Sep. 27th, 2012

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Sleep is such a good invention. Last night I dreamed three really appalling fantasy novels, plus the introduction to my workshop tomorrow. My workshop now has three parts (for I often forget introductions until the last minute) and all I need to do is note them so that none go missing.

I worked quite late last night and managed to diminish my list of impossibilities a bit., I did half the things I had intended and a third of the new arrivals. It could be worse, but today will still be challenging.

At the end of today I have friends arriving for the weekend. No-one appears to be staying with me at this stag, which is a bit of a surprise. it's all about dinners and drinks and panels.

Right now I'm declaring a race. I have five minutes before I make a big pot of coffee. Between now and the coffee I must finish three small tasks. Once the coffee is in front of me, I have until it runs out to finish three bigger tasks. If I can do all this, then the sky is my limit. Or I may get dressed (as my reward). If I can be seriously caught up by lunchtime, I'm allowed a special treat when I run my messages* in the early afternoon.


*One of the things that happened was another set of messages, even though I've run three sets already this week. They're ten-minute--with-car and an hour or so on foot, but will get me walking, which is a good thing.
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My brain has melted. Again.

One of the big jobs I was expecting to tackle this weekend has been postponed for lots of not-good reasons. This means that tomorrow is more straightforward, but I wish it had not happened in this way. I'm waiting to see what can happen and etc. As usual, lots of etc. It's not my life being complicated this time - it's someone else's.

My life is full of edits. I have two paragraphs that WILL NOT BEHAVE. They looked fine two days ago, but now I don't like them. When I like them again, I am meeting Janeen at Koko Black. This is a reward worth striving for. Also, meeting Janeen keeps me honest in my editing, for she is more careful about style and intent even than I am. If I want to look her in the eyes and smile, then I need to do a good job.

My morning was mainly spent on emails and forms, for we're up to that stage of the PhD. Examination looms...

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