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[katallison]

Holy crap. I'm 1,918 words into my dS Sekrit Santa story, and -- um -- there's a fair bit more to come (though what *is* there will likely be edited down, so who knows how long it'll end up). Golly. It's coming pretty easily, though, despite the fact that I discovered yesterday that the *one* episode I need to rewatch to verify certain points is on the *one* tape I can't find in this disaster area I laughingly call my house. Unfortunately, putting out the call for a copy might tip the identity of the story, once posted. Hmmm--Kalena, are you joining in our reindeer games? If not, can I hit you up for a tape?

In other news, I have successfully gotten the Firefox and Thunderbird updates installed and configured on all computers, and even (ta daaa!) finally managed to sort out the account info for my e-mail, so I am slowly switching everything over to my new address, kat at katallison.com. (I am nothing if not egomaniacal.) If you're someone who keeps an address book, you might want to make the change, but I'm certainly keeping the mrks.org addy alive as well, and will check it regularly.

I spare you all a grab-bag of other assorted blather, including the story of my incredibly depressing visit to my dad in the nursing home, the tale of last week's workplace warfare with the infuriating idiots in the athletics dept., and the completely pointless newsflash about falling down in the bathtub, with side notes on the decrepitude of the body and how very much I don't want to turn into the old lady who's Fallen and Can't Get Up. It is Sunday evening, the saddest evening of the week, the shades of dusk are already falling at 4:30 p.m., and I still have a ton of laundry to do and another thousand words to crank out. And dinner. There should be dinner in there somewhere, I suppose.

Comments

[tracy-rowan.livejournal.com]

Y'know, one of the worst things about being a caregiver and watching the long, slow decline of people you love is having that process logged in your brain, and finding yourself accessing it every time you have a twinge, a memory lapse, or some other moment when you come face-to-face with the inevitable incursions of age. I find myself thinking that "live fast, die young" is not as silly as I once thought, though dying young is somewhat beyond me now. Actually, I think living fast is, too. *g*

I'm sorry your visit with your dad was not a happy one. I've come to recognize that it's all in the timing. You get a few good minutes every once in a while.

You know I wish you luck. Off to feed and water the units...

[luminosity]

Everyday, I'm reminded how much getting old *sucks*. SUCKS! I haven't fallen down in the tub (yet), but I spent several days at my daughter's house, and woke up with aching and stiff joints every morning. WTF? I'm still 19 years old in my heart.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to tell you that your icon made me choke on coffee for the first time in perhaps three years. Thanks.

[wickdzoot.livejournal.com]

::winces:: I so relate to the falling thing. When I fell while cleaning the shower stall down in Kansas, I popped my knuckle through the tendon and thereby led to an entire six months of really feeling my decrepitude.....

Sucketh mightily, don't it?

[flambeau.livejournal.com]

You are 1,298 words ahead of me. I regard you with awe and envy.

(I had my bathtub taken out. When I fall and can't get up, it will be on the floor.)

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your dad. :(

The last time I fell in a bathtub, I was 22, and the damn thing was a *real* metal and ceramic bathtub, not the fiberglass woobie I have now. I think I actually blacked out a moment. Helluva lump, there. So it ain't just age. I still remember it well.

I'm not playing -- sure, let me know what you need. Although I may use it to lure you over for dinner, or something. :)

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

Yay sekrit santa! I don't have any ideas for my story yet, but am not panicking, as it is still early. Also, I finally knuckled under and ordered myself some S3 dvds, and I figure watching them will help inspire me...

[byob-kenobi.livejournal.com]

Heh. And here I was, feeling all good that I had hit 1,000 words so quickly in mine. *g*

I can't imagine you as an old lady, ever.

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

Dr. Theo advises massive doses of Tai Chi. It will help your balance, your strength and your flexibility....

[umbo.livejournal.com]

It's nice to hear from you--I'm glad things are going well with your story, and sorry about the other stuff!

*smootch*