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nanila) wrote2025-11-16 04:49 pm
nanila) wrote2025-11-16 04:49 pm24 hours in Larnaka
When the conference finished in Nicosia, I took the opportunity to give myself a day and night in Larnaka, which is on the beach on the southern side of Cyprus. It's a popular holiday destination for Western Europeans wanting some winter sun, although because it's more northerly than, say, the Canary Islands, it tends to be a bit quieter, especially outside the school holidays.
I picked a hotel on the beach, and was pleasantly surprised to receive an upgrade to a sea view room with a balcony on arrival. It was too early for me to check in when I arrived, so I went to have lunch on the patio and do a bit of work. I cooled off with a small glass of the local beer (Keo). Then I had a long walk along the beachfront promenade, looking for cats.
[Cat eventually located]
As soon as I could access my room, I went up and had a shower, applied sun cream, and went for a swim. Even at 3 PM it had started to cool off significantly - sunset was at 4:45 PM - so I was alone in the pool, and indeed poolside. I did a bunch of slow, lazy laps and got out to soak up the last of the rays. I also popped down to the beach to poke my toes into the sea.
I got changed and went for another stroll, this time in the opposite direction, to enjoy the sunset. The promenade ran for several kilometres in both directions from the hotel, and when it petered out, the compacted sand on the beach made walking easy.
[Big sky, fiery clouds]
[Palm tree silhouettes]
[Night falls]
By the time night had fallen, I was pleasantly worn out. I went to the bar, thought about sitting there, and then remembered I had a balcony. So instead, I ordered a negroni and took it up to my room. I chatted to the family. I listened to the howling of the cats. Everything went very quiet around 8:30 PM. It was too early to go to bed, tempting though it was, so I did some writing with old episodes of “House” on in the background before turning in. I set my alarm so I wouldn't miss the sunrise, which was at 6:13 AM.
[Sunrise from the balcony]
Very glad I didn't miss the sunrise.
[The sun emerges]
I made myself a small strong espresso and changed for breakfast. I turned up as soon as it opened (07:00) and sat outside to eat. I got chatting to another solo woman traveller, who recommended a walking holiday in northern Cyprus to me the next time I had time to myself (“probably not for the children at this stage, my dear”). She supposed I could bring the husband if I really wanted, but in her opinion I'd enjoy it more on my own. I couldn't laugh. She genuinely meant that.
[Breakfast!]
Still chuckling, I went upstairs to change into something less roasting and had another walk toward the east, the direction I thought gave me the best chance of finding some shells. The beach was mostly claggy sand and pebbles, but I did spot a few.
[Meow.]
I changed into my costume when I got back and went down to the sea for a swim. The tide was out and it was possible to walk nearly all the way to the breakwater without being deeper than my chest. I'm not tall. I walked out, had a little paddle around looking at the fish in the crystal clear water, and swam back to the promenade. I sat on a sunbed and enjoyed drying off in the breeze and the sun. Then I went to the pool. Again there was no one in it because it hadn't warmed up yet, so I had a long, slightly more vigorous swim and then sunned myself again.
I knew it must be getting close to checkout time so I went up to shower and attempt to prevent my hair turning into straw after all the soakings. I mostly succeeded, and was pleased I'd succeeded in not getting burnt either.
I chatted with the family, who were eating a late breakfast of dippy eggs. Keiki was excited about his rugby match. Humuhumu was being a teenage potato. Nevertheless we had a nice chat until was time for me to head downstairs, have lunch, and start the long journey home.
I caught the sunset in the airport, sprinting across the terminal to take a photo before boarding the plane.
Due to various delays, I didn’t arrive home until well after midnight, so technically Monday morning. Nevertheless I had to get up six hour later and go to work. Astro here accurately reflects the amount of sympathy I got from the family about this.
[Astro at home amongst the carnivorous plants and prickly cacti]
I picked a hotel on the beach, and was pleasantly surprised to receive an upgrade to a sea view room with a balcony on arrival. It was too early for me to check in when I arrived, so I went to have lunch on the patio and do a bit of work. I cooled off with a small glass of the local beer (Keo). Then I had a long walk along the beachfront promenade, looking for cats.
[Cat eventually located]
As soon as I could access my room, I went up and had a shower, applied sun cream, and went for a swim. Even at 3 PM it had started to cool off significantly - sunset was at 4:45 PM - so I was alone in the pool, and indeed poolside. I did a bunch of slow, lazy laps and got out to soak up the last of the rays. I also popped down to the beach to poke my toes into the sea.
I got changed and went for another stroll, this time in the opposite direction, to enjoy the sunset. The promenade ran for several kilometres in both directions from the hotel, and when it petered out, the compacted sand on the beach made walking easy.
[Big sky, fiery clouds]
[Palm tree silhouettes]
[Night falls]
By the time night had fallen, I was pleasantly worn out. I went to the bar, thought about sitting there, and then remembered I had a balcony. So instead, I ordered a negroni and took it up to my room. I chatted to the family. I listened to the howling of the cats. Everything went very quiet around 8:30 PM. It was too early to go to bed, tempting though it was, so I did some writing with old episodes of “House” on in the background before turning in. I set my alarm so I wouldn't miss the sunrise, which was at 6:13 AM.
[Sunrise from the balcony]
Very glad I didn't miss the sunrise.
[The sun emerges]
I made myself a small strong espresso and changed for breakfast. I turned up as soon as it opened (07:00) and sat outside to eat. I got chatting to another solo woman traveller, who recommended a walking holiday in northern Cyprus to me the next time I had time to myself (“probably not for the children at this stage, my dear”). She supposed I could bring the husband if I really wanted, but in her opinion I'd enjoy it more on my own. I couldn't laugh. She genuinely meant that.
[Breakfast!]
Still chuckling, I went upstairs to change into something less roasting and had another walk toward the east, the direction I thought gave me the best chance of finding some shells. The beach was mostly claggy sand and pebbles, but I did spot a few.
[Meow.]
I changed into my costume when I got back and went down to the sea for a swim. The tide was out and it was possible to walk nearly all the way to the breakwater without being deeper than my chest. I'm not tall. I walked out, had a little paddle around looking at the fish in the crystal clear water, and swam back to the promenade. I sat on a sunbed and enjoyed drying off in the breeze and the sun. Then I went to the pool. Again there was no one in it because it hadn't warmed up yet, so I had a long, slightly more vigorous swim and then sunned myself again.
I knew it must be getting close to checkout time so I went up to shower and attempt to prevent my hair turning into straw after all the soakings. I mostly succeeded, and was pleased I'd succeeded in not getting burnt either.
I chatted with the family, who were eating a late breakfast of dippy eggs. Keiki was excited about his rugby match. Humuhumu was being a teenage potato. Nevertheless we had a nice chat until was time for me to head downstairs, have lunch, and start the long journey home.
I caught the sunset in the airport, sprinting across the terminal to take a photo before boarding the plane.
Due to various delays, I didn’t arrive home until well after midnight, so technically Monday morning. Nevertheless I had to get up six hour later and go to work. Astro here accurately reflects the amount of sympathy I got from the family about this.
[Astro at home amongst the carnivorous plants and prickly cacti]
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holiday_wishes2025-11-16 04:36 pm
summerstorm) wrote in holiday_wishes2025-11-16 04:36 pmEntry tags:
- 1 - regions: europe,
- 2 - countries: spain,
- 3 - usernames: s,
- 5 - week 1: november 15-21,
- amazon wishlists,
- arts and crafts supplies,
- birthdays,
- drawings and fanart,
- electronics,
- external wishlist,
- gift certificates and cards,
- housewares,
- stationery and stickers,
- subscriptions and memberships,
- video and computer games
with the gales of November remembered
[1] Friends on Bluesky (kivrin) or on Finch (LWQMXDV9J5), which I just got but am really liking.
[2] Art of my ttrpg OCs. I've asked for this every year since I started playing (ie. since I got on bupropion) and had someone draw one for me the first year, then decide I'd asked for too much and fully abandon the project (and bar me from using the existing artwork). I'm still not sure how much of that was my fault, but I'd love a do-over, especially if you're an artist who is willing to tell me exactly how much is "too much" to ask for, and let me backtrack if I've actually gone overboard.
[3] Stickers for my planner! I've been decorating my planner every week all year and it helps so much. Since stickers can just go in a standard envelope, I would assume you can send them from anywhere without incurring custom fees as long as it's not something that's declared on the envelope. I like floral stuff and sort of stylized things, with a white or transparent background if possible. These are some examples of what I mean .
[4] Hire me? I would love some editing work, particularly anything related to TTRPG writing -- modules, homebrew, etc. I have a couple of offers on my Ko-Fi, but I truly don't even know where to start. I would also be thrilled to design printables for spell cards, condition cards, item cards, character sheets, etc. for a low price -- I keep meaning to design them and sell them, but I have a really hard time getting myself to do it without specifics or someone waiting on them.
In the same vein, I've been meaning to try making a dice bag; if anyone wants to sort of pre-buy one, that would be amazing.
[5] Anything from my Amazon.es wishlist, or
[6] gift cards to Amazon.es, the PlayStation store, or UberEats. I haven't had takeout since my birthday last year.
And I will specify two things from the wishlist:
[7]A planner for next year. I have a day view and a week view on there because I can't choose one, not because I want both, and I'm willing to let a stranger pick between them for me. I bought it.
[8] This is partly a pipe dream, partly a request for contributions so I can perhaps buy it myself on Black Friday. I am dying for a PS5. I want to play the games my friends are playing, and they insist on not releasing them for PS4, and it sucks. I have a little bit of money set aside for this, but not enough to buy it without feeling incredibly guilty about it. So if you're willing to contribute anything from 5 bucks to the whole thing, my Paypal is battlesinthemorning@gmail.com (or you can send money through paypal.me) and I can share my Wise account details as well in private messages.
[9] A year subscription on the lowest tier to DNDBeyond. I am currently juggling three accounts with six characters each and it is a mess. It works though, so this isn't super high priority.
I'm happy to answer any questions, and also to give out my address via PM for either stickers or if you want to buy me something off not-Amazon (eg. Kokonote has its own website).
Thank you so much for reading, and happy holidays!
[2] Art of my ttrpg OCs. I've asked for this every year since I started playing (ie. since I got on bupropion) and had someone draw one for me the first year, then decide I'd asked for too much and fully abandon the project (and bar me from using the existing artwork). I'm still not sure how much of that was my fault, but I'd love a do-over, especially if you're an artist who is willing to tell me exactly how much is "too much" to ask for, and let me backtrack if I've actually gone overboard.
[3] Stickers for my planner! I've been decorating my planner every week all year and it helps so much. Since stickers can just go in a standard envelope, I would assume you can send them from anywhere without incurring custom fees as long as it's not something that's declared on the envelope. I like floral stuff and sort of stylized things, with a white or transparent background if possible. These are some examples of what I mean .
[4] Hire me? I would love some editing work, particularly anything related to TTRPG writing -- modules, homebrew, etc. I have a couple of offers on my Ko-Fi, but I truly don't even know where to start. I would also be thrilled to design printables for spell cards, condition cards, item cards, character sheets, etc. for a low price -- I keep meaning to design them and sell them, but I have a really hard time getting myself to do it without specifics or someone waiting on them.
In the same vein, I've been meaning to try making a dice bag; if anyone wants to sort of pre-buy one, that would be amazing.
[5] Anything from my Amazon.es wishlist, or
[6] gift cards to Amazon.es, the PlayStation store, or UberEats. I haven't had takeout since my birthday last year.
And I will specify two things from the wishlist:
[7]
[8] This is partly a pipe dream, partly a request for contributions so I can perhaps buy it myself on Black Friday. I am dying for a PS5. I want to play the games my friends are playing, and they insist on not releasing them for PS4, and it sucks. I have a little bit of money set aside for this, but not enough to buy it without feeling incredibly guilty about it. So if you're willing to contribute anything from 5 bucks to the whole thing, my Paypal is battlesinthemorning@gmail.com (or you can send money through paypal.me) and I can share my Wise account details as well in private messages.
[9] A year subscription on the lowest tier to DNDBeyond. I am currently juggling three accounts with six characters each and it is a mess. It works though, so this isn't super high priority.
I'm happy to answer any questions, and also to give out my address via PM for either stickers or if you want to buy me something off not-Amazon (eg. Kokonote has its own website).
Thank you so much for reading, and happy holidays!
musekicker (musekicker) wrote in holiday_wishes2025-11-16 10:10 am
musekicker) wrote in holiday_wishes2025-11-16 10:10 amHappy holidays all!
Happy holidays everyone. Another year, another holiday wishes. I do enjoy this group each year. I feel like it represents the best out of everyone.
Now about my list this year. I know things are well... they are very rough all around right now. So with that in mind for my list I'm focusing on mostly free things. And nothing that needs to be shipped.
The list will be short because of that. But that's more then fine with me.
In any case, the list.
1. Fanart for any of my fan fics. I'm really leaning into Monkey Wrench fics right now but any of my fics with art based off them would be great. Link to my ao3 https://archiveofourown.org/users/wonderminterplus
2. Fan fic , again feeling Monkey Wrench the most. And love Shrike/Beebs as a sweet ship. Fic based off any of my fics at ao3 would be adored.
3. The one money involved wish. Please donate to your local food kitchen.
4. Comment on more fic or art. Not just mine, but anyone whose works you love. Trust me, a nice comment makes a artist or writers day.
5. Do something nice for someone. Doesn't have to be big. Like, holding open the door for someone fulfills this. You would be surprised how much tiny things like that can help someone sometimes.
6. Watch some indie projects. If you are a animation fan, may I suggest a few shows such as "Monkey Wrench", "Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs" or "Knights of Guinevere. Please let me know what you think if you watch.
7. You have any ocs? I'd love to hear about them. I love ocs.
And that's it this year. Thank you all in advance. This event in general is just so sweet and needed in days like this.
Now to go look around at lists to see if I can make someones day.
maju (maju) wrote2025-11-16 11:35 am
maju) wrote2025-11-16 11:35 am(no subject)
Yesterday was a relaxed day but the girls kept me occupied for most of it, although I did get in a good walk in the morning while they were watching a show. Then I had another brisk walk with Eden because she wanted to go to the school playground and she also wanted to show me how fast she can walk. (Very fast.)
This morning I managed to go for a run (again, while they were watching a show); I keep thinking the weather is going to turn wintry and stay that way and I won't want to run for a few weeks, but then along comes a very mild day like today (about 54F/12C) and I am energised to run while it lasts.
While I was out running this morning I saw some kids walking along the street in a couple of straggly groups; one of them was pulling a red wagon which looked very familiar, and when I got closer she waved at me and I realised it was Violet pulling the red wagon which used to belong to S and me. (My daughter brought it back here on one of her visits to my place in the past year.) Violet was out with some other cub scouts delivering leaflets about food collection to all the houses in the neighbourhood. Her cub scout group is supposedly coed, but she and Eden have always been the only girls in the pack, and now she is the only girl because Eden (and now Aria) are in a younger group. Violet seems perfectly happy being the only girl, but she is about to graduate to an older group which is only girls.
This morning I managed to go for a run (again, while they were watching a show); I keep thinking the weather is going to turn wintry and stay that way and I won't want to run for a few weeks, but then along comes a very mild day like today (about 54F/12C) and I am energised to run while it lasts.
While I was out running this morning I saw some kids walking along the street in a couple of straggly groups; one of them was pulling a red wagon which looked very familiar, and when I got closer she waved at me and I realised it was Violet pulling the red wagon which used to belong to S and me. (My daughter brought it back here on one of her visits to my place in the past year.) Violet was out with some other cub scouts delivering leaflets about food collection to all the houses in the neighbourhood. Her cub scout group is supposedly coed, but she and Eden have always been the only girls in the pack, and now she is the only girl because Eden (and now Aria) are in a younger group. Violet seems perfectly happy being the only girl, but she is about to graduate to an older group which is only girls.
Susan Dennis (susandennis) wrote2025-11-16 07:41 am
susandennis) wrote2025-11-16 07:41 amCha Cha Cha changes!!
Libby is the app that the library uses to loan ebooks and audiobooks. For years now, Libby and it's predecessor had three+ choices when the book you had requested became available. You could check it out. You could say no thank you and let it go OR you could extend the hold for a week, a month, a few months... pick a date. Then you just waited until it became available again.
This was not ideal. Most often when you were ready to read the book, it was not ready for you and vice versa. But, now they have changed the playing field. You can no longer pick the amount of time. Now your only option is 'suspend the hold'. This might work better but it does mean you have to go in and do stuff when you are ready to read the book and, when you are ready, the book might not be. It's ok really. Having audiobooks available from the library is just the greatest thing ever so I'm totally willing to try their new scheme.
But also other changes.
I was always amused, in the corporate world, to watch the managerial schematics. They would decide that consolidation was the tickets and reswizzle smaller groups into bigger ones. Then, after a few years, it was Divide and Conquer and they'd divide up all those bigger groups into smaller ones. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I was reminded of this last night. When I first moved off of cable, I tried consolidated TV situation - YouTube TV, Fubo, DirectTV. The last two were because they carried Mariners baseball. But, they also carried a shitload of other TV plus live TV. The I killed them all and went with the apps. Paramount + for CBS, etc. Peacock for NBC, Hulu for Fox and ABC, and a handful of others. I even tried Hulu Live (which sucked). Now, as it happens, a lot of my app services are coming to the end of subscriptions. I have been tracking and thinking about this for a while. It's not entirely a money issue. It's also an ease of watching and keeping track of what I've watched issue and news. I tried living without watching news for a while and didn't like that. I tried appointment news - watching when it aired. And didn't like that. About the time I decided to try YouTube.TV again, they got into a pissing match with ABC and a bunch of other networks. So I shelved the project.
But, last night, everyone kissed and made up and I signed up for YouTube.TV again. I killed it more than 3 years ago but it still had my settings! So setting up the rest was not a big deal. Now I have a host of things to watch now instead of Christmas shit. Food Network, PBS, (I'm caught up on Masterpiece but not the rest), Nat Geo, HGTV, Law and Order Toronto! I'm excited.
Wonder how long it will take me to decide this is way more than I need and I should just watch what I want via the individual apps. hahahaha
I just got an email from my insurance company (United Health Care). It's about the 12th one telling me that things will change with Medicare in 2026. This time it was about drugs. 'Check how the changes will affect you.' So I clicked on the link and while it loaded, I got the names of my drugs ready to copy. But, lo!, the link was to my account and they filled in my drugs and the changes is... drumroll, please, my drugs cost me $0 last year. And next year? My drugs will cost me $0. I can live with that change.
I did laundry yesterday so today I will just be knitting and watching TV and maybe puzzling. But first, a swim.
This was not ideal. Most often when you were ready to read the book, it was not ready for you and vice versa. But, now they have changed the playing field. You can no longer pick the amount of time. Now your only option is 'suspend the hold'. This might work better but it does mean you have to go in and do stuff when you are ready to read the book and, when you are ready, the book might not be. It's ok really. Having audiobooks available from the library is just the greatest thing ever so I'm totally willing to try their new scheme.
But also other changes.
I was always amused, in the corporate world, to watch the managerial schematics. They would decide that consolidation was the tickets and reswizzle smaller groups into bigger ones. Then, after a few years, it was Divide and Conquer and they'd divide up all those bigger groups into smaller ones. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I was reminded of this last night. When I first moved off of cable, I tried consolidated TV situation - YouTube TV, Fubo, DirectTV. The last two were because they carried Mariners baseball. But, they also carried a shitload of other TV plus live TV. The I killed them all and went with the apps. Paramount + for CBS, etc. Peacock for NBC, Hulu for Fox and ABC, and a handful of others. I even tried Hulu Live (which sucked). Now, as it happens, a lot of my app services are coming to the end of subscriptions. I have been tracking and thinking about this for a while. It's not entirely a money issue. It's also an ease of watching and keeping track of what I've watched issue and news. I tried living without watching news for a while and didn't like that. I tried appointment news - watching when it aired. And didn't like that. About the time I decided to try YouTube.TV again, they got into a pissing match with ABC and a bunch of other networks. So I shelved the project.
But, last night, everyone kissed and made up and I signed up for YouTube.TV again. I killed it more than 3 years ago but it still had my settings! So setting up the rest was not a big deal. Now I have a host of things to watch now instead of Christmas shit. Food Network, PBS, (I'm caught up on Masterpiece but not the rest), Nat Geo, HGTV, Law and Order Toronto! I'm excited.
Wonder how long it will take me to decide this is way more than I need and I should just watch what I want via the individual apps. hahahaha
I just got an email from my insurance company (United Health Care). It's about the 12th one telling me that things will change with Medicare in 2026. This time it was about drugs. 'Check how the changes will affect you.' So I clicked on the link and while it loaded, I got the names of my drugs ready to copy. But, lo!, the link was to my account and they filled in my drugs and the changes is... drumroll, please, my drugs cost me $0 last year. And next year? My drugs will cost me $0. I can live with that change.
I did laundry yesterday so today I will just be knitting and watching TV and maybe puzzling. But first, a swim.
Every Day Above Ground (mallorys_camera) wrote2025-11-16 08:02 am
mallorys_camera) wrote2025-11-16 08:02 amQuotidian
Shortly, I must toddle off to wildest, wooliest Walker Valley because twice a year, the Shawangunk Dems volunteer to pick up garbage along Highway 52.
I am not looking forward to it: Evidently, I wore the wrong shoes tromping yesterday because I woke up in the middle of the night with shin splints and am insufficiently rested this morning.
Beyond that, naught much to report.
I Remunerated (though, of course, never enough.)
I started reading The Great Believers, an epic novel about the AIDS pandemic. The novel is excellent and, moreover, written in a style that is so outside my personal stylebook, I won't find myself unconsciously plagiarizing from it. (That is an issue for me. Even in my dotage, I have an excellent memory for words, and quite often, I can't remember whether I wrote a sentence, or somebody else did.)
In the evening, I went vox with Ichabod who is getting a promotion in the PD universe which will allow him to defend people facing life sentences. The promotion comes with a hefty raise!
And for once, the kiskas are getting along and acting adorable.
selenak (selenak) wrote2025-11-16 01:59 pm
selenak) wrote2025-11-16 01:59 pm
Entry tags:
Pluribus 1.03
An episode that felt a bit like it was (stylishly) treading water, but in its last ten minutes did make up for it.
( Spoilers somehow have never watched a single episode of Golden Girls… )
( Spoilers somehow have never watched a single episode of Golden Girls… )
jazzyjj (jazzyjj) wrote in awesomeers2025-11-16 06:45 am
jazzyjj) wrote in awesomeers2025-11-16 06:45 amEntry tags:
Just one thing: 16 November 2025
It's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!
Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!
Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
mific (mific) wrote in stargateficrec2025-11-17 01:19 am
mific) wrote in stargateficrec2025-11-17 01:19 amPlans Change (by Goddess47) (Teen)
Shows: SGA
Rec Category: Apocafic
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: M/M
Words: 950
Warnings: From the Author: It's an apocalypse, stuff happens you know! (but no AO3-type warnings apply, kind of)
Author on DW:goddess47
Author's Website: Goddess47 on AO3
Link: Plans Change on LJ, and backup on Wayback
Why This Must Be Read: In a last-ditch effort, John readies himself to pilot the evacuated city, self-destruct ticking down, into a Wraith fleet massing to leave Pegasus and invade Earth. Only to discover that for this suicide run, he's not alone. A romantic apocafic with a hopeful ending!
( snippet of the fic under here )
Rec Category: Apocafic
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: M/M
Words: 950
Warnings: From the Author: It's an apocalypse, stuff happens you know! (but no AO3-type warnings apply, kind of)
Author on DW:
goddess47Author's Website: Goddess47 on AO3
Link: Plans Change on LJ, and backup on Wayback
Why This Must Be Read: In a last-ditch effort, John readies himself to pilot the evacuated city, self-destruct ticking down, into a Wraith fleet massing to leave Pegasus and invade Earth. Only to discover that for this suicide run, he's not alone. A romantic apocafic with a hopeful ending!
( snippet of the fic under here )
it only hurts when i breathe (spikedluv) wrote2025-11-16 07:14 am
spikedluv) wrote2025-11-16 07:14 amEntry tags:
The Day in Spikedluv (Saturday, Nov 15)
I hit Price Chopper and the bakery while I was downtown. I did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, made egg salad, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, baked chicken for the dogs’ meals, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter.
For funsies, I watched Matlock, Mistletoe Mysteries, and some HGTV programs. Dr. Pol was once again my background tv later in the evening.
Temps started out at 32.5 when we got up, but had reached 24.8(F) before I left the house. (Temps dropped over 7 degrees in an hour and a half!) Just watching the temp drop made me cold. It eventually reached 44.8 that I saw before going down to visit mom, but Pip said it hit 50. Rain came in late afternoon, it got really heavy (Pip said there was an inch in the rain gauge, but given how hard it was coming down I thought there’d be more) and there was thunder and lightning, which we didn’t expect.
There was one blast of thunder that must’ve been right above us because it was so loud it sent Midnight, who’d been sleeping in his bed under a blanket, shooting out of there like a bullet. He stood on the bed (his bed is on our bed during the day) looking all confused and wary, like, wtf was that?!! It was followed by the brightest bolt of lightning, which lit up the bedroom through the drawn shades. Thankfully it moved away after that.
Mom Update:
Mom looked good today, which was nice. ( more back here )
For funsies, I watched Matlock, Mistletoe Mysteries, and some HGTV programs. Dr. Pol was once again my background tv later in the evening.
Temps started out at 32.5 when we got up, but had reached 24.8(F) before I left the house. (Temps dropped over 7 degrees in an hour and a half!) Just watching the temp drop made me cold. It eventually reached 44.8 that I saw before going down to visit mom, but Pip said it hit 50. Rain came in late afternoon, it got really heavy (Pip said there was an inch in the rain gauge, but given how hard it was coming down I thought there’d be more) and there was thunder and lightning, which we didn’t expect.
There was one blast of thunder that must’ve been right above us because it was so loud it sent Midnight, who’d been sleeping in his bed under a blanket, shooting out of there like a bullet. He stood on the bed (his bed is on our bed during the day) looking all confused and wary, like, wtf was that?!! It was followed by the brightest bolt of lightning, which lit up the bedroom through the drawn shades. Thankfully it moved away after that.
Mom Update:
Mom looked good today, which was nice. ( more back here )
paranoidangel (paranoidangel) wrote in tardis_festivities2025-11-16 12:11 pm
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