Busy doctor schedule

[estepheia]

After putting it off for ages (because of financial reasons, time constraints, phobia, and depression-induced indifference) I finally ventured to the dentist this morning. And came back with several appointments. Ack. I need fillings and all kinds of other treatments. I also have 2 appointments with my GB, one with my gynecologiest and one with my opthalmologist. I will try to make appointments with my physiotherapist, so she can massage a few kinks out of my back and legs.

Tidying up seems to be good for us. Right now I have a lot more energy than a few years ago. I hope it lasts. I already started doing some of my Xmas shopping, and I have a few plans what to buy in December, when more money comes in. I also decided to ask the local Walmart for a job. They pay better than my translation work. *sob*

Hubby found a few really dreadful poems which I'd believed lost, which I wrote at the tender age of 18. *shudder* Well, at least one of them is kinda okay.

As for my fanfic writing, I decided that I need to look around for a new beta who is slash-friendly and fast - I can't work without one. Left to my own devices I tinker every story to death. ladycat777 and sangpassionne have other worries and not enough time and since I have bouts of insecurity that make me a high maintanance author, I should try to find someone else who doesn't mind if I suddenly IM her/him with questions. I am not looking for the kind of beta who just finds the spelling mistakes (I finally found the word installation disk so maybe I can dl an English dictionary for my spelling checker now) but a beta who will honestly tell me if something is boring, too flowery or too vague, one who cuts out all the somehows and almosts. One who whittles away what's redundant. :-) Any volunteers?
The projects I need handholding for are Dealing (Ethan/Lindsey), Let's Talk About Sex and a few minor projeccts.

Comments

[timeofchange.livejournal.com]

I haven't a clue of how to beta. I'm still working up the courage to ask someone to read my own work with an editor's eye. Sigh. So all I can offer is sympathy. How old are your kids? I find it's often hard to tease apart depression from the legitimate exhaustion that comes with being a mom, not to mention having to earn a living, do the laundry, pay the bills, do the grocery shopping...and on and on and on. Of course, faced with all of those thankless tasks, depression is actually a sensible response. And add in some dental work on top of that. Grrrr. One of my big regrets at Writercon was not actually being able to spend any time talking with you. I've got a drink with your name on it for the next one!

Legitimate/sensible depression. Yup.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

One of my big regrets at Writercon was not actually being able to spend any time talking with you.
Yeah, I feel the same - I did not get to socialize and talk with enough people. I might have been more sociable and less Teutonically stolid if I had been there with my own money, but since the scholarship fund hat enabled me to come I decided to attend as many panels as possible.
I am still a bit sad that Jaqueline Lichtenberg's workshop ate up so much of my time. It was an interesting workshop, but it would have been nicer to do a variety of things in the same amount of time, you know.

I would help you with your stories, but I have to warn you: I spend little time on niceties...

Oh, I better join the family for breakfast....

*rushes off with a happy wave*