Just One Thing (18 September 2016)

[cosmolinguist]

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!

Comments

[lilly_c]

Got my faulty iPod touch replaced for free.

[cosmolinguist]

Yay!

[cosmolinguist]

Volunteered to do a big project about LGBT+ history. Because really, I don't have enough to do.

[sathari]

Oh, good luck!

[azurelunatic]

Some very much needed in-person social time, with an unexpectedly sympatico group.

I did not kick myself (too hard) for missing a communication that could have led to some fun.

I did not kick myself (too hard) for not leaving an hour early in order to not arrive a half-hour late. (Transit was fucked.)

I did not (exactly) violate medical recommendations in testing a new bit of gear.

I did exchange contact info with bits of the unexpectedly sympatico group.

[cosmolinguist]

Sounds like a day full of achievements. :) Though I'm sorry about the missed connection; hopefully you'll be able to get together some time.

[azurelunatic]

We're re-scheduling.

[nanila]

Thoroughly enjoyed an unexpected jet-lag-related lie-in with the children until 09:45, despite also having a rotten cold. I have not stayed in bed that long of a morning for years, since before we had children.

Accepted that I would not be running the Worcester 10k today due to a) lack of training b) the aforementioned cold and c) lie-in. Didn't actually mind all that much. :P

[azurelunatic]

Mmmm, bed. *\o/*

[lilysea]

Did laundry.

Loaded dishwasher.

Communicated.

Reduced my dose of Pregabalin (Lyrica) from 15mg/day to 12.5mg/day - always a scary prospect, withdrawals can really suck. But, the side effects of it massively outweigh the benefits of it (for me) so I am keen to get off it altogether.

[cosmolinguist]

A dear friend has had many adventures with pregabalin, I know well some of the troubles it can cause. He stopped taking it because of side effects, too.

[lilysea]

Yeah, pregabalin =

poor concentration.

poor short term memory.

drowsiness.

difficulty reading.

aphasia/difficulty finding words.

difficulty putting words into a sentence.

mental fatigue.

low mood.

Depression (according to the info for Drs its notorious for causing Depression in patients who weren't previously Depressed.)

clumsiness/clutziness.

balance problems.

poor proprioperception (sense of where your body is in space.)

Suicidal thoughts (according to the info for Drs its notorious for causing suicidal thoughts in patients who didn't previously have them.)

reduced sex drive.

reduced sexual response.

Weight gain.

Affects blood glucose levels in a way that makes you more at risk of developing diabetes.

[silveradept]

I went out and had some fun. And continue to plan for something I hope never happens.

[azurelunatic]

Hooray fun!

I also hope that the contingency plans will never be needed.

[sathari]

Mostly packed for a business trip! Wrote! Caught up on correspondence in multiple areas of my life! Did laundry and dishes! Made food!

[lilysea]

Caught up on correspondence in multiple areas of my life!

Yay, that can be really hard! ^_^ \O/