stuff done: Friday-Monday

[edenfalling]

1. Donated to the OTW's fundraising drive.

2. Arranged a phone call with Susan for Tuesday evening.

3. TOOK A NAP.

4. Transplanted a replacement squash when one of my initially transplanted seedlings died. (The replacement is not terribly happy either, alas.)

5. Called Vicky to catch up now that I'm not drowning in 50-60 hour work weeks and she is past a work glut of her own.

6. Attended church to hear Rev. Weis (our ministerial candidate) preach the first of two sermons she will be giving before we vote on whether to call her as our settled minister. I think the service went well, and (pending getting to talk with her in a small-group setting, when she meets with the Stewardship team on Thursday), I have high hopes that the whole thing will work out. *crosses fingers*

7. Changed linens.

8. LAUNDRY. (And I got all of it put away the next day, too! Sometimes that part of the process can take nearly a week.)

9. Weeded a bunch of maple seedlings out of the front yard and hedges, because they are invasive as all get out.

10. Took recycling bins to the curb for pickup. Took empty bins back to the porch Monday morning.

11. Emptied wastebaskets into my big kitchen trash bag and took that out to my trashcan. (Still not full enough to bother sticking a tag on it and setting it out for pickup. Maybe next month.)

12. Made my weekly Facebook update post.

13. Photographed my vegetables and made my weekly gardening update post.

14. Finished a skeleton outline for my Fandom Trumps Hate fic, scanned the pages, and sent them to my bidder for approval. I think we are in business! (Once I work out all the worldbuilding details I totally skimmed over, of course. *wry*)

15. TOOK A NAP. And this after I slept eleven hours Sunday to Monday, yikes. I think I am catching up on three months of sleep debt, though I'm sure the start of allergy season is not helping.

16. Cleaned my bathroom, including scrubbing the shower ceiling for mildew which is a smelly pain in the neck but needs to be done a couple times a year.

17. Finished the rough draft of my last prompt meme ficlet. Now I am going back to add some emotional through-lines and sensory details so it's not just faceless mannequins exchanging toneless dialogue in front of a blank white screen. I have no idea why this ficlet has been such a pain to write. It's not like the premise was complicated, but getting words onto the page has been like pulling teeth. *hands* Some stories are like that, and I will never know why.

18. Attempted a bit of exercise, now that I am not in a constant state of overwork and sleep deprivation. I should probably try to work out some kind of routine for that, and also something to DO while I exercise because otherwise I break off out of boredom and never get anywhere.

Perhaps that is a use for podcasts...?

Comments

[mme_hardy]

Also, as with Homestuck, there's a slow start; the first couple of episodes are kind of a slog, then that rollercoaster starts down the hill.

[edenfalling]

Mmm. I was thinking more nonfiction -- like, I think there are some podcasts about fandom and linguistics that have sounded vaguely interesting to me in the past, but I haven't gotten into them because of my audio media focus issues. This might be an excuse to look them up and try them out.

I dunno, I have just been in a very nonfiction mood these past few years. I am sure that will pass eventually and I will once again be eager to explore strange new fictional worlds, but for now I am much more into history and various types of how-things-work. *shrug*

[mme_hardy]

Yeah, there were several years there in which I could only read history. There are supposed to be some excellent, excellent history podcasts out there, but I haven't explored.