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Happy cheap chocolate day!

I am a sadly lil llama after yesterday's tennis finals. Ben Shelton was in the Munich final and Carlos Alcaraz was in the Barcelona final - and they both lost 😭 Even worse they both lost to players I Do Not Like 😂

It was also the last year that David Ferrer is the Tournament Director at the Barcelona Open. I was thoroughly enjoying the Ferru spotting all week, not gonna lie.

The one very excellent tennis thing from the last week, however, is that we're getting closer to the end of Jannik Sinner's suspension. He's now allowed to practice tennis again, play on an ATP affiliated court, play with ATP players and work with his coaches. He's spent the last few weeks in the gym with Marco, his fitness trainer and... yeah, Marco's been working that boy hard. He is looking fine. Jannik's been training with Jack Draper last week - OMG so many people ship them and I do not get it but I'm glad they're happy. Me? I'm happy about the fact that him being able to work with his coaches = pictures and videos including Darren and Simone. (Mind, there was also Darren and Simone spotting in Monte Carlo the other week as well which made me all 😻)

This week is the Madrid Masters (and I hadn't realised Feli Lopez was the TD - between him and Ferru, especially with Juanki as Carlitos' coach) it's like a resurgence of the 00s Spanish Armada and I am here for it!)

Is it just me or is this a very ADHD coded post thus far with all the parenthesis?

Lets see... what else?
I spent most of yesterday refreshing my social media profiles (except, apparently, this one. huh. I should look at that). But I'm super pleased at how things now look at

tennisdadsaficionado,

bibliollama, (and https://www.threads.net/@bibliollama), and

tennisdads
I cooked chicken ramen yesterday and it was so fucking good. I used an Itsu broth carton and Itsu noodles but have a recipe for making my own broth next time
Li made hot cross buns yesterday and they were a little doughy (yeast didn't yeast properly) but super sticky and delicious.

I think that's about it from me, so I shall leave you with my Music Monday offering which, as ever, is my most played track of last week. I had a couple of meltdowns last week and so I comfort played a whole bunch of pop/punk, because that's still such a happy place for me.

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And then, of course, leads to many many happy memories of so many gigs and tours following Good Charlotte around the UK on multiple occasions 🧡

Current Mood: restless

melagan

1. Who was your first crush?

Ah, Brian Ames. This was back in ...we were in primary school. A playground romance. We kissed each other on the cheek every morning and then went off to do our separate things for the rest of the day. That was sixty-five years ago, and I still remember his name, his wavy brown hair, the smattering of freckles across his cheeks, and his sweet smile.

2. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

Never quite figured that out. There's nothing I love more than hanging out with my family and friends, although I do need a certain amount of time to myself to recharge. I'm at ease meeting new people and have no problem talking on the phone to iron out a problem. But I'm also amazingly content with just myself for company. You pick.

3. What is your favorite non-sexual thing you like to do with the love of your life?

We'll dig into a few memories here since the love of my life passed eighteen years ago. I don''t have to dig too hard.
Long walks holding hands. (nope, not gonna cry)

4. What is one quirky habit your partner does that either annoys you or makes you grin?

My basket is too full to even begin on this. Let's go with - I don't currently have a partner.

5. Do you believe in monogamous relationships?

I do. I believe a person can have many relationships during their life, but (for me) the one they're currently in should be monogamous. Not for any cultural or regilous reasons, but because how can you get to know someone if your attention is split between people? Unless you don't want to know them that well. I can sympathize the hell out of that.

That said, people gotta figure out what works for them. Relationships are hard.

melagan

This is the crossover I never expected to write.

The Highway Monster Murders (1810 words) by melagan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV 1974), Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Carl Kolchak, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Minor Characters
Additional Tags: Unreliable Narrator, Timeline What Timeline, Canon-Typical Violence
Summary:

A myserious creature haunts Highway 285 leaving a trail of grisly, unexplainable murders in its wake. Kolchak sets out to investigate. This is his story.

Or - Kolchak meets a Wraith.

link: The Highway Monster Murders

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melagan

This has been the handiest thing. Want to save that wayback page as an EPUB so you can send it to your ereader? This extension will do that.

Save as ebook firefox extension.

Best of all, it's really easy to use. Have that favorite AO3 story that's been posted as a series and you'd like to read it as one story? This add-on will let you do that. Just select Add Chapter.

Don't have firefox? Chrome has a similar add-on. But I like this one because it's simple and easy.

That probably says a lot about me.

badfalcon

So I ended up back at the doctor's on Thursday.

At the beginning of last week, after finishing the steroids, I felt okay, but as the week dragged on, I started coughing more and more and getting breathless again. On Wednesday, I barely stopped coughing all day.

On Thursday morning, I completed the online consultation form
I got confirmation that it had been received at 09:09
At 09:19, I got a phone call saying I have an appointment at 10:10
Which, first of all can I just say how fucking fantastic that is because my old doctors, you'd have to start ringing them at 08:30, ring them approximately 50 times to be told there's no appointments, call again tomorrow. So I'm already in love with this new doctor's office

So I saw the doctor and went over the issues I'm having, I'd had the full change of meds from preventer + reliever to MART and been on the steroids last week, but it was getting worse again. I'm taking the inhaler as a reliever like 4-5 times a day, whereas the beginning of the week it was 1-2 times. She listens to my lungs; they're still clear, but she says my cough is 'very asthmatic'. She checks my inhaler technique, which, btw, is 'perfect' (I'd like to think so, I've been asthmatic over 30 years LOL).

And now I have an additional drug - Montelukast which is a top-up to the MART, again I'll be taking this for the rest of forever same as the new inhaler, and it's to help stop my airways from narrowing. I get told that it will kick in 'immediately'.

Wow. They were not joking. I've had two days on it. I walked down and up the stairs this morning without coughing, without being unable to catch my breath and needing my inhaler. I haven't had to take my reliever inhaler today. Not even when I yelled excitedly when Carlos won his semi-final. And then I realised I could breathe well enough to yell like that!

I'm still exhausted. Like my bones are tired. I missed most of the de Minaur v Musetti final this afternoon because I napped. But I'm hoping over the next week or so that will improve

Current Mood: exhausted

melagan

1. If you could retroactively erase one TV show from the history of entertainment, which one would you choose?

I have no answer for this. I don't watch shows that I don't like, so how would I know? However, if I could, I would change the ending of the original Quantum Leap. How dare they not let Sam come home?

2. Are you more like your mother or your father?

I resemble my mom more than my dad. I am ever so grateful I got her nose and not his.

3. If you could take a year-long vacation, what would you do?

Baby, that depends on how much money I have to spend. Let's face it: I'm going to have a book or e-reader in my hand a good bulk of the time, no matter what I do.

4. Can you think of a reason not to answer this question?

I love this question. I want to answer this question with all my heart. Please ask me again!!!!

5. What's the nicest thing you've ever done for someone?

Teaching my left-handed aunt to crochet. Doesn't sound like much, does it? Ah, but there's so much more to this story. She had a tough time learning because she's a lefty and no one else wanted to take the time to show her. Now, she's a smart lady and picked it up quickly so I gave her a simple afghan pattern to try. I didn't give it any more thought.

A month later, her daughter was in a serious accident. Her hair had gotten caught in the machinery at work. It literally scalped her. A quick-thinking coworker put her scalp on ice. She had to be flown to Boston and they were able to sew her scalp back on, but it meant weeks in the hospital as she healed.

I found out many months later that it was that simple afghan pattern and the time I spent teaching my aunt to crochet that helped the two of them keep their sanity through those long, painful days.

Just goes to show you never know just how far that small act of kindness will go.

melagan

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I need this badly.

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