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I had hoped to go to bed early last night because I thought it might help me actually recover from the headache and because I was draggingly exhausted and nodding off. Sadly for me, Cordelia ended up having friends over. We'd said yes to that about a week ago, and then none of her friends responded to say whether or not they were coming. Then, last night, one girl showed up, and she and Cordelia talked a third girl into coming over. The guests didn't leave until 10:30 when I told Scott that he had to tell them it was time (I was having trouble staying upright at that point).

I still had the headache when Scott's alarm went off. I ended up getting up and taking an Amerge and some naproxen. Those and a couple of cold packs let me sleep another three hours. I woke with the headache gone.

I finished the Labyrinth story for pod_together by about 7:00 last night. I'm reasonably pleased with it. I haven't started the other story yet, but I think I know where to start. I'm still tempted by the options I've decided not to go with. I asked for a week's extension on the second story but still want to get it done as soon as I can.

captiveaudience has a dozen people signed up, and nobody new has signed up since the 9th. I'm a little sad about that because this is a practically bulletproof story type for me, and I'd like to see more people writing it. I know it's a niche thing, though. I can write for about half of the other people signed up, so I'm matchable as a writer. I have no idea if I'm matchable as a recipient.

I nominated for Darkest Night but am still not sure if I'll sign up or just write treats (or pinch hits). I will probably wait to see if there are requests that I'd be very interested in writing before I decide. Two of my freeform tags haven't been approved yet even though it's been several days, so possibly the moderators have questions about them.

I have posted several WIP to AO3, things that I may never finish (and that I clearly indicated that fact about). Tagging them was hard because they're complicated AUs. I'm still not sure I used the right tags.

Our nephew's graduation party is tomorrow. Does anybody know-- Are casual clothes okay for a high school graduation party? I'm kind of assuming they are, but I'd hate to find out differently on arriving. The party's at his family's house and will, I think, be at least partly out of doors. Scott has done nothing whatsoever about a gift. I prodded him about a couple of times because I thought it might make sense to go in on something like a mini fridge or microwave with his brother.

We also have to figure out a birthday present for Scott's sister's husband as his birthday is in about two weeks.

Cordelia has set a goal to visit all the branches of the library. I'm pretty sure that it's partly because of her wanting the summer game codes from those branches and partly to get out of the house with an actual defined goal/destination. I think she's got two branches left now, and she just left for one of them. She'll hang out there for a while if it's comfortable and maybe buy herself some vending machine coffee or something.

I'm tempted to lie down again for a nap. There's no strong reason why I shouldn't, but part of me feels like I shouldn't. I think I'm too tired to write or to read, so why on earth should I stay awake?