spindizzy | Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Hey sweetpeas! I live! This is very exciting to me. Not much has been happening since I last posted, so let me try to think if I need to update you on anything!

I'm officially not going back into work until September, because I break up for the summer on the 23rd and there's no way work are going to have their return plans sorted by then. Five months off work, woooooo! ... Admittedly three of those I've apparently spent staring into space/Animal Crossing because this timeline is a hellscape, but I'm working on it!

I am back to using my calendar and filling in my diary with things that I need to do, and in news shocking to everyone: I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. It turns out that when I know what I need to be doing and have a plan for it... My brain works better... IT'S ALMOST LIKE THIS IS A REALISATION THAT I HAVE EVERY SINGLE TIME I STOP USING MY DIARY FOR A WHILE.

(I have also set up a dedicated Stationery Shenanigans bag because I got sick of shuffling multiple piles of things across a room whenever I finally got a chance to use my desk. It works! It's just... Large.)

Speaking of getting my shit together: GUESS WHO IS FINALLY BACK ON TRACK WORD COUNT WISE FOR getyourwordsout! I still have a lot to do, but I feel better knowing that I'm ahead on my numbers.
Got a two month prescription for my ADHD meds, picked them up, and then the pharmacist rang me about half an hour later to say that they weren't allowed to prescribe me that many. Except that the mental health team say that they ARE. Soooo something's going on there, and the best guess any of us have is sithe pointing out that the issue literally could just be that we live in a slightly rough part of town. (I'd argue, but I can't get to this pharmacy without going through the red light district, so...)

Fic triage project has started! I have... A lot of WIPs. Like 300 WIPs. My current plan is to go through them in the order of fewest fic to most, and figure out what needs doing to them. It turns out that I have a LOT of drabbles that I can just polish and punt out the door next time drabble_zone has an amnesty week, and I've actually found some fic that I'm willing to just let die! Which is a weird and interesting feeling, because I used to have the hoarder instinct of "I'll get to it EVENTUALLY!" and... Y'know what, I don't think I will go back and finish that Carol fic I started, and that's okay! I can just make like a Disney princess and let it go.

At some point I'm going to need to go through my review drafts as well, but THAT is a problem for future!Susan to sort out!
The Ghost of Hyperfocuses Past has reared its head to say HEY DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH YOU LIKE MAKING STUFFED ANIMALS and the honest answer is "I don't think I like making stuffed animals as much as I like being praised for making stuffed animals, but continue," so if I start making any moves toward crocheting an 8' dragon, stop me okay?