I Hate Coding and Rude Swimmers
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amberfocusI spent a good portion of today recoding Of the Vortex Born, linking chapters, and making a chapter links list. I think this leaves me with one fic that isn't fully linked chapter to chapter. At least I hope it is only one more. If I only knew in 2008 how much easier it was to do it as I went... But I think I've now fixed all the broken stuff that LJ had managed to do to the fic over the last few years and fixed the icons it somehow managed to change to default.
I've been rereading the fic, too, to refresh myself on it, because I've been thinking of it a lot this week. Only up to chapter 25, but I think this will be the fic I try to finish next. I mean, let's face it, it has been sitting there since fall of 2008 waiting to be finished and I really hate that. It has all of six chapters left to go (unless it gets away from me) and I even know how it ends so I don't know why I've not been writing it all these years. In rereading it, I've really gotten back into the story again. Although, gosh, the things I did to poor Jamie! And writing Mickey as the villain. I mean, I know the reason why he was the villain, but I love Mickey. Especially season 2 on Mickey so why did I ever cast him as villain? I guess maybe I didn't like him very much in 2008? Oh, well, it still works for the story.
We went swimming today and I got my 26 laps in so it felt very good. T swam along with me and we made sure to always watch out for other people since it was crowded. I wasn't nearly as sore afterwards this time so I really think my body is getting used to the exercise. The pool was more crowded than I like and I swear there was this one girl about 12 who I wanted to slap. I was standing in the middle of the pool, just talking to my kids and had my back to this girl. She was doing the back stroke and she just swam into me and then she had the nerve to give me this nasty, dirty look and made a rude comment.
I mean, pool etiquette is darn simple. You don't swim on your back in a crowded pool. It's dangerous and stupid and you need to see where you are going when there are too many people. If you do swim on your back in a crowded pool, the person swimming backwards looks before they swim and they certainly don't blame other people for not getting out of their way in a crowded pool if they are not seen. Back swimmers are always responsible for collisions.
I had a word with her mother, who benched her for her rude comment for about five minutes, but I couldn't help thinking that if her mother had been paying attention to her kids in the water in the first place, instead of flirting with the too-young lifeguard who was trying to pay attention to the pool and kept moving away from the woman, it wouldn't have been an issue. Once the kid came back in the pool, with another nasty look at me, mind you, she started goofing off again. She was doing handstands next to little kids and came down on one's head. Then the lifeguard kicked her out of the pool. You've never seen someone pitch such a fit. I wouldn't take a kid like back to the pool without some serious behavioral modification.
I was glad when the pool cleared out enough and the lap lane emptied. T and I went in there to finish our laps. He did about 20. He's becoming a really strong swimmer. He is anxious for next week to come when he will be allowed to actually jump into the pool again instead of lamely walking down the stairs like me. LOL
I've been rereading the fic, too, to refresh myself on it, because I've been thinking of it a lot this week. Only up to chapter 25, but I think this will be the fic I try to finish next. I mean, let's face it, it has been sitting there since fall of 2008 waiting to be finished and I really hate that. It has all of six chapters left to go (unless it gets away from me) and I even know how it ends so I don't know why I've not been writing it all these years. In rereading it, I've really gotten back into the story again. Although, gosh, the things I did to poor Jamie! And writing Mickey as the villain. I mean, I know the reason why he was the villain, but I love Mickey. Especially season 2 on Mickey so why did I ever cast him as villain? I guess maybe I didn't like him very much in 2008? Oh, well, it still works for the story.
We went swimming today and I got my 26 laps in so it felt very good. T swam along with me and we made sure to always watch out for other people since it was crowded. I wasn't nearly as sore afterwards this time so I really think my body is getting used to the exercise. The pool was more crowded than I like and I swear there was this one girl about 12 who I wanted to slap. I was standing in the middle of the pool, just talking to my kids and had my back to this girl. She was doing the back stroke and she just swam into me and then she had the nerve to give me this nasty, dirty look and made a rude comment.
I mean, pool etiquette is darn simple. You don't swim on your back in a crowded pool. It's dangerous and stupid and you need to see where you are going when there are too many people. If you do swim on your back in a crowded pool, the person swimming backwards looks before they swim and they certainly don't blame other people for not getting out of their way in a crowded pool if they are not seen. Back swimmers are always responsible for collisions.
I had a word with her mother, who benched her for her rude comment for about five minutes, but I couldn't help thinking that if her mother had been paying attention to her kids in the water in the first place, instead of flirting with the too-young lifeguard who was trying to pay attention to the pool and kept moving away from the woman, it wouldn't have been an issue. Once the kid came back in the pool, with another nasty look at me, mind you, she started goofing off again. She was doing handstands next to little kids and came down on one's head. Then the lifeguard kicked her out of the pool. You've never seen someone pitch such a fit. I wouldn't take a kid like back to the pool without some serious behavioral modification.
I was glad when the pool cleared out enough and the lap lane emptied. T and I went in there to finish our laps. He did about 20. He's becoming a really strong swimmer. He is anxious for next week to come when he will be allowed to actually jump into the pool again instead of lamely walking down the stairs like me. LOL
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Date: 2012-07-14 06:15 pm (UTC)Well, you can always do five or six chapters a day until you get through your multi-chapter. That might make it more manageable.
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Date: 2012-07-16 09:02 pm (UTC)Glad to hear T is doing so well :)