Friday, April 27th
Apr. 27th, 2012 02:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexandraerinTHE DAILY REPORT
Had my first 4,000 word day yesterday since the last time I recorded one. I really need to keep the habit of recording my progress even on days that don't seem like great days. As I look at the things that work for me... trying to hit the same artificial expectations all the time has a tendency to weigh me down in the long run, but finding ways of keeping score helps me to stay focused and motivated. For instance, I've had on-time deliveries for main TOMU update since April 11th, so that's 16 days.
My computer screen for my desktop has been doing an annoying/worrying thing where it gets all snowy/jumpy... at first it's just in a few areas of the screen but when it gets to its worst it's the whole screen. It's hard for me to tell when it starts or even how long this has been going on, because it's the kind of thing my vision does to me anyway. I don't know if it's electromagnetic interference or the screen's going bad or the cable's going bad or if it's something with the computer hardware. I've checked the connection. I'm going to try replacing the cable next.
This is a pretty ridiculously large monitor that I was able to get cheaply because it had some small cracks in a corner, and it's lasted two years. And I'm about to be gone for the better part of two months so even if it becomes completely unusable replacing it's not going to be a priority. Still annoying.
STATE OF THE ME
I'm in the midst of a moderate upswing in insomnia, but it's delayed sleep more than no sleep. It's playing hob with my work schedule, more than anything else.
DREAMS FROM LAST NIGHT
I had breakfast at a restaurant in a nice hotel and I paid for it with a debit card. There was some problem with the transaction, but for some reason my server and I kept missing each other (I don't know why, but I kept leaving the table to do things and coming back to it) and we had to communicate with notes. Although I had plenty of cash on me it seemed like getting anybody to accept it was a huge production.
PLANS FOR TODAY
Main mission: finish and post the Tales of MU chapter I've been working on. Got a good start, needs some work. Secondary mission: Finish and send out the small newsletter I've been working on. That will probably actually be done in the wee hours, so I can focus on getting the chapter done during what remains of "normal working hours" and then have social time.
Had my first 4,000 word day yesterday since the last time I recorded one. I really need to keep the habit of recording my progress even on days that don't seem like great days. As I look at the things that work for me... trying to hit the same artificial expectations all the time has a tendency to weigh me down in the long run, but finding ways of keeping score helps me to stay focused and motivated. For instance, I've had on-time deliveries for main TOMU update since April 11th, so that's 16 days.
My computer screen for my desktop has been doing an annoying/worrying thing where it gets all snowy/jumpy... at first it's just in a few areas of the screen but when it gets to its worst it's the whole screen. It's hard for me to tell when it starts or even how long this has been going on, because it's the kind of thing my vision does to me anyway. I don't know if it's electromagnetic interference or the screen's going bad or the cable's going bad or if it's something with the computer hardware. I've checked the connection. I'm going to try replacing the cable next.
This is a pretty ridiculously large monitor that I was able to get cheaply because it had some small cracks in a corner, and it's lasted two years. And I'm about to be gone for the better part of two months so even if it becomes completely unusable replacing it's not going to be a priority. Still annoying.
STATE OF THE ME
I'm in the midst of a moderate upswing in insomnia, but it's delayed sleep more than no sleep. It's playing hob with my work schedule, more than anything else.
DREAMS FROM LAST NIGHT
I had breakfast at a restaurant in a nice hotel and I paid for it with a debit card. There was some problem with the transaction, but for some reason my server and I kept missing each other (I don't know why, but I kept leaving the table to do things and coming back to it) and we had to communicate with notes. Although I had plenty of cash on me it seemed like getting anybody to accept it was a huge production.
PLANS FOR TODAY
Main mission: finish and post the Tales of MU chapter I've been working on. Got a good start, needs some work. Secondary mission: Finish and send out the small newsletter I've been working on. That will probably actually be done in the wee hours, so I can focus on getting the chapter done during what remains of "normal working hours" and then have social time.
Steff
on 2012-04-28 12:51 pm (UTC)Thank you for another superb posting to TOMU. I just reread the last few chapters to assemble in my mind this ongoing thread analyzing Steff's post-traumatic stress disorder. I think you have written a realistic and believable description.
This thread brings up memories of people I cared about and my clumsy attempts to be supportive and empathic to their distress. Even if all we can do is just be there to listen, sometimes that has to be enough.
Re: Steff
on 2012-04-28 03:56 pm (UTC)