Sleep, adverbs, and suchlike.

[squeequeg]

First week at ConHugeCo seems to have gone well, though slowly. There's a delay in getting me onto the appropriate systems, so I can only do a little until that happens. Still, I've been advised to be patient and enjoy the slow time I have now.

The schedule of writing in the morning has worked, though there are problems. The first is that I need to swear off LiveJournal in the mornings, or I cut a chunk out of my writing time. So I'll be disappearing even more. The second is that although I got up at 6:15-6:30 for my old job regularly, I seem to be incapable of getting up until 7:00 now. I hit the snooze button and then don't hear it recur -- and this is the sort of alarm that's supposed to go off for a full minute before it shuts down. So either that's broken, or I'm sleeping through a full minute of beeps. I may switch alarm clocks and see what happens.

I'm looking into getting a gym membership, since I'll be walking less with the shorter commute. Any advice from Boston people on a good gym for an overweight woman with body self-image issues?

And now I'm going to read through the novel, decide whether I've fixed the major problems, and begin a polishing edit. I've already played a merry game of "cull the adverbs" with half of the draft. Here, little adverb, let me find you so I can STOMP ON YOU!

Comments

[2h2o.livejournal.com]

Just pick a gym you like. I know it's easy to feel self-conscious about the hyper-fit individuals you'll see, but people aren't there to judge you, and you might be surprised to see the state of some regulars. The gym I've been going to recently has a lot of fat white-haired men, for example.

I'd suggest going running with your twin, but the image scares me too much. How about this instead: The Ronaldympics. We'll make you face off in a series of physical challenges for the fate of mankind. That should be motivating.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Only if one of the challenges is Being Born First.

[sal-sal.livejournal.com]

Not fair!

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Well, seeing as you'd kick my ass in most other physical challenges, I need to take my advantages where I find them.

Besides, you've got the Being Youngest challenge down pat.

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

What happens if I win?
What happens if either one of them wins?

I think we should compete for the freight of mankind.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

I think we should compete for pie.