General update

[luzula]

1) My shoulders and neck are abominably stiff and achy and have been for some time (I blame the week I went dogsledding). Am cutting down on computer time for a while, thus no Amplirecathon, fandom appreciation challenge, or tag wrangling. Am also trying to stretch a lot, do appropriate exercise, and apply liniment. *tries to be patient*

2) I have received my Remix assignment. I'm compatible pairing-wise with my recipient, but there has so far been no lightning-bolt of inspiration. I do have a little germ of an idea, though, and I'm hoping it will grow.

3) I won two awesome auctions on help_japan: fic from sage and helens78! \o/

4) Er, I am not pregnant, in case you wondered after my earlier post where I was worrying about it. *is relieved*

Comments

[spuffyduds]

Oh my goodness, I somehow missed that earlier worry post. *snuggles retroactively*

[luzula]

Awww, thanks. *snuggles* My period was just really, really late, maybe because of a combination of stress and physical exertion.

[andeincascade]

Ow shoulders. It seems to me that when you go dogsledding you should also get Benton Fraser with his special liniment. It's only fair. I bet you're right that the exertion made your period late. *toasts your relief*

[luzula]

Mmm, magical healing liniment. Sounds good to me. And I wouldn't say no to Benton Fraser either.

And yes, that probably is what made my period late.

[glitteryv]

Oh, I hope your aches lessen eventually, Luz! *sends Dief with Fraser's ointment made from seekrit ingredients*

Re no.4: I'm happy for you. Nothing worse than being in that situation if you're not eager to have babies.

[luzula]

Thanks on both counts! *hugs*

[secretlybronte.livejournal.com]

Massage? Too weird? Too expensive? This is so stupid and I don't even know if there's an equivalent in Sweden, but I used to have massive success with Crunch: Candelight Yoga (http://www.amazon.com/Crunch-Candlelight-Yoga-Sara-Ivanhoe/dp/B00006FMB2). I used to force myself to do it, crying the whole time, when I had migraines. But it helped a lot with this horrible neck tightness I get with migraines. Anyway. No other yoga thing. Just that particular one. *shrugs*

Even though an imaginary baby!Luzula is super-cute, I am relieved to hear that we do not need to be worried anymore. :)

[luzula]

Oh, I do go to massage regularly. Like, one hour's professional back massage every month--so very much worth the money. And my next appointment is on Monday, so I'm looking forward to that. I've never tried that variant of yoga--thanks for the tip. I do go to Bodybalance, which is a workout partly based on yoga, but it's a bit too heavy a workout for my shoulders right now, I think.

I'm...not the baby type, I think. I mean, I just have no longing to have children, at least not so far. My mom thinks it's a pity and says I shouldn't deprive the gene pool of my excellent genes. Heh, I guess that's what you get when your mom is a biologist.

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

I do agree your genes are superb, but babies ought to be passionately desired when they are conceived.

[luzula]

Yeah, it's not an argument likely to convince anyone to have kids (besides which, my faily body is making me doubt the excellence of those genes right now).

I've heard people say that once you have kids, you're going to love them and want them, but no. I'm not getting any unless I really feel beforehand that it's what I want to do.

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

Except for the ridiculous distance, you sound like what everyone here has been fighting- muscle pain and fatigue not amenable to excersize, massage, or normal analgysics, as part of a package with assorted other symptoms where one is weakest.

Glad you're not unintentionally pregnant; there are few worse feelings than that "no matter what I do, I'm going to have to deal with this" and few better than waking up to find you're not. I've always fallen on the latter side of the line, although not for being perfect, just lucky.

Julia, having been reading LJ with stunning imperfection this past couple of weeks, and having missed the original post

[luzula]

Yes, I suppose it's a common problem. And everyone has their weak points where it's most likely to attack.

Glad you're not unintentionally pregnant; there are few worse feelings than that "no matter what I do, I'm going to have to deal with this" and few better than waking up to find you're not.

*nods* Very true.