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Plague Diary

A 2148-post collection

Thursday, Recording Today?

It's 11AM and I just got around to sitting down to write this, so my PLN to record some chapters for Adorable might well be up in the air.

I'll see how I go.

My PLNs got disrupted at breakfast with a visit from the Council because my sullage system was blinking. Detour to show them where the hell the sullage sprinklers were.

I'm going to have to give my mower guy care instructions.

And to top it all off, while I was out there discussing the varied woes and trying to locate the dang system - something bit me on my left ankle.

[Shown here: A very pale ankle with black sandal straps. A red circle is drawn around a very small puncture mark]

Believe it or not, this hurts like I touched something burning hot. It is fading, so I'm not tremendously worried. Keeping an eye on it because that's just sensible in Deathworld Island. And yes, I notified my nearest and dearest.

It hurts and stings, but I'm sure I'll live.

And I'm trying not to have a panic attack about it because that sets off my asthma and I don't need that in the list of am-I-dying symptoms.

Fun times.

So yeah, I'm attempting to focus on the daily dose of speculative fiction while keeping an eye on the bite area and remaining calm.

I think I need all the luck.

Wednesday, Proceeding Carefully

Among my usual many other things, I plan to help Miss Chaos recover her MyGov account now that I've done the same for mine. It's a pain in the bum, but it can be done. Huzzah.

The rant shall be done, then unriddling Chaos' account, then the daily tale.

Today's good news is that Tumblr undid a massively unpopular change to their platform. The people spoke in a way that made them listen and the staff rolled that the heck back.

Vox

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Tuesday, Patreon and Further PLNs

So much to do, so little organisation. I let time slip away from me because stretches, ankle, breakfast, and attempting to unfuck various shit on my desktop.

Which made MeMum mad at me. My bad. I am very foggy today.

Not helped by the fact that I have been dragging my feet about: Re-pitching Adapting again, recording more chapters for Adorable, and getting on with the business of today. Which also includes unfucking Miss Chaos' MyGov stuff.

Might have to actually phone

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Monday, Backup Reads and Shopping

I have bread in the fridge. I have a limited supply of soup on the cooktop because yesterday was a 24-hour Lurgi... and Chaos has been helping herself to the soup.

Hopefully I don't get another Lurgi whilst out shopping. But I have the payola to lay in a supply of other soups just in case.
Huzzah.

It's a bizarre bug. Beloved, Adorable, and I came down with it within 24 hours of each other and we haven't shared the same air

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Sunday, Stream Stuff and Nonsense

...with bread! I have the third loaf in the incubator and the Dutch Oven getting toasty.

The results of yesterday's experiment - Yes, I still have to ice my stupid ankle every two hours. Trying again next week. On the plus side, I get a bit more written when I take breaks from writing to... do... more... writing.

I just live here. The illogic surpasses me.

I already have stories written for the next Archive prompt, so I'll be theoretically able to

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Saturday, Hopeful of Recovery

I am testing my ankle today. Today, I am not icing it and see how I go. If all goes well, I'll be testing my ability to go shopping without pain.

The test after that is Parkrun again.

I'll see how I go.

Today, after Mandatory Tale, I shall add a bit to ADT until I either run out of ideas or I run out of words.

And maybe add to some fanfictions on the side.

I'll see how I go, because

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Friday, Bread and PLNs

I have bread in progress since the children have left one loaf remaining of our bread stocks. I have a story to write, I'm helping a mentee prep their tale for the Promptcast, and I have been procrastinating on Chapter Two of Beloved's dream-inspired AI-made thing to read.

[I still think it's vaguely insulting to go up to a writer and say, "Hey, read this thing I made with the help of the slop machine." but I still love my wife and

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Thursday, Twiddles and Tweaks

I discovered that I accidentally deleted my Madlib Query letter for Adapting so now I'm working on that today. Tomorrow, the yard may be getting mowed. It might need slashing so that's up in the air for the meanwhile.

...and something's gone amiss with my desktop so I have to reboot. But I'm doing an update first to see if that helps.

If not, I go crying to Adorable about the resulting technical issues.

[wish me luck]

It didn't work :P Mostly

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Wednesday, Write-in, Rant, and Stuff

My GP is worried about too much blood in my blood, so I'm seeing a haemotologist at a much later day. Fun times ahead for this bean. Including more visits to the vampires.

Yay.

I have a patch of story to share on my weekly blog, a story to write for today, and I'm working on the next entry for the Archive. The first version of which was so undynamic I rewrote the whole dang thing. And I'm rewriting it a third

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Tuesday, Bills, Patreon and PLNs

Paid the bills. Yay. Have to add supplemental material for my Patrons, which I have yet to write. Boo.

[Instant distraction moment: I discovered that Bill Amend, artist behind the Foxtrot comics, is on Bluesky and sharing silly doodles. Anti-fascist doodles]

I'm procrastinating on recording more chapters for Adorable, so they'll likely appear on my Patreon next week.

I do have some stuff for the Archive to share, but I want to get the thing for the Promptcast to pop up in

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Monday, Shopping Day

...as well as everything else.

We need eggs and a whole FUCKBUNCH of other stuff, but I had a little set aside that should cover it. Theoretically, all will be well and I know the cheapest source of whatever so I'm technically okay.

Beloved and Adorable are still looking for gainful employ and I need to see what I can do for Miss Chaos about restoring her MyGov account so she can get Disability. Last I checked on Mayhem, he was Pending

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Saturday, Chilling Out PLNs

I know what the prompt is for the Archive and, after I get the tale of the day done, I'll have a go at writing that lot. Depending on how long I can withstand the knowledge of the blank document awaiting some fiction.

I now know how to acquire more heel inserts for my spurs! Yay. The knowledge shall be passed along to my Physio because others may be suffering for the want of them. But I have my replacements and a

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Friday, Duties and Dallying

MeMum now has a new phone because her old one was getting decrepit. The battery was going bad. I've done what I can to make it adjusted to her needs, but there's an issue with the alarm. I might need to go back, fiddle around, and teach her how to turn her alarm off.

Hopefully, getting her to read the screens will solve it.

I have reviews to write for the Archive, a story to write for the Temple of Notes, and

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Thursday, Free-roaming Nerd

I have bread in progress and MeMum needs tech support. Fun times ahead.

Here's the PLN:

  • Get myself presentable for public appearance [done]
  • Feed the cats
  • Prep the bread process for the kids to take over
  • Wake kids and notify them of same
  • Make sure I have everything I need
  • Ice my ankle
  • Leave for MeMum's

I shall make certain that all is in place including a full tank.

As is always the case when I'm on an extended Leyland's Tour, there

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