Okay, in addition to all the things struck out on this list from earlier today, I have also sharpened all my kitchen knives, done a small amount in the garden (mostly deadheading, and watering my few pots), washed mud off the dog, filled out nearly all the auto loan application, and done a little tidying/organizing around the house. I'm going away to read a little more, and then go to bed. *thud*

Tomorrow, the super-long day. Teach two classes, then a lunch meeting, then drive down to Other University for the first meeting of the F2F class. OMG I am insane, aren't I? This is only the 1st/2nd week of the semester!

And geez, if Mondays are tough, Wednesdays are going to really bite - from here till the end of term, I'll be leaving the house at about 6:30 am, and not getting home till probably 8 pm. Yikes. It'll be hard on Juno, too, as SO also goes to campus Wednesdays and will be gone from probably 8-8 or so. At least it's only one day a week that it'll be like that.

Okay, laugh, because I have to set up yet another blog for one of my LIS classes. It's going to be under my real name, even, which is going to be super weird as I'm so used to using pseudonyms in a blog context. It's over on Wordpress, which is probably good since with a different interface I will feel differently about it. Now to go scope out the course website in more detail and snag the syllabus...

It's Monday - so emiime and I posted the next installment (chapter 4) of Better the Instruction this morning. *makes puppydog eyes* Is anyone reading this chapter? I know, it's a long chapter, and the fic as a whole has various things that many people find dubious, but... no comments at all after 9 hours? I'm feeling disappointed, irrational though that may be. *sighs* [/selfpity] Oh, well, here's the link:

• Better the Instruction (4/22) [Remus/Sam, Remus solo, Remus/Teddy, warnings]: Remus is a bit concerned about his fantasies, but the lesson on "hands" goes ahead as planned. Here at IJ, and also here at Emi's.

Two of them, last night. A few days ago SO was opening the dishwasher to unload it and a juice glass had shattered on the top rack; I dreamed that it happened again. Standard processing/stress dream, I think.

The other was a bit weirder and suggests that fandom is eating my brain, as I dreamed that snegurochka_lee and I were having a conversation about a fic by florahart; the only thing I now recall is that a character in the fic died in the very last line, which sounds rather un-Flora-ish anyhow.

*ponders on the oddities of the brain*

Not doing the usual big cooking today, as we still have leftover soup and my dad is coming Friday so it's going to be more a catch-as-catch can week, food-wise. I did, however, make apple crisp to use the majority of the apples from the co-op (which are organic, plus I dropped them, so there were quite a few bruises and wormholes both). I also made some homemade instant oatmeal for SO (alisanne, here it is!); it's a little warm yet for oatmeal in the morning, but they keep well and we were totally out. I'm contemplating making biscuits to go with the soup; there will also be green salad.

We walked Juno this morning (and man was it gross - probably only about 80-82, but humid, ugh). I did the shopping (four stores) and also got my hair cut. Need to do some reading for class yet tonight (both one I'm teaching and one I'm taking - classes at Other University start tomorrow). And talk with my parental units, too.

From juniperus again. *g*

( I'm down with this... )

Gacked from juniperus:

( My Hogwarts years... )

Forgot yesterday to mention that I posted a History Boys ficlet (in case anyone's interested besides the two who I know read it!):

• Roundabouts [Dakin/Irwin, adult]: Their real schooldays were never like this. Here at IJ.

All right, it's nearly 10 and I have tons of things to do. I suppose I should get off my butt and do some of them!

Slept fairly late (9:30) and mostly dinked around online in the morning, then spent most of the afternoon finishing the vest for SO - today was his birthday. So I get everything done, topstitch, get the buttonholes made and the buttons on, wrap it up nicely, all that. We have dinner and then he opens it, likes it very much, decides to wear it as we're taking Juno to the dog park, and I realize - I forgot to sew the buckle onto the belt in back. Oh dear. So, I just finished doing that, and now it really is finished and looks very nice.

Going to go finish some transcriptsion and maybe read a little LIS text. Tomorrow, lots of work to do. Also shopping which I didn't do today. Not much cooking, still have some of last week's soup to finish since we ended up going out for burgers last night; I'll probably do some cooking Tuesday instead. No CSA this week as they had a death in the family, but that's okay as I still have last week's peppers and zucchini, and we got sweet onions and apples from the co-op this week (along with bread, eggs, some ground pork, yogurt, and mustard).

Email appears to be working again, yay!

Not, like, tomorrow or anything, but should be next month sometime. Once it gets here from Japan or South Korea or wherever the thing is actually being manufactured.

YAY. This is it, a 2009 Honda Fit, except it'll be silver.

I test-drove the only one they had at the dealer's (a 2008, not a 2009) tonight. Felt fine to me. Might have considered taking the show model except, well, it was red. I can't fancy myself driving a red car for the next 12 or 15 years. Just not me.

So now we need to do paperwork for a loan from our credit union, 'cause yeah, there'll be a loan. But man will I be jazzed to drive something where I'm not worried that it's going to conk out on me randomly fifty miles from home.

*grinning madly* I've never owned a new car. I've only ever owned two cars in my life, both acquired from my mother. The first was 16 years old and about 150 K miles when it died (in Illinois, while I was in the process of moving to Pennsylvania, no less, a terribly awkward moment). The present one is 14 years old and has 170 K miles. So yeah. I'm excited!

Okay, not so excited about the loan, but even if I really really wanted to I'm doubtful I could keep the present car alive long enough to save completely for the new one. And we do tend to keep our cars for a very long time. So it'll be okay.

Signups for hd_holidays ends at midnight Eastern time tonight (Friday) - that would be 9 pm for you west coast types. There is a partial lottery system this year, but the numbers so far have been moderate which means those in the lottery do have quite a good chance of getting in, I understand. (If you've participated at least twice in this fest, you can claim a reserved spot, btw.)

I'm oh, maybe 2/3 or 3/4 of the way finished with a vest for SO's birthday, which is Saturday. I'm at the stage where the lining and outside are all pinned together and need to be sewn. Then it's the nitpicky sewing together of the sides, and finishing (topstitching and buttonholes/buttons). Can I just say that his desire to have real pockets complicates these vests immensely? I use two different patterns to whomp it up. Hopefully will have time tomorrow to finish!

Walked Juno solo this morning, and also picked up our co-op order this afternoon. Gassed up the car. Successfully did 60 pushups (forgot yesterday, oops). Did some LIS reading. About to go do something about dinner... need to check my non-personal email accounts this evening sometime, too. *sighs* And we're not even really fully into the semester yet... although I'd probably feel better if I didn't also have Cramps From Hell and backache. Gah.

Just wanting to send affection to all my friends across the miles today.

Ya know, it would be nice if SO occasionally actually got home at a reasonable hour... or at least when he says he will. Talked to him earlier this evening and he said he'd be back between 8:30 and 9, and it is now 9:40. *rolls eyes* Wait, he just walked in!

( Done dids )

Reposted the drabbles I cowrote with alisanne and r_grayjoy, too. Here at IJ. Various slash pairings in HP, all adult-ish.

Gacked from ravenna_c_tan. And I hereby tag anyone who wants to do it, although I'd be especially keen to hear from emiime, sansa1970, westernredcedar, snegurochka_lee, and svartalfur.

( Cut 'cause it's long )

I survived the first day of class (which anyone who's been reading this blog for a while knows I dread). Ended up coming home rather early as SO had also gone into work, leaving Juno shut into the back half of the house because it was supposed to rain... and he phoned in early afternoon to say that he'd completely forgotten to let her out first to pee. Oops. But she was fine, there were no puddles. And I did manage to get pretty much all this week's prep done before I left.

Oh, and I did the first day of one hundred pushups today. Did a total of 50, in sets. Go me!

Need to transcribe tonight, last Friday's dictation which I never got around to doing on the weekend and therefore could not dictate today in the car. I listened to Free to Be... You and Me instead, which probably also informed the emotions relative to my previous post to some extent. The title song made me actually cry -- they were so hopeful in 1972, and so very little has changed. "There's a land that I see where the children are free, and I say it ain't far to this land from where we are..." It's been much too far already.

Third installment of the collab fic is up!

• Better the Instruction (3/22) [Remus/Teddy, adult, warnings]: Teddy's first lesson teaches him both less and more than he expected. Here at IJ, and also here at Emi's.

Am almost finished with the vest; just need to make the buttonhole and sew on the button. Really want to get that done tonight so I can wear it tomorrow for the first day of classes, along with the pair of trousers I finished a couple of days ago. I haven't gotten any more class prep done over the weekend, but since I have everything ready for tomorrow, it'll be okay.

Did massive amounts of cooking today (part of the time while on the phone with my mom). Oh, CSA report: tomatoes, garlic, many many peppers, lemon thyme, a zucchini, a couple of skinny eggplants, apples, Asian pears (those round crunchy kind). So I made the eggplant-tomato salad again, Moroccan red lentil soup, herb-roasted chicken breasts, herbed oven fries, marjoram potato salad, and garlic chicken (dip boneless skinless breasts in garlic & olive oil, then in breadcrumb-Parmesan mixture, and bake). After all of that we are not going to eat dinner at home anyhow, as SO has talked me into walking to the arts district for pizza shortly (we can bring Juno and sit on their patio, and for a change it's cool enough to be enjoyable).

Had a lovely time with alisanne and r_grayjoy yesterday! We drabbled at Ali's IJ and I will repost the results on the fic comm, um, sometime soon. *fails*

I did post a Narnia gen drabble yesterday:

• Heavy Is the Head [Frank, general]: Being a king isn't all perquisites. Here at IJ.

First, thrihyrne wrote me an adult drabble, untitled, George/Neville/Seamus. Yum. She's so good at imagery and rare pairs trios...

Second, fall_fantasia will start posting in just over two weeks! There was a wide variety in the requests, so I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone's produced for this.