I blame Tumblr

[selenay]

So, last night was an exercise in biting my tongue and not being a bitch to my mother. I know she didn't mean it badly, but she spent a large portion of the supper prep/supper eating/supper clean-up critiquing everything I did. The one that really made me bite my tongue hard was the implied criticism about how I'm managing my work lunches. She made a comment about how my current lunches (soup, muffins, fruit) generate more washing up than my old sandwiches and crisps routine.

Well, yes they probably do. I pointed out that they were more environmentally sustainable than all the plastic wrap and plastic bags that sandwiches and crisps and so on create. Mum then asked whether the water and soap that I was using to wash them was really better than the plastic waste.

Um.

As I had my hands in a bowl of soapy water doing the washing up at the time, I was a bit flummoxed. I'd have had that bowl of water anyway to wash up the rest of the supper stuff - how did my three lunch containers generate extra water waste, particularly as I'm now doing the bowl thing rather than the washing under a running tap thing that she generally does?

Internally I was shouting incoherent gibberish by that stage, having endured an hour of other criticism about my routines and inability to mind-read her needs.

Externally I just muttered something about needing the water/soap anyway and yadda. Argh.

Hopefully once she's got it all out of her system, we'll rub along a bit better. And maybe I was being over-sensitive last night. Otherwise this will be a loooooong six months.



My being tired and over-sensitive due to tiredness may be due to a minor colitis flare. When I was packing to go to England I had a huge pile of meds, vitamins and supplements to carry with me and unfortunately one thing got left behind by mistake. As it's a med that my specialist regularly tries to wean me off, I decided to shrug my shoulders and see how I did without it.

Over the last few days, it's become apparent that I still can't manage without it and thus I'm not feeling as brilliant as I did a couple of weeks ago. Argh.

I've restarted the med but it will probably take a couple of weeks to get me settled again. Until then, I need to put on my happy face and pretend like hell that I don't feel drained and ick and all the rest so I don't worry Mum. Ugh.

This disease sucks.


In more cheerful news...

On Sunday, Mum and I were chatting to a friend at church and the end result is that the three of us are going out for dinner and then Snow White and the Huntsman tonight. My initial "but it wasn't in the plan!" panic subsided by Sunday evening and now I'm really looking forward to it. Particularly as it means nobody has to cook tonight :-D

Tumblr is an evil place because it keeps linking to very cute interview gifs with Kirsten Stewert and Charlize Theron. Normally I'm not a big fan of either. Now I'm crushing hard on both of them. Thank you, Tumblr.

I say it's Tumblr's fault but that's probably inaccurate: after all, I'm the one who figures out who to follow. If my dash is currently filled with Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Avengers cartoons and KStew and Charlize Theron gifs then it's probably my fault completely.

It's easier to blame Tumblr for it, though :-D

Last night I wrote 900 words (ish) of my Big Bang. I suspect that I'll be re-writing all of that before I go forward, but it did give me a better feel for where and how I want that scene to read. So, you know, 900 words are being trashed but it's getting me somewhere so the evening and the words aren't wasted.

Now I just need to figure out the next scene for Sum of Parts. It's a character scene with a small bit of plot advancement. I'm usually much better at thinking through the scenes that are plot-heavy with small bits of character, but stories need a mixture of both. It changed shape three times as I thought about it during my drive home last night and I think that I've settled on who is in the scene and where it is set. I've even combined the functions of two scenes into this one. Now I just need to find the scene opening line and I should be able to write it.

Is it weird that I'm finding it much easier to write using my iPad plus wireless keyboard than my big computer? Even if I've got the desktop on and I'm sitting next to it? I suspect that it's due to lack of distractions or something. Hmm.

Comments

[davidbrider.livejournal.com]

On Sunday, Mum and I were chatting to a friend at church and the end result is that the three of us are going out for dinner and then Snow White and the Huntsman tonight.

Ooh, I'd be interested to know what you make of that - the trailers look interesting, and I've been thinking I'd like to see it.

[wadjet-theperv.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see it for the pretty :o) However, I'm not sure he's quite pretty enough for me to endure KStew...

Do let us all know what you think!