Forecast for the next ten days: sunny with a chance of more sun
So, today started out with an abject refusal to get out of bed for my team's 7am status call (the horror of working with East Coast folks). I ended up taking the call in my pajamas while still curled up in bed, hugging the laptop for warmth. It's been raining and cold for the past three days - it's MAY. I don't live in San Francisco basically to avoid weather like this.
But... the sun came out by noon, and then good things happened, so, ultimately, getting out of bed today was (eventually) worth it:
1. I've been tapped as a pinch-hitter for trekreversebang ! When the mods first emailed me about it on Sunday, I almost declined, 'cause the idea postulated by the artwork just wasn't clicking for me. But I thought about it on and off throughout the day, and now I've got characterization, plot, and even some dialog begging to be written. So yay for that! I think I'll have to get this one out before I can make any more progress on my het_bigbang fic - the characterizations of various folks are just a bit too similar to each other in the two stories - alike, but not identical.
2. I had a set of medical tests today that I thought would take the better half of the afternoon, but I was in & out of the medical center in an hour. And by the time I'd driven home, they'd already posted two of the test results. Which I could check on my phone with their app. This place just rocks my socks.
3. My copy of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal's first collection book - Save Yourself, Mammal! - arrived today. There are no words for how happy this makes me. I could probably link every other comic that Weiner makes, but here's one that came up when I hit the random button:
4. Ice cream cake from my brother for my birthday! A little late, but, dude, cake! Always a good thing.
5. Finally: surf camp in a month!
But... the sun came out by noon, and then good things happened, so, ultimately, getting out of bed today was (eventually) worth it:
1. I've been tapped as a pinch-hitter for trekreversebang ! When the mods first emailed me about it on Sunday, I almost declined, 'cause the idea postulated by the artwork just wasn't clicking for me. But I thought about it on and off throughout the day, and now I've got characterization, plot, and even some dialog begging to be written. So yay for that! I think I'll have to get this one out before I can make any more progress on my het_bigbang fic - the characterizations of various folks are just a bit too similar to each other in the two stories - alike, but not identical.
2. I had a set of medical tests today that I thought would take the better half of the afternoon, but I was in & out of the medical center in an hour. And by the time I'd driven home, they'd already posted two of the test results. Which I could check on my phone with their app. This place just rocks my socks.
3. My copy of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal's first collection book - Save Yourself, Mammal! - arrived today. There are no words for how happy this makes me. I could probably link every other comic that Weiner makes, but here's one that came up when I hit the random button:
4. Ice cream cake from my brother for my birthday! A little late, but, dude, cake! Always a good thing.
5. Finally: surf camp in a month!