’s partly me freaking out over trying to go into town to meet Scott and Cordelia for dinner and partly me being undercaffeinated. I’ve had a small Coca-Cola. I probably should have ventured the coffee at the breakfast. I just didn’t want to try to deal with it. I ended up lying down for a while after Scott and Cordelia left, and I think that helped, too.
And a bit later…
I’ve made coffee. I wish that hotels provided more in the way of creamer for coffee. One packet of powder isn’t nearly enough for me. I added two packets of sugar and poured in some honey, and it’s only marginally drinkable. When I use CoffeeMate or the equivalent, I do three parts coffee to one part creamer. That stuff’s largely sugar, so I don’t add anything further.
Scott just texted to say that they’re done at Willis Tower and are heading for Navy Pier now. (I seem to have estimated the time they’d spend at Willis Tower accurately. Scott’s text was within half an hour of my best guess for when they’d be leaving for Navy Pier.) He emailed me a photo he took from the skydeck. He also texted to say that buying the transit pass is very, very easy. That’s just part of what I’m anxious about, but it helps a little.
I kind of want to write. I’m not sure whether I should try editing the Amber thing I wrote the other day or see if I can come up with something else. The existing story needs a fairly massive rewrite of the beginning because of my usual problem with not including things that I know that the reader really needs to know, too. I always laugh when I hear the writing rules that say one should tighten in a second draft and cut things out. I always, always, always add at least 150 words per thousand of the first draft. At least. When I’m writing, I have a tendency to jump over the stuff that’s obvious to me and to assume that it must be equally obvious to everyone else.
I need to clarify the starting situation and how everyone came to be where they are and to make the decisions they made. I also need to lay groundwork for the ending.
Of course, when I first saw the beta comments, I had a nasty migraine and just kind of wanted to cry because everything (not just the writing!) seemed utterly impossible. I’m glad that I sat on that and just left everything until my brain was functioning again. I’m pretty sure I can make this work.
But I’m still kind of foggy and anxious right now. It might be better to write something new, something that’s not going to take much thought.
I think, now that I’ve had some coffee, I should drink a lot of water. I’m pretty sure that dehydration contributed to my mid-drive migraine yesterday. I had had about half as much water by that point in the day as I normally would have had. Pretty much the first thing I did on getting to the hotel room was to knock back about six glasses of water (hotel room provided dinky glasses).
I’m confusing myself about time of day because I haven’t changed the time on my laptop. It would be pretty easy to do, but we’ll be home Wednesday evening, and then I’d have to remember to change it back. I’m mostly remembering to subtract an hour or to look at my phone for the right time but not always.
I’ve been listening to little bits of different audiobooks, but nothing’s sticking right now. I don’t think it’s the books. I’m pretty darned sure it’s me. I brought some DVDs that I could watch on my laptop, but I’m not convinced that I’ll do better with those than I am with audiobooks.
And I just dripped coffee on my shirt. Fortunately, I brought an extra, but it’s still not ideal.
I had a headache for about half of last night. It eased when I got up but didn’t go away. I think that it’s partly me freaking out over trying to go into town to meet Scott and Cordelia for dinner and partly me being undercaffeinated. I’ve had a small Coca-Cola. I probably should have ventured the coffee at the breakfast. I just didn’t want to try to deal with it. I ended up lying down for a while after Scott and Cordelia left, and I think that helped, too.
And a bit later…
I’ve made coffee. I wish that hotels provided more in the way of creamer for coffee. One packet of powder isn’t nearly enough for me. I added two packets of sugar and poured in some honey, and it’s only marginally drinkable. When I use CoffeeMate or the equivalent, I do three parts coffee to one part creamer. That stuff’s largely sugar, so I don’t add anything further.
Scott just texted to say that they’re done at Willis Tower and are heading for Navy Pier now. (I seem to have estimated the time they’d spend at Willis Tower accurately. Scott’s text was within half an hour of my best guess for when they’d be leaving for Navy Pier.) He emailed me a photo he took from the skydeck. He also texted to say that buying the transit pass is very, very easy. That’s just part of what I’m anxious about, but it helps a little.
I kind of want to write. I’m not sure whether I should try editing the Amber thing I wrote the other day or see if I can come up with something else. The existing story needs a fairly massive rewrite of the beginning because of my usual problem with not including things that I know that the reader really needs to know, too. I always laugh when I hear the writing rules that say one should tighten in a second draft and cut things out. I always, always, always add at least 150 words per thousand of the first draft. At least. When I’m writing, I have a tendency to jump over the stuff that’s obvious to me and to assume that it must be equally obvious to everyone else.
I need to clarify the starting situation and how everyone came to be where they are and to make the decisions they made. I also need to lay groundwork for the ending.
Of course, when I first saw the beta comments, I had a nasty migraine and just kind of wanted to cry because everything (not just the writing!) seemed utterly impossible. I’m glad that I sat on that and just left everything until my brain was functioning again. I’m pretty sure I can make this work.
But I’m still kind of foggy and anxious right now. It might be better to write something new, something that’s not going to take much thought.
I think, now that I’ve had some coffee, I should drink a lot of water. I’m pretty sure that dehydration contributed to my mid-drive migraine yesterday. I had had about half as much water by that point in the day as I normally would have had. Pretty much the first thing I did on getting to the hotel room was to knock back about six glasses of water (hotel room provided dinky glasses).
I’m confusing myself about time of day because I haven’t changed the time on my laptop. It would be pretty easy to do, but we’ll be home Wednesday evening, and then I’d have to remember to change it back. I’m mostly remembering to subtract an hour or to look at my phone for the right time but not always.
I’ve been listening to little bits of different audiobooks, but nothing’s sticking right now. I don’t think it’s the books. I’m pretty darned sure it’s me. I brought some DVDs that I could watch on my laptop, but I’m not convinced that I’ll do better with those than I am with audiobooks.
And I just dripped coffee on my shirt. Fortunately, I brought an extra, but it’s still not ideal.
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Date: 2016-08-01 05:45 pm (UTC)