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Today was supposed to be a library day, but it's turned into a recovery day, instead. I've listed all the essential work that must be done by Monday else I won't catch up with myself, and I've done 15 minutes housework (just a little more of the sorting out that seems to be happening. I did five minutes too much for the allergic reaction was a little too big, which is what pushed today into a recovery day. I keep forgetting the limits of my body. You'd think that was one thing that would develop over time!

I didn't talk yesterday about what happens after these community consultations. I've handled that end of it, too, way back in when I was on the Management Skills Secretariat, so if anyone is interested in the next step, just say.

Now it's coffee time, and time to tackle the first thing on my list. Once my big list is done, I'm all caught up and ready for the next round of teaching.

My Latin class has enough takers and I only need one more person for my world-building class to happen. This coming term might be busy!!

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I'm in the Middle Ages (again) and I had a sudden desire to change this phrase:
ars dictaminis, the art of writing letters, dating from the eleventh century
to this phrase:
ars dictaminis, the art of writing letters dating from the eleventh century
which would turn me from an historian to a fiction writer, through the simple removal of a comma.

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I have brought together all my notes for Chapter Six of the dissertation. My next step is to sort them.

The problem is that there are so very many notes. I know how many words I have and I know how many ideas I'm allowed and, you know, if I wanted to write another three chapters, I'd have about the right number of notes.

This weekend could be a little challenging in spots as I try to sort out the mess that is having over-researched. It's probably not as much of a mess as I think right now. It's probably just that the stack of notes is so very much higher than it ought to be. I'm hoping that there's a lot of repetition and that my once-clear ideas will return and sort those notes for me.

The sorting is the crucial bit. I did a lot of my thinking while note-taking, so if I can get them sorted properly, then the first draft will go quickly. Still. How on earth did I develop so very much paper?

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I'm so pleased with myself. I've sorted all my notes for Chapter Six into 12 stacks, each with a heading. I had the stacks earlier, so this isn't quite as impressive as it sounds. Nor is it why I'm so pleased with myself. I'm pleased with myself because I found a note that says: "The relationship between a drive for interoperability and the need for a funding platform" and then "Handmade 19th century" - yes, I was talking about handmade materials as permitting interoperability. It has nothing to do with any of my research and was a last gift from the Great Note Rearrangement. So I gift it to all of you, with love.