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[mistressofmuses]

Feeling maybe a bit better. The sore throat is mostly gone, at least. I am absolutely exhausted, though, so I think it's going to be another lazy evening/early night.

I did manage to get a little over 600 words last night, so that feels better than the last week of getting nothing written at all.

The snow started here - nearly a whiteout while I was at work. Couldn't see past the edge of the parking lot. It's not quite as heavy now, but it is still coming down. We'll see how much we get. Definitely thinking a lot about my friends in other parts of the country, especially down in Texas.

Now I'm trying to decide how productive I'm going to push myself to be for my "weekend." I kind of want to take it easy, but at the same time, I don't want to waste it doing nothing. I guess it depends how I'm feeling.

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[mistressofmuses]

This cold is super stupid. I hate it because it's so damn *annoying*. I hate it making everything harder. *hug*

I'm glad that you're surviving, but this whole damn thing has been such a fucking disaster by every metric. It *is* a disaster, but the handling of it by anyone in any position of power has been equally disastrous. I've seen the stuff about the price gouging, and that's insult-to-injury-infuriating.

Thanks! Mostly the horses wind up stored in a box afterwards, haha. Or maybe stuck on a shelf somewhere if there's space. There are model horse shows, where people "compete" their models based on how well the sculpt and paint jobs fit a certain breed. It's objectively silly, the way a lot of hobbies are, haha, but can be fun. My stuff isn't of the kind of quality to be competitive for that (the best custom artists out there make shit that looks like a real damn horse, lol.)

2000 words is fantastic! Congratulations! Having such unpredictable power is awful, so I'm so glad you had a chance to work on some!

[scarlipswolfwife]

I will say that that's something I've appreciated about getting the flu shot the last three years -- I haven't gotten colds or the typical Texas sinus crud that I usually got at least twice a year. I am a little nervous about getting the second dose of the Covid vaccine (I mean, I'm gonna do it, no doubt) because a lot of people are feeling crummy after it with fever and chills and aches. Blech. But I'll deal with it because it will be preferred to getting actual Covid.

This is a ridiculous disaster that is bringing Republican failure and greed to a lot of people's attention (as if most of us didn't already know about it?), and I swear, if this doesn't wake up people like my brother and his wife then nothing will, and I'm done with them. I mean, the three of us survived, and Kathy's 67. Joe's younger than Kathy, and Linda's a year or two older, but they both have massive health problems. Joe doesn't have a breathing machine that keeps him alive, but he does have a CPAP to help him keep breathing while he sleeps (as in he's got that thing where he snores and occasionally will stop breathing for a second before starting again? Can't remember what it's called). A lot of people are really pissed off at the politicians...for now. I hope that rage sticks around so that we can make appropriate changes. Of course, I'm hoping to be out of Texas before the next senate election, but we should still be here for the next governor's one. I'd like to see Abbott out on his ass.

Well, if you're having fun with it, that's pretty cool. We all have our hobbies and creative outlets. I do need to go through all my jewelry-making supplies, though, and get rid of most of it. I'm sending it all out to other people who'll get a use out of it, but I'm not going to do the jewelry crafts anymore.

Thanks! I'm hoping to get more writing done tonight. I hope you feel better and can get writing done that you want to do!