I am declaring myself better, for values of "better" that include still being a bit of a snot-monster but having clear lungs and what feels like close to normal energy levels. The kids are going to be super-disappointed when they come home and it's not all-screens, all-the-time because Mom's sick.

This means a to-do list immediately starts ticking ( Read more... )

Where have I been? Um, I've been insanely busy for the last week. I've been working full hours at NgithOwl, plus the senior center job, plus more weekend hours from a work-from-home project. I also had a bunch of writing due-dates fall into the same zone: my market list was due, I had assignments to do for my writing group on Sunday, and then I had ( Read more... )

My breasts have expanded past the point that Victoria's Secret stocks in-store. Just sayin'.

Or stocks at all for some of my preferred styles. Quite annoying ( Read more... )

This morning I
* ate two meals while reading the internets.
* cleaned table-top in preparation for finishing it.
* called emergency room billing and gave them our (lacking) insurance information, so they can not bill us for the full cost ( Read more... )

This Relax Without Feeling Lazy: Kill Open Loops post makes an excellent point, and it brings to the forefront a lot of why I generally feel stressed. I put a lot on myself: writing; photography; maintaining a clean house (ha!) and providing basic services like laundry, clean dishes, and hot dinners; and eventually, a return to martial arts or ( Read more... )

x-post Fb/LJ--The knee surgery to replace my ACL is scheduled for this coming Monday, and I can hardly think of anything else. It's worse because I know what to expect this time around (I had the other knee repaired about a year and a half ago). I have no energy, no willpower, and my impulse control is remarkably poor. I think all my strength and ( Read more... )

Confession: I like reading other people's to-do lists. They give me hope. Here are these smart, competent people, and they have to-do lists almost as long as mine*. Somehow, they get most of the items on their lists done, which means I might too someday.

* Confession the 2nd: I don't have a to-do list. I have a to-do spreadsheet. Quail** in ( Read more... )

I have a gazillion things I should be working on*. Critiques for Minnspec. Critiques for Critters. Editing Vicesteed draft 1. Editing the beginning of Vicesteed draft 2 for Wiscon. Editing other stories. Updating market list. Submitting stories. Studying camera. Handling 80th birthday photos. Studying martial arts. Cleaning house. Doing laundry. ( Read more... )

* a whole ton of recipes and CSA photos and such
* more photos
* writing down our trip to Georgia while I still remember it
* starting martial arts back up
* the next markets newsletter
* maybe writing logs? I have a ton of them. I suppose I could hide it all behind a cut-tag.
* and, oh my, time for another Spec the Halls.Well, I guess I know some ( Read more... )

I am in a weird unbalanced place for emotion/action/productivity. I am not sure what this place is. It's a little like depression, because I am eating/sleeping too much and not in the right patterns. I'm overwhelmed with things I must/want to work on that are running through my brain in a constant litany that makes me want to hide under my desk or ( Read more... )