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My head hasn't improved much since yesterday, so my awesome has been rather low-key today. But one of the things I've done is not beat myself up for not being 100%. My head is full of grey storm-clouds at the moment. They'll pass when they pass, and there's no point shaking my fist at them. I've put my umbrella up and am waiting it out, as well as stretching this metaphor to breaking point :)

I have also been awesome because I've cooked food for 4 of the 5 meals we're having this week, and have beta'd a story for Z. Oh, and I've hoovered and done laundry and more washing up than I care to think about. All very domestic and all very necessary.

I hope to get my writing brain back at some point, because having so many things to finish is driving me mad. Madder. Whatever. But I'm determined not to stress about them. They'll get written when they get written. No sense worrying at them for now.

So it's been a very gentle kind of awesome today, but awesome nonetheless. What about you guys?

Today I am awesome because I a)got out of bed, b)came to work and c)stamped about a metre's worth of books. That last one takes about 2 hours *stretches arms* But I did it, and I'm now going home. Once I've done the dozen other things that I couldn't do because I was stamping books. *sigh*

I also put a post out there to see if anyone was interested in a Criminal Minds Big Bang, which took more courage than I knew I had, so I'm claiming that as of the awesome as well.

You guys are always awesome - tell me how.

ETA: Comment notifications are sloooooooooow today, so I'm not ignoring you, I promise! It's just LJ being a pain.

Working late is always a mixed blessing. It's quiet so I can get things done, but when it's quiet, I tend to get easily distracted by other things. Y'all are welcome to be that distraction, by the way - I'm here for the next couple of hours if anyone wants to drop in and say hi.

I've been hopeless about replying to comments properly lately, so I'm going to try to catch up with that, as well as doing some posting to comms and emailing that's hanging over me, and trying to get into an SGA frame of mind so I can write my two fics. Anyone got any spare SGA plot bunnies? Or is there something I've mentioned in passing or that you've always wanted to see written but never had the courage to ask? Well, ask away, because I'm all out of ideas here...

This is also today's Awesomeness post. Today I have been awesome because I cycled to work again. It was seriously hard work - much harder than yesterday - but I'm going to cycle home again tonight; otherwise, I'm never going to get fitter and it's always going to be hard work!

I've also been awesome because I've worked hard again and stayed positive about work, even through the boring stuff. My tendency to focus on the interesting means that the dull stuff builds up - this is a habit I'm trying to break myself of, one day at time. Lists using coloured pens definitely help.

Did you realise we hit double figures of awesome yesterday? Lookit! Go us!

Today I am awesome because I have not keeled over from tiredness, I have exercised extreme patience with CSS (I will beat you, S2 *shakes fist*), I helped at my Slimming World group and am making soup, AND dinner, AND did the washing up. More importantly, I have not guilted myself for anything all day. That's kind of huge, for me.

In other news, miss_zedem who is generally awesome was specifically awesome for putting up with spam texts yesterday as well as finding us somewhere for lunch in Sheffield. And dune_drd is awesome because I CAN HAZ POST! I had to collect it from the post office, and it was so much fun opening it! Thanks, hon!

I'm too tired to really *feel* awesome, but the fact that I have achieved things despite that kind of makes me awesome anyway, I figure. Everything feels absolutely manic at the moment, and I'm looking forward to getting in from work early and (heaven help me) hoovering tomorrow night. And doing all the other chores that got postponed for our impromptu road-trip. Is there some kind of intervention for that, do you think?

What about you lot? Getting through Monday sounds pretty awesome to me...

Sorry this is late, folks. You'll just have to take my word for it that I was awesome today.

There is Stuff that I can't go into here - I'm fine, but good, happy thoughts appreciated.

Come on then - be awesome for me.

You know, when I read fanficrants, I usually assume that they're picking out the worst of the badfic, and that it's not representative of the whole. In the Criminal Minds section, I think they're hard-pressed to choose. Seriously, who warns for "OOCness"? Not that I don't appreciate it, but...

*runs back to LJ*

I'm still completely knackered and have had enough of this now, thank you so much. But I have still been awesome today. The sign on our entrance gate broke, so I made a new one with pictures on, on the basis that our readers have constant difficulty with the swipe system and weren't reading the words, so maybe a picture will be more successful. Oh, and I helped miss_zedem to get her journal looking something like she wanted and I have a small pink pig sitting on my desk. The last doesn't make me awesome, but it does make me happy.

In sadder news, my MP3 player is really starting to struggle. The battery has been floundering for a while but that's replaceable. What's more worrying is that when I was listening to it earlier on, it kept cutting out, then gave me the message 'playback error' and died. I love my MP3 player! *clings* Because as much as I would love something new, shiny and funky, this one has served me well AND has a radio on it. Expect much wailing and gnashing of teeth when it finally conks out.

Speaking of which: CAR DRIVERS! Always check your side mirror when opening your car door. There could be a cyclist coming past and he could be my husband! He's fine, but his jacket and bike and elbow (how do you get a huge scrape THROUGH a leather jacket and a jumper?) are in bad shape :( We're definitely going to have to replace his cycle helmet, since it's now taken one too many knocks. And he wonders why I don't want to cycle in Oxford. If the buses don't get you, the cars do. And if they don't, a pedestrian will!

I've not managed to contribute much to the Gen battle, but am still disappointed that it's only up to 3 pages. I also think I'm coming down with a cold, so maybe I'll get something written while curled up under a blanket tonight.

All in all, while I still claim the right to be awesome, I'm also pretty grumpy right now. But do you know what's been cheering me up? Opening my inbox to a whole load of comments that begin "I am awesome because..." It's the best kind of high, so come on, people, cheer me up!

How are you awesome today?

My body apparently thinks it's time for bed, although it's early even for me. But I'm not going to argue since it has a tendency to cheat and make me fall asleep anyway. Fortunately my other half was there to save me faceplanting into my dinner.

Despite being pretty dopey for most of the day, I am definitely awesome, and my patience levels were incredible. I spent 10 minutes on the phone talking a bemused reader through website procedures, I carried out two of the procedures that normally make me flap (just library things, but admin is not my strong point), I took the time to make sure that a visiting reader understood what was going on despite her very little English and I finished a job that's been hanging over me for about 6 weeks.

\o/ I might actually be awesome at my job after all. That's quite exciting, really.

Oh, and I'm planning on writing a Criminal Minds/Numb3rs crossover from Charlie Eppes' POV despite never having written Numb3rs fic before. Which is exciting for me, at least :)

What about you guys? How are you awesome today? I won't be around until my morning, so make sure you tell each other how awesome you are too!

As most of you know, my head is having a strange time at the moment. I'm mostly okay (and people are patient and encouraging when I'm not *smishes flist*), which is progress from last year, but I'm spending a lot of my time looking around and going 'meh'. This is not healthy, and it's not me. Generally in life, I'm more of a Tigger than an Eeyore, and not being able to bounce (or write) properly is disconcerting. And getting annoying.

I'm also convinced that I'm never going to amount to a hill of beans, or something like that, on the basis that I never achieve anything, ever.

I'm wrong, and I'm going to prove it.

This will hopefully be a daily post, but given my attention span, I don't expect it to last for more than a month. Still, it'll be good for me while it lasts. It's going to be a daily post of awesome.

Yes, you read that right. The British are normally terrible about being proud of what they achieved. We get all embarrassed and blushy and 'ah, well, you know'y about it. But for the next month, I'm going to try and post the things I am achieving, the things that I am proud of, the things that make me awesome. Because I want to be awesome. Come join me.

This is not a space for embarrassment or modesty. I *know* you all rock, whether it's because you aced that exam or took that picture that you're proud of or left someone a comment that made them smile or took a walk in the sunshine and felt good or remembered to take your tablets this morning. There are days when keeping breathing for the next minute is a stunning achievement. I want to know about that. Please, tell me.

So what did I achieve today? Not only did I lead the singing in church (congregation of about 200 *gulp*) and mostly sing in tune, I baked nearly 3 dozen cupcakes. Yup, 35 muffins. Should keep us going til Tuesday.

And for extra inspiration: Go here, watch the vid and read the notes.

Come on then, folks. How are you awesome today?

Ooh, and I worked out what I'm making for folks in the handmade meme. I've still got 4 spaces left... Of course, I have some of your addresses anyway *evil grin*