Fic Update and Exercise Update

So I finished the little one shot I was working on today.  I haven't decided entirely whether or not I should tweak it a bit more or leave it alone or throw it away.  Probably not best to make that decision on painkillers.  I'll sleep on it and see how I feel tomorrow.  Got a bit more done on both LoF and Three Hour Tour.  My brain still isn't quite as together as I'd like it to be, but it's still more together than it was, so that's something.

So this next bit is super, super spoilery for the future of the Leap of Faith 'verse.  I mean, if you've read Third Time's the Charm, you basically know how Leap of Faith is going to end, more or less, but this goes a bit beyond that.  So if you don't want to know what might happen in the future then don't click on the cut, okay?  Also, I abuse the run-on sentence.

( Future LoF 'verse SPOILERS )

Speaking of swimming, I did 30 laps tonight in 40 minutes.  I attempted to kick a couple of times just to see if I could, but my left leg was not having it, so I knocked that right off.  My brain wanted to do 40 laps, but I decided to come down on the side of my shoulders instead.  With it all being focused on my arms I just need to be careful.  I don't want to mess my body up to the point that I can't exercise at all.  It did feel good to be in the water and have my bad knee completely supported and almost weightless.  Hopefully my arms will get used to doing all the work soon and I can work on upping the laps again without exhausting the mucsles.

Fic Update and Exercise Update

So I finished the little one shot I was working on today.  I haven't decided entirely whether or not I should tweak it a bit more or leave it alone or throw it away.  Probably not best to make that decision on painkillers.  I'll sleep on it and see how I feel tomorrow.  Got a bit more done on both LoF and Three Hour Tour.  My brain still isn't quite as together as I'd like it to be, but it's still more together than it was, so that's something.

So this next bit is super, super spoilery for the future of the Leap of Faith 'verse.  I mean, if you've read Third Time's the Charm, you basically know how Leap of Faith is going to end, more or less, but this goes a bit beyond that.  So if you don't want to know what might happen in the future then don't click on the cut, okay?  Also, I abuse the run-on sentence.

( Future LoF 'verse SPOILERS )

Speaking of swimming, I did 30 laps tonight in 40 minutes.  I attempted to kick a couple of times just to see if I could, but my left leg was not having it, so I knocked that right off.  My brain wanted to do 40 laps, but I decided to come down on the side of my shoulders instead.  With it all being focused on my arms I just need to be careful.  I don't want to mess my body up to the point that I can't exercise at all.  It did feel good to be in the water and have my bad knee completely supported and almost weightless.  Hopefully my arms will get used to doing all the work soon and I can work on upping the laps again without exhausting the mucsles.

LJ-Cut help needed for HTML

Can someone give me a quick crash course on how to do an LJ-cut with html?  I usually use rich text editor, but I want to learn how to do it with html.

For example, I would like to make the following paragraph say Frog Prince.

There once was a frog who became a prince.  No other frog has done it since.  We're convinced.


Can someone give me the code to do that, only instead of using < > brackets in the example code, use ( ) brackets so it won't cut while you're putting in the code and then I can try it out?  Pretty please?  Thank you.

LJ-Cut help needed for HTML

Can someone give me a quick crash course on how to do an LJ-cut with html?  I usually use rich text editor, but I want to learn how to do it with html.

For example, I would like to make the following paragraph say Frog Prince.

There once was a frog who became a prince.  No other frog has done it since.  We're convinced.


Can someone give me the code to do that, only instead of using < > brackets in the example code, use ( ) brackets so it won't cut while you're putting in the code and then I can try it out?  Pretty please?  Thank you.

Is Practicing HTML cutting, please ignore

( Frog Prince )

Is Practicing HTML cutting, please ignore

( Frog Prince )

Life Update

So today went fairly well as far as pain goes.  I was able to manage the two steps on the porch without the cane and holding onto the rail, but I still need it to get in and out of the car and if I walk more than a minute or so.  I need it or the shopping cart to lean on at the grocery store.  I'm going back to the doctor on Friday though, because my knee is still swollen and I think it needs to have more fluid drained out of it.  The doctor can decide whether or not it needs another cortisone shot.  It probably does because I still get these violent pain twinges out of nowhere, but it's manageable.  I am going to attempt just taking Ibuprofen tonight instead of hydrocodone.  I'm sick of being mildly nauseated from the narcotic.  I was able to put on socks and regular shoes today instead of just shoving my feet into flip flops.  This happened at just the right time as it was 40 degrees out this morning when I drove Rose to school.

On the looking on the bright side section of life front today, my tightest jeans are no longer tight.  I wouldn't call them loose or roomy yet, but they now fit comfortably, the way they are supposed to fit.  And this week I wore two more shirts that were tight when I bought them at Disneyland last October, but I wanted them anyway, and they fit right now.  One is a haunted Mickey Mouse-headed bat shirt appropriate for the season, although I suppose the Tower of Terror shirt is also appropriate to the season.  So, yay.  No swimming today, pool is closed for family swim on Tuesday.  My shoulders did not ache at all today, so I think 30 laps was the right call yesterday.  I will do 30 again tomorrow and then if I'm still good the next day I will consider upping it to 32 on Friday or Saturday and see how I do.  I'd like to find that place just underneath the pain threshhold, so that I can push myself to get the most exercise with the least discomfort.

Tomorrow I am going to make the attempt to quit soda cold turkey.  I have been trying to taper off, but it's not working.  Even the sugar only (instead of high fructose corn syrup) pop is highly addictive and I drink too much of it.  I finished the last can today so no more fizzy drinks.  I hope I can pull it off.  It's certainly been my bugaboo all these years and just because I'm drinking the natural version does not mean it is good for me.  Because of how it affects my digestive system,  I'd like to be totally off it in time for jury duty in November.  What? you say?  Jury duty?  During NaNoWriMo?  The first year you were seriously going to attempt to write for it?  Why, yes, now that you mention it.

( They call me in November? )

Life Update

So today went fairly well as far as pain goes.  I was able to manage the two steps on the porch without the cane and holding onto the rail, but I still need it to get in and out of the car and if I walk more than a minute or so.  I need it or the shopping cart to lean on at the grocery store.  I'm going back to the doctor on Friday though, because my knee is still swollen and I think it needs to have more fluid drained out of it.  The doctor can decide whether or not it needs another cortisone shot.  It probably does because I still get these violent pain twinges out of nowhere, but it's manageable.  I am going to attempt just taking Ibuprofen tonight instead of hydrocodone.  I'm sick of being mildly nauseated from the narcotic.  I was able to put on socks and regular shoes today instead of just shoving my feet into flip flops.  This happened at just the right time as it was 40 degrees out this morning when I drove Rose to school.

On the looking on the bright side section of life front today, my tightest jeans are no longer tight.  I wouldn't call them loose or roomy yet, but they now fit comfortably, the way they are supposed to fit.  And this week I wore two more shirts that were tight when I bought them at Disneyland last October, but I wanted them anyway, and they fit right now.  One is a haunted Mickey Mouse-headed bat shirt appropriate for the season, although I suppose the Tower of Terror shirt is also appropriate to the season.  So, yay.  No swimming today, pool is closed for family swim on Tuesday.  My shoulders did not ache at all today, so I think 30 laps was the right call yesterday.  I will do 30 again tomorrow and then if I'm still good the next day I will consider upping it to 32 on Friday or Saturday and see how I do.  I'd like to find that place just underneath the pain threshhold, so that I can push myself to get the most exercise with the least discomfort.

Tomorrow I am going to make the attempt to quit soda cold turkey.  I have been trying to taper off, but it's not working.  Even the sugar only (instead of high fructose corn syrup) pop is highly addictive and I drink too much of it.  I finished the last can today so no more fizzy drinks.  I hope I can pull it off.  It's certainly been my bugaboo all these years and just because I'm drinking the natural version does not mean it is good for me.  Because of how it affects my digestive system,  I'd like to be totally off it in time for jury duty in November.  What? you say?  Jury duty?  During NaNoWriMo?  The first year you were seriously going to attempt to write for it?  Why, yes, now that you mention it.

( They call me in November? )