Good morning, good morning

[jadesfire]

I can has sunshine! Thank you so much, Anonymous. That was a lovely present to wake up to this morning, just perfect.

We still have literal sunshine as well, which is quite exciting. May in Oxford is often very good, weather-wise, in order to taunt those revising for exams.

I am disturbingly bouncy this morning, mostly because I got another SIX HOURS' SLEEP. Woo Hoo! If I get 6 hours a night, I'm good to go. It's the less than that that's been killing me. After posting about my torrid affair with the computer last night, I forced myself to break it off and was asleep by the time my other half got in from the church prayer meeting. He must have got in at about 10.30ish, and I vaguely remember mumbling something at him, but not much more than that. I'd even been really evil and left him some washing up, which I felt guilty about, but as I was falling over with tiredness, not that guilty.

So what did I find when I got up this morning?

Not only had he done all the washing up, he'd made my lunch for today, laid out snacks and drinks for me, and put out all the things I'd need for breakfast. It's possible that I teared up a little. Possible. I don't know what I did to deserve him, but it wasn't nearly enough.

I also managed to finish a story last night, and send it off to Z and Chrys for beta. It may be awful, but it's finished, and even if I never post it, I feel like I broke the "my writing's rubbish" phase that I always go through after finishing something big. I got permissions to record more audiofic, and bullied encouraged rustydog to do some more recording, because if I listen to 'Steps' any more times, I'm going to know it by heart. I have a list of things to do today, below, as ever, and damnit if I'm not going to get them done. I'm still tired, but I feel like I'm on the curve towards being human again. My brain is out there somewhere. All I have to do is find it...

Things to do today:

Email typing to person who will give me money for it.

Sort out evening duties

Book tomorrow and Monday week off

Email friend about lunch next Monday

Book a haircut

Find charger for mum's MP3 player

Renew library books

Return library books

Deal with books on desk (ALL OF THEM!!) (ETA: Have done most of them, so that the pile of 'done' is now higher than my head. Yay.)

Put some recipes into SW facebook group

Write something. Anything.

Make decision about torchwood_meta

Send new Big Bang draft for beta

Email friend J

Talk to librarian about the thing I don't want to talk about (IT DOESN'T SOLVE ITSELF IN THE MEANTIME!)

These are mostly fairly little things that I can accomplish easily. This is a good thing, and I shall be crossing them off as I go.

Ooh, and some random links before I go:
John Barrowman and Eve Myles. Pretty, happy pictures (thanks to cyberducks for the link.
Proposals for the 'Angel of the South'. I like the 50 foot high horse. The other half likes the winged satellite dish. I'm not sure either are worth 2 million pounds....
Duck-billed Platypus. The planet's weirdest mammal. Officially! Cute video footage at the site.
Adults with autism to be audited. Worst headline ever, but interesting story. Maybe those of you who know about these things can help me out here: One of the main points of the article is that while children with autism are often known about, provided for etc, adults are not. But weren't the adults with autism once children with autism? Or is this to do with the recent-ness (shush, it's a word) of good autism diagnosis, that the children who were diagnosed aren't yet adults? It just...puzzled me.

Comments

[smtfhw.livejournal.com]

May in Oxford is often very good, weather-wise, in order to taunt those revising for exams.

31 years down the line, I still remember what that was like!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*grin* I'm reminded every year! They're just starting to really look stressed, bless 'em ;)

[mary-russell11.livejournal.com]

can I just say-nice guy you have there...*g* really, if you do figure it out what it was you did to deserve him,please do share you tips with us poor souls who haven't managed it yet*is hopeful*
I've already read that article on Platypus-I'm always surprised to see what wonders we have...and that is one interesting Nature's/God's(choose one according to your beliefs*g*) creation*g*

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Only in recent years have screening programs been developed that identify autism in children during their early years. There are many adults who have it and received a wrong diagnosis or none at all. There are many different levels of severity of the disorder as well, and that can make a diagnosis tricky.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That makes sense, thanks. It just didn't get mentioned in the interviews, as though 'children with autism' are somehow completely separate from 'adults with autism', as though one isn't going to grow into the other. And no-one's asked what provision is being made for those who are identified as children as they grow up. It was one of those pieces that seemed to have a hole in the middle of it...

Thank you!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yay for sunshine- and that's this month's donation thingy so extra yay for that!

What great hubby!

And HURRAY for already getting so many things crossed off your list! That deserves some happy dance time!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Donation?

he is incredibly awesome - I know that I take some looking after, and he's just brilliant. :)

I'm really chuffed actually. Most of the important stuff is done, and I'm off work tomorrow, so I can catch up on some sleep! yay :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

There was a post/message thing about it. "Charity Virtual Gifts (http://www.livejournal.com/shop/charity.bml)" I noticed it on my flist last night.

Sleep is good!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Hooray for sleep and sunshine and a sweet hubby!

Thanks for the link to the Eve/JB photos, they are very happy making. :)

And just echoing the previous comment, severe forms of autism have been recognized for many years, but there are many types of autism-spectrum disorders that haven't been recognized until recently, so you're right - a lot of people who are now adults slipped by undiagnosed or wrongly diagnosed. (And even with children now, labeling seems to change frequently. I've been interested in the subject for several years, but just last month I discovered a new name for a collection of autism-related symptoms.)

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

More fic? *feels guilty about not beta-ing earlier* I shall go through it tonight!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*grin* No rush, seriously. The short one needs a lot of attention, and I've left the new draft of the Big Bang at work, so nothing doing there until Saturday. It's...a process...

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. Then I shall concentrate on the short one. *grin*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I've just been going through the copy Z sent me. Well, once I put my sunglasses on so I could find the text amongst the pink...

*sigh* This could be a process as well... ;)