itesser ink: progress, uncensored

I am peeved that Firefox did not restore my session. I had some good recipes open! (I think)

Before Firefox did not restore my session, I was frustrated because...
1) I'm 20 minutes from Extended Bedtime and 40 minutes passed Normal Bedtime
2) I only finished 4.5 of the 6 things on my ToDo list for today
3) The next two prompts in 3am Epiphany aren't things I can reasonably attempt in 20 minutes (even if it is near the titled 3am)

Soon I will be annoyed because I'm not communicating clearly, or my bread starter is separating, or I'm too excited to fall asleep, or I realize how much miss blogging, or... or... or...

But all those things are minor. I play them up to the audience, saying how angry or frustrated I am with a great big smile and a laugh just under the surface. When I have an emotion other than "good", "fine", "happy", or "utterly depressed" I parade it around like a prize I've won, and marvel at what chaotic turmoil it's causing in my brain. Maybe because those "troubles" are problems I get to solve.

Short, explicit summary: Things are going (very) well.

Some time in the past couple weeks I turned a corner and had a series of... more determinations that epiphanies.

The first behavioral breakthrough was beginning to ask myself "what's the little thing I can do right now to improve the situation?"
Second was planning out cooking way in advance.
Third is very recent: limited ToDo lists. Crossing things off is fun, and by only putting a handful of things on the list, I can accomplish a high percentage and still have time in my day to do other things.

Three (relatively) big things I have going on:
- Signing up to help a local Community Theater for their next production. I volunteered for sets and sound-tech, and expect to start next week, maybe the one after.
- Helping write a historic superhero comic for a friend of Reagan's who lives in the area. I'm still in the early stages. I did a draft of the pilot issue's script and am doing background research.
- Starting a chapbook exchange group! This is possibly the biggest risk, as it's the only project of the three I'm completely in charge of. I set up a facebook group for people to join a small group, put together some recent writing, mail it to the other group members, get (and give) feedback, then start the process all over. I guess it's "workshop: lite". The response I've gotten is thrilling!

(See?! it's already past my late bedtime! and I'm worked up!)

Major event of the past worth mentioning:

Lots. Of. Cooking.
Except for last week (due to a prolonged headache), I cook something new about four times a week. Usually with a recipe.

Today I also cooked cranberry... sauce? relish? chutney? (it did have a dash of curry powder!) and mixed up some pie dough for hand pies with cranberry as the filling. Very tasty with a little cream cheese.

At this very moment I have a yeast bread sponge at my elbow. Tomorrow I'll bake my fourth loaf in the past month, and my second this week. Acquisition of bread flour and a cooking scale really amp up my baking. I'll probably go off the charts when Reagan buys me a stand mixer.

But with all this cooking and baking, I need to redouble my efforts to exercise.


Event of the near future worth mentioning: Next Monday Reagan leave will spend the work week tramping around in the snow, shooting guns and jumping out of helicopters. :(

Actually, I'm just going to pretend he's asleep and the week is an unending night that I can spend being hyper productive. Cabinets? Painted! Boxes? Unpacked! Kitchen island? Assembled! And other such things.


Sigh, blog, you are a bad influence on me. It's 20 past four and my teeth aren't going to brush themselves. I must hasten away, lest Reagan wake up and leave for work before I get a chance to steal his warmth.