Life's rich tapestry.

[panik]

Bad news the fyrste: I've done something painful to my leg - about 20 minutes into my run last night, something went ping in the back of my calf and now I'm hobbling like Douglas Bader on a pair of peculiarly dodgy Ludlows* - which means I can't exercise; just when I was starting to get back into shape and feeling quite fit and chipper again  I'm liberally slathered in Power Gel, wrapped in an Ace bandage and hoping for the best. ::sigh::

*See The Meaning of Liff  by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.

Good news #1: I has new Palm! Yay! My old one packed in and I seem to have been waiting for-bloody-evah for the new one to arrive, but arrive it has and now I can has fic again. Yes! And so much new fic out there in all my shiny, happy, perfect fandoms.*

*Anyone looking for excellence in Doc-Master fic could do worse than a mosey over to best_enemies where they're running an anonymous porn meme that is producing some rather lovely stuff so far...

Bad news the seconde: I'm still struggling to write (insert sad face). I finished my crappy short story - I had two days to bang it out before the deadline, which I did and posted it off, even though I know it's terrible - but since then, I've been doing a lot of staring at a blankly mocking screen. ::sigh:: I'm sure it's just a matter of poor self-discipline and not enough tea but it's a worry...

Good News #2: Morrisons have started selling Rose Pouchong tea! I no longer have to buy it online at great expense. This is excellent news.

Bad news the thyrde: I'm not going to GMOH. It hurts (oh how it hurts) but it's the only sensible decision in the circumstances.

Good News #3: At 3.22am last night, I  finished reading the EDA*  'The Ancestor Cell' - a book I like, but am somewhat ambivalent about re: certain monkeying with the Faction Paradox (and I'll never forgive any of them for what they did to Fitz) - but a rollocking read nonetheless (and a far, far better Time War than anything Rusty's come up with so far). It's not only the end of the Time-War arc, but the last (for a while) of the books I've already read. I'm starting on mostly new-to-me EDAs. I've read the odd one here and there but most are new and shiny So I has new books squee! (Geez, I live a quiet life these days).

*Eighth Doctor Adventure.

Such is my life on this, the seventeenth day of April in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and eight. How about you, my lovelies? How's it going in your corner of this lovely planet?

Comments

[rainbowchicken.livejournal.com]

Ouchies!! If your leg doesn't improve within a day or so, hobble over to the doc, babe. Get his/her recommendations for how to deal with it. My mother-in-law did something similar, but didn't go to the doc right away & wound up with a very long recovery period.

LOL I had to do a double take when I was "Time War" up thee. Try to find the Time Wars series by Simon Hawke sometime. They're super-hard to find because they're out of print & people don't seem to be willing to re-sell them, but they're wunnerful!

I hope there are no typos in this. I've got the font as large as it will go in IE & it still looks to be abour 7 point, in lightlavender...

[laurie-ky.livejournal.com]

Ouch, That's a bummer and a half, about your leg. Yay on your new palm. I've been busy podficcing while my husband is out of town, but he's coming back this weekend, so I'll be shifting back to writing again, as I've hardly done anything new for several weeks. (Still got loads of Ball and Chain, the next part in A Fair Distance to shovel over to T. for beta'ing).

We had cold,crappy weather but it's turning nice again, which means I need to see if the lawnmower will work and plant the rest of the spring garden.

Take Care and enjoy your tea,
Laurie

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

Man...I need a copy of 'The Ancestor Cell'. Bad.

[epistrophia.livejournal.com]

Can you recommend any Eighth Doctor adventures? Do they need to be read in order? And are they suitable for reading a few pages at a time in bed (the only non-academic reading I do apart from newspapers and t'Internet)?

And also...

[epistrophia.livejournal.com]

... I sympathise about GMOH. I probably wouldn't have gone anyway because I'm more interested in hanging out with fen than meeting GM, and the cost is a bit high for that, really. But now I have to fund my Masters myself, it's definitely out the winder...

::sighs and tries to remember what life was like with disposable income. ANY disposable income. Any INCOME, come to think of it::

[chriselora55.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Sounds very, very, painful. If it doesn't improve in a day or so, do go to the doctor and see what can be done to help. (If it's THE DOCTOR, things may very well improve, you never know.)

Look after yourself, enjoy your palmfic and Rose Pouchong tea.
We'll miss you at GMOH.

::Sending lots of healing vibes for your leg.::

*Hugs*

[betagoddess.livejournal.com]

Yikes! I hope your leg heals up really fast!!!

Boo to the bad news! =<{

Yay for the good news! *g*

::hugs::

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Oh honeypie - I'm whittling you a spare wooden leg right now. Hope it (the real one) recovers quickly. I hate odd pinging noises in my body... ::ponders on the great mysteries::

Hey - I knew Morrisons had to be good for something other than hairy green lemons ::bleh:: I'll rummage through the tea section tomorrow, and find if the rose pouchong has made it this far south *g*

[snycock.livejournal.com]

I did something like that once to my leg, just crossing the street to my car... something in my calf went pop and it was just the most painful thing. I was terrified for a moment that I'd snapped my Achilles tendon. But I wrapped it up and treated it with heat and cold, and it did get better eventually.

And I'll forgive you for not coming to GMOH only if I can come up and visit you afterwards... :o). It is UP, isn't it? ::needs a map of England::

Legless

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Take care of that leg, you don't need to be hobbling around.
Yay for all the good news, though.
You've been quiet lately, I guess it's because your recent enforced absence showed you that there is, indeed, Life After Internet and you've found other things to do!

[luicat.livejournal.com]

Ow! I hope your leg improves quickly.
Yeah, it's a bit poo about GMOH, and it wouldn't be the same without the gang as you say.
::hugs you lots::

[therentgirls.livejournal.com]

Just catching up with everyone this weekend. (Darn real life!)
Sorry to hear about your leg and hope it's feeling a bit better!
Yay for your new tech. A friend just got an iTouch and now I have a new toy to lust for!
Finally, the writer's block slow down is normal. Worry not! I'm sure tea (and a bit of time) are just what you need!
My corner of the world? Warm (hey, it's Florida!) and more busy with nonfan things than I'd like to admit. Overall? Very good. Thanks for asking!