witchchild

Commence primary ignitionsquealing!

Oh, the nights when work is so quiet you make it through All The Things and have almost 2 hours before you can go home.

I suppose I should start sending eljay entries over here, huh?

This week, I give thanks for:
*Chairs. Especially the new bar chair I put together over the weekend to go in the kitchen. (yes, even with the fact that it taxed my limited reserves to put it together. Payoff=worth it!) There is something nice about being able to sit to prep food, especially when one is tired or weary.
*Pearl Jam. And 8 days until I see them again.
*Good nights of sleep.
*Documentaries on Youtube. My current "get me through work with a smile on my face" plan. Also, why can't we get channels just showing quality documentaries like this, and NOTHING ELSE? Seriously, people.
Today's selection, A Renaissance Education.
*Harry Potter.
*Having my needs met enough not to worry about them, and good people in my life.

I consciously commit to:
*Continuing to go to bed earlier and resting.
*Tonight, finalizing my plans for the weekend.
*Remembering both the series and fun sides of life.

Yesterday I did my regular contribution for Pagan Activist.

Today it's on the Wild Hunt.

Commence giddy geeky white girl dancing.

1. Note to self: when going on OKCupid feels more like a chore and something you can put off for over a week, that's a sign you're not doing so well there right now. Looks like I am going to get contact no matter what. I don't need to reply to everyone who passes the spelling test.

2. Cruddy weather day. Temperature outside is up, as is the rain level and humidity. While it's nice not to be chilly at work (was yesterday) I also don't appreciate the imminent resumption of the melting feeling.

3. Fighting to keep from getting sick it seems. S is out, though she popped in twice yesterday. And she did *not* look well. Poor lady.

4. I've decided to reread some of the later stories in the Black Jewels 'verse. At first it was just going to be Dreams Made Flesh and Twilight's Dawn (story collections) but now I am thinking I should add Tangled Webs (where we get some great Tersa moments) and Shadow Queen and Shalador's Lady (the latter of which has an extra special place in my heart for reasons of ego). writerverse has a challenge to do a survey as a character and I want to fill it out as Jaenelle. Plus I have not re-read any of those.
Did read the first story in DMF last night, which deals with some of the creation of the Blood. And also read parts of The High Lord's Daughter in Twilight's Dawn and every portion made me cry. Reasons.

4a. My current book is Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. She may be my personal author discovery of the year. Incredible storyteller. I read Who Fears Death during my NYC and understood quickly why it won the World Fantasy Award. Most recommended.

Anyone have recommendations for some good communities around DW?

*I came in to work this morning to an email about another nasty computer virus going around. It's an "update" of the one which I got hit with a few years ago and has just gotten worse. Sigh.

*There's a mayoral election in Moscow this weekend. I wonder if anyone is taking bets on eljay access in the coming days.

And another September rolls around. On my way to the bus this morning I noticed one walkway now littered with acorns. Ever since 2010, when they started falling in early August and were already huge, I have taken noticed of them. Today they are a little smaller than average.

But it is indeed September! My favorite season is coming in. Time to break out the slightly warmer clothes.... soon? And bring out the various pumpkin BPAL which I love so much. Oh, and dig up pumpkin recipes so I can indulge hard. (Standard pumpkin bread is now out since going gluten-free.)

The weekend was a wash out. I spent most of it thinking I was coming down with something. Then I realized it was the air quality making me think I had an infection coming on. A reminder that I am going to have to take care with my health this fall. Still have too much healing to do and can't push it.

Honestly I wish I could hire someone to organize my life. There's too much and I don't have the energy to do it.

This week, I give thanks for:
*Recognizing my limits and acting on that knowledge. (Translation: not going to a House event in NYC this weekend because it'd just be too much.)
*Getting through another layer of work backlog.
*Having inspiration to explore some more stuff but also knowing, again, that doing it right now is going to be overload.
*Netflix instant.
*Finding Youtube videos of awesome people. I've got an author crush on Nnedi Okorafor and it's nice to have more outlets.

*Pearl Jam. Because, Pearl Jam.

*shelter, food, funds, comfort, some security, family, friends, love.

I consciously commit to:
*completing two writing projects this weekend for publication, because I have stalled too long.
*Doing some of the final writerverse challenges for this round.
*FINALLY setting up the new computer and finding her name.
*Plotting a slew of blog stuff, including post scheduling frenzy on FB.
*Taking time to meditate.