Monday...

[fajrdrako]

I meant to go to work today, I really did, and maaseru was sort of urging me to. But Sheila was fulls of warnings last night about not doing too much, not picking up anything that was more than a couple of pounds, taking it easy for fear of the terrible things that might happen to my insides. (Looking nervously at my incisions. Really?)

I woke up exhausted and aching a little, and started feeling anxious about what might happen if I went to work. How much could I do? Would I look like an idiot, showing them what I'm like when half asleep, non-competent, and pretty much useless? I might win points for diligence in turning up, but what use is a non-functioning brain?

I talked myself into going back to sleep instead of going to work... for better or worse.

I met fairestcat for tea at the Bridgehead at Gilmour, bought comics, returned my library books to Alliance Française... where my apologies and explanation of an unexpected hospital stay, in unhalting French, got me out of a fine.

We dropped into After Stonewall, the local gay bookstore. Darien was there, an old friend from the Star Trek club, back when I was first introduced to slash fandom and K/S. She introduced me to a friend of hers, a photographer who had a bag full of swiss chard and carrots from her garden, and who promptly gave me my own bagful of fresh vegetables - taking pity on someone so newly out of the hospital, I guess. I was quite pleased, and promised to go to her photography exhibition, which happens to be next door to the place I work.

I walked home. It was hot and I was tired, but I think that on the whole, the exercise did me good. I visited Lil in the laundry room, then went with her to have a look at maaseru's new computer.

Home, did some cooking for tomorrow because it's fannish night. Chatted on a couple of mailing lists, enjoying myself mightily. An idea for a Vorkosigan novel femslash story came to mind: must write it. (When? Will I be able to before it escapes me? I hope so.)

Feeling much better, in spirits and mental energy, after being tired and low for a couple of days.

Plan to face work tomorrow.