monday round-up & fic

[topaz119]

It was my turn for a Muggle weekend, as the highlights of the last few days include such exciting entries as getting the oil changed in the car, letting the professionals get it clean, getting my hair cut, 11 loads of laundry (!!), and multiple trips to grocery stores, Costco, and the famers market. I meant to do some serious baking, as we are out of the good stuff for snacks and lunches, but my body decided it had had enough of the crazy schedule of the last month and surrendered to a drippy little cold, so I shoved all the butter and chocolate into the fridge and took myself off for extended showers and naps.

All very exciting.

It wasn't completely mundane stuff, though, as I managed to finally finish off the next part of the Clint/Darcy fic, the part I've been working on since last November. It almost had a birthday, and I was beginning to think I wasn't ever going to finish it, but once I stopped trying to write what I thought I was going to write and started paying attention to what I should have been writing, I got them to the point they needed to be at, and got it posted.

in deep with you darling (part 3 is the latest update)

also, ugh, I let comments to that languish for a shamefully long time, really very embarrassing on my part, so I made myself sit down and answer them (all of them, I hope), which was has been a very satisfying line to draw through my to-do list. (Am I the only person who uses a strikethrough font for their online to-do list? I mean, evernote holds all my lists and notes and whatnot, and I actually have a note for completed tasks, where I move things that are done, but first I have to change the font to strikethrough, for maximum aesthetics, I guess. And then I take the strikethrough off when I move the line item to the Done note. I don't ask my brain for explanations these days; I'm happy enough that it's still functioning.)

We move offices at the end of the week, which means I have to be packed up by Friday, which means I will be packing during all my conference calls. Thank goodness for wireless headsets.

Comments

[endeni]

Eheh, evernote is amazing isn't it? And, yay, I'm glad there's more of the fic! *g*

[topaz119]

My whole life has slowly migrated to evernote.

And thank you! I'm pretty pleased about actually getting more of that fic out there. Now I just need to find the happy ending. ;D

[without_me]

I'm sorry about your soon-to-be new commute, but very grateful it's happening at just the right time for us to be able to visit when I'm there. One would have expected the events to happen the other way around.

[topaz119]

The reverse is actually happening later in the month when someone else is in town for business and staying right down the road from the old office, :(

But it worked for us!

[sperrywink]

Go you for finishing that story!

And yes, packing during conference calls is a good use of your time.

[topaz119]

I'm up to 33,000 words and I still haven't gotten them their happy ending, but it's getting there!

[rikes]

Hope the office move goes smoothly!

[topaz119]

I am packed, with all electronics properly stowed into ziploc bags, as per the move instructions. On Monday, I attempt to find the new office and see if everything made it there.

[turps]

Hope you're feeling better now.

[topaz119]

It did not take the turn to bronchitis, so that's good! I hope you're feeling okay, too

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you had a very productive weekend all around! And extended showers and naps are always a good idea :)

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

It was all the no-fun stuff of life, which, yeah, has to be done, but isn't very exciting to hear about...