Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: sick
  • Music: My head, pounding.

Scraps for a sickly Monday.

1. I am sick, yes, even unto death. It's this stupid cold. I've been fighting it off since I got home from Conclave, and then yesterday, it just walked up behind me, hit me over the back of the head with a plank, rifled through my pockets, and took all my stuff. I spent all of Sunday on the couch, sniffling, drinking orange juice, and watching Criminal Minds. Oh, and sleeping. I slept a lot. I feel better today, but that's like saying I'm happier now that the lizard has been removed from my ear. Still miserable, just less lizard-y.

2. Yes, I am watching Criminal Minds. But as I have now seen the first three episodes of the first season, please don't ask me if I was crushed when character A died in season three. I haven't been able to be crushed yet, and I'd like the opportunity to mourn when I get there.

3. Assuming this cold backs the hell off, I am still going to be at OVFF this coming weekend. If you're waiting for a shirt from me, and are going to be at the convention, please let me know so that I can package your order for hand-delivery. If you don't tell me, clearly, that you'll be there, your shirt will not be coming with me. I don't have the suitcase space for guesses.

4. I am about 4,000 words from the end of Ashes of Honor, which is good, since I expect to receive my Blackout page proofs any day, and need to be able to focus on going through and writing STET a lot. ("STET" is editorial for "no, do not make this change." I use it to argue against people who don't believe in the Oxford comma, and people who try to standardize my use of "Miss" to "Ms.")

5. I am too sick for a list of ten. Now is when I fall on my face and die.

Catch you when I wake up.
Tags: ashes of honor, blackout, con prep, illness, medical fu, requesting things, too much tv, writing
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lauowolf

October 17 2011, 23:32:52 UTC 5 years ago

If it's the same bug I just struggled through, it's only virtue is that is does retreat pretty quickly.
Lots of hot tea to keep it from getting into your throat.
But two out of three of us bounced right back in like three days.
(The third is still coughing a bit, and throaty.)
Crossing fingers for you as the two of three.

lauowolf

October 17 2011, 23:36:57 UTC 5 years ago

ITS virtue not it's.
EEK.
(I can only grovel and explain that I am having to give up coffee and my brain is rotting.)

seanan_mcguire

October 19 2011, 19:05:38 UTC 5 years ago

It's okay. :)