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thessalianThis weekend's been fun. Friday was sinus pain, sore throat, fever and groggy, Saturday wasn't much better but I thought I was on the mend, Sunday was migraine from hell and while that's got better today, my head still hurts and right now my gut is unequivocably stating that it is likely to expel anything I put into my digestive system in unpleasant ways.
I'm fed right the fuck up with being ill.
Honestly, I think a day spent predominantly between bed and, when I can sit upright, the computer would not be a bad thing. A four-day week at 7.5 hours a day (because this lot only lets me have a half-hour for lunch no matter what) isn't going to cause intense problems, all things considered. I originally rang in saying that I was going to be late because I hoped that things would settle but there's no way I'm going to manage an hour and a half commute in my present condition anyway. I'd better be feeling better by tomorrow, though. Missing work because of health problems is no good when one is paid by the hour and has no sick pay.
Really, I just want a decent week before I have Brighton Below stuff. I don't want to miss that; not when I've already paid up and bought the train tickets and everything. Also, I now have an ill-fitting velvet carriage coat that will add a certain je-ne-sais-quoi to my outfit. I can't button the thing because it was meant for skinnier people, not to mention people with way narrower shoulders than mine (aside from being 'aerodynamically curvaceous', I am apparently built like a linebacker. Whoopee), but it's a Neverwhere LARP. Things don't have to fit and are generally not expected to. So too-big boots, too-small carriage coat, shredded-looking skirt and I think I still have this one blouse that will just complete the outfit on the whole ... there's just the hair issue, but I think I have that sorted. Depends on whether the clip I bought the other month will hold the amount of hair I have. In any case, at least part of why I don't want to miss this is because I picked up the white chocolate and green food colouring I'm going to need to make those edible 'memory cards' for Daz. I'm looking forward to that as a culinary experiment.
I'm also pondering drabble and short story bits and bobs. It looks for the moment like the drabbles from Daz and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yshala's prompts have won the day, but it's that third one that's going to be tricky. Looks like it might be the one from prettyarbitrary's prompt, which is funny because it's the only one that got anything like criticism. But then there's dodgyhoodoo's one - lugubrious-pinhole-smock, not soupy pignoodles - which ... well, as the votes are spread, it's impossible to tell. Everyone's got a favourite, and most of them are different favourites. I think next time, I'm doing three write-in boxes and linking to all the drabbles. Hey, at least I'm not limited to fifteen clickable options on the poll then...
Anyway, I'm currently pondering 'lemonade power' and the 'bucket of black powder' thing. It gives my brain something to do besides being miserable. But I think I'll do that pondering while lying down because ... blech.
I'm fed right the fuck up with being ill.
Honestly, I think a day spent predominantly between bed and, when I can sit upright, the computer would not be a bad thing. A four-day week at 7.5 hours a day (because this lot only lets me have a half-hour for lunch no matter what) isn't going to cause intense problems, all things considered. I originally rang in saying that I was going to be late because I hoped that things would settle but there's no way I'm going to manage an hour and a half commute in my present condition anyway. I'd better be feeling better by tomorrow, though. Missing work because of health problems is no good when one is paid by the hour and has no sick pay.
Really, I just want a decent week before I have Brighton Below stuff. I don't want to miss that; not when I've already paid up and bought the train tickets and everything. Also, I now have an ill-fitting velvet carriage coat that will add a certain je-ne-sais-quoi to my outfit. I can't button the thing because it was meant for skinnier people, not to mention people with way narrower shoulders than mine (aside from being 'aerodynamically curvaceous', I am apparently built like a linebacker. Whoopee), but it's a Neverwhere LARP. Things don't have to fit and are generally not expected to. So too-big boots, too-small carriage coat, shredded-looking skirt and I think I still have this one blouse that will just complete the outfit on the whole ... there's just the hair issue, but I think I have that sorted. Depends on whether the clip I bought the other month will hold the amount of hair I have. In any case, at least part of why I don't want to miss this is because I picked up the white chocolate and green food colouring I'm going to need to make those edible 'memory cards' for Daz. I'm looking forward to that as a culinary experiment.
I'm also pondering drabble and short story bits and bobs. It looks for the moment like the drabbles from Daz and
yshala's prompts have won the day, but it's that third one that's going to be tricky. Looks like it might be the one from prettyarbitrary's prompt, which is funny because it's the only one that got anything like criticism. But then there's dodgyhoodoo's one - lugubrious-pinhole-smock, not soupy pignoodles - which ... well, as the votes are spread, it's impossible to tell. Everyone's got a favourite, and most of them are different favourites. I think next time, I'm doing three write-in boxes and linking to all the drabbles. Hey, at least I'm not limited to fifteen clickable options on the poll then...Anyway, I'm currently pondering 'lemonade power' and the 'bucket of black powder' thing. It gives my brain something to do besides being miserable. But I think I'll do that pondering while lying down because ... blech.