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I am still alive, still recovering from the crunch of the past ~month, but quite a bit happier now it's done. Whew! I'm still waiting to be sent corrections for the 2nd half of Clay 19, but Skip 25, Natsume 9, and Saiun 4 are all in the can. Woot! Skip 26 and Natsume 10 are all that's on my plate right now, and they both have the usual 8 week deadline. Things are looking good! *knocks on wood*
( My abbreviated version of Stumptown )
On Monday, I took almost a whole day off. I read in the sunshine with my cat for almost two hours, and it was lovely. I did do corrections for the first half of Clay, but that was part of relaxing. ^^ IF I am home and don't do some work, guilt and anxiety kick in. (Know thyself, right?) In any case, it was a lovely day of relaxing. I took a half-day of relaxing on Tuesday as well. Neekaneeks and McRuthless came out to my apartment, we hung out and yakked, hit the Thai place next door, then I drove us all to the Japanese grocery store Uwajimaya, where much buying of goodies was had. I found three (English) manga vols I wanted in the 50% off discount bin, drooled over the brand-new Tegami Bachi art book ($50 and shrink-wrapped, all I admired was the cover), and placed an order for Loveless vol 9 in Japanese. (You know I love Loveless, and even before Stuart drop-kicked Tokyopop's North American manga branch out the door, I intended to buy it in Japanese b/c I could find no listing for it in English on any bookseller's site anyway. That's the main reason I began learning Japanese all those years ago.) :P~~~~~
Now I am back to work, and feeling much better than I have for many days. I've returned to running, too. The third day, I could already feel the improvement! Always fun. Hopefully this time it will stick. I'm back to one minute each of jogging and then walking for half an hour. My easiest level, soon to be increasing in intensity and duration. Gotta start somewhere! And work off all that food. Being a stress eater has its price.
I am determined that next year, I will be able to hand out postcards for my manga, make trades for same with others, and pimp my stories to everyone. I want to play, too, damn it! X|
( My abbreviated version of Stumptown )
On Monday, I took almost a whole day off. I read in the sunshine with my cat for almost two hours, and it was lovely. I did do corrections for the first half of Clay, but that was part of relaxing. ^^ IF I am home and don't do some work, guilt and anxiety kick in. (Know thyself, right?) In any case, it was a lovely day of relaxing. I took a half-day of relaxing on Tuesday as well. Neekaneeks and McRuthless came out to my apartment, we hung out and yakked, hit the Thai place next door, then I drove us all to the Japanese grocery store Uwajimaya, where much buying of goodies was had. I found three (English) manga vols I wanted in the 50% off discount bin, drooled over the brand-new Tegami Bachi art book ($50 and shrink-wrapped, all I admired was the cover), and placed an order for Loveless vol 9 in Japanese. (You know I love Loveless, and even before Stuart drop-kicked Tokyopop's North American manga branch out the door, I intended to buy it in Japanese b/c I could find no listing for it in English on any bookseller's site anyway. That's the main reason I began learning Japanese all those years ago.) :P~~~~~
Now I am back to work, and feeling much better than I have for many days. I've returned to running, too. The third day, I could already feel the improvement! Always fun. Hopefully this time it will stick. I'm back to one minute each of jogging and then walking for half an hour. My easiest level, soon to be increasing in intensity and duration. Gotta start somewhere! And work off all that food. Being a stress eater has its price.
I am determined that next year, I will be able to hand out postcards for my manga, make trades for same with others, and pimp my stories to everyone. I want to play, too, damn it! X|
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