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[the_rck]

Yesterday’s appointment was with the gynecologist to see how I’m doing without the IUD. We concluded that we really can’t tell yet, so she wants me back in six months. The nurse tried three times to get my blood pressure and couldn’t manage it. I pointed out that I had my blood pressure taken last week when I saw the genetics counseling people. That number was in the shared records, and it having radically changed in the last nine days seemed pretty unlikely. The doctor decided that that was good enough. I suspect that the fact that I have never once in forty nine years had a higher reading than mid-range normal was also a factor. They have records on me going back to 1985.

Oh, and apparently 0-1 drinks of an alcoholic nature per year is considered the same as not drinking at all.

I had to go down into the basement of UHS to find the business office because they were insisting that I pay a $50 copay. That $50 is what Aetna requires, but Medicare and Blue Care generally pick up enough that I don’t need to pay anything at all. And, right at the moment, UHS owes me eighty some dollars that they’ve collected from me and shouldn’t have.

It was rainy enough when I got done with the appointment that I didn’t mind going straight home quite as much as I would have. Most of the portals near UHS were already held by our team, so I reinforced the ones I had time to get to before the cab came.

I got home before Cordelia did but only by about two minutes. She only had one friend over rather than the two I expected. The girls watched Once Upon a Time while I stayed in my bedroom with my laptop. I was feeling moderately awful most of the afternoon with gas and other intestinal issues. I got a little bit done on my UCon game anyway.

My thumb is still giving me trouble. Picking up my laptop or a basket of laundry hurts like hell, so I’m trying to find work-arounds. Both heat and cold make the ache decrease, so I’m alternating.


X 2 loads of laundry
UCon game stuff
X Make sure the cleaning lady gets paid for this week and last week
Call my brother this evening
Write some letters
Look for the card stock
Watch episodes of Legends of Tomorrow to catch up to where Scott and Cordelia are


Should I sign up for NaNo? I’m 95% sure that I can’t write 50000 words during November, but trying might be worthwhile. I don’t know. I also like the idea of social support for writing, but I’m not sure I’d do anything with it.

I’m also wondering if there would actually be interest in a community for writers of darkfic (and if I’d actually be together enough to be able to moderate such a group given how fraught it could be.). It would need mandatory cut tags, I suspect, and fairly robust tagging.

Comments

[zhelana]

I told my nurse I drank once a year, and she put me down for once a month because that was the least that wasn't zero. :-/

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

Sorry you felt lousy yesterday and the hand still hurts. Good luck with your To Do list.

Nano is intimidating. I've never written anything over 20,000 words and don't think I have another thirty in me.

[the_rck]

It took me about a month and a half to manage 30000 words earlier this year, so I'm thinking that a personal goal of about 25000 (on any projects at all) for the month of November would be challenging but still possible. I'm just not sure if it's reasonable to formally sign up when I'm definitely not planning to play by the rules.

Then again, me doing something different isn't likely to make it harder for other people to write 50000 words.

[carbonel]

I would be happy to see more words in the Draco story I read.