Still Standing - And Not Sure Why

 Yesterday, I did the group therapy session, got my hair cut, and got some items at the westside Payless.

Then I came home and worked on dinner and the law review article. The writing and research lasted until much too late.

Eyes blurry, and too hot, I crawled off to bed determined to sleep in. That lasted until 5 am. About 6 hours, not counting the getting up twice in the night, Or the dreaqm that someone had broken into the place.

I meant to put off the article. I wanted to get caught up on submissions. The heat and the humidity got to me a little after ten. I could not shake this headache that felt like a sinus infection. Back to bed until around 11:30.

The submissions were gotten to around noon. I am way too keen on this law article. Only I got tired out and at about 1:30 it was back to bed. This time I set the alarm for 6 pm. That did not help, I got up around 4. Now had a headache and achy joints and nausea. I let Jeerry know that church was out for tomorrow. I do not want to bother him if I am not well - it is a 40-minute drive to the church. Nor do I want to have my legs or my stomach go out in the middle of service. No sense worrying people.

I talked to DM at length tonight. He is the only person I have spoken to today, other than the Village Pantry clerk.

The submissions took all day. Here is where I went:

History Through Fiction is proud to announce its second annual short story contest. We're opening submissions on June 15, 2024, and they'll close on August 15, 2024. We invite writers to send in their historical fiction short stories. Two judges will carefully review each story, and every writer will get feedback from both judges. On September 15, we'll announce the top twenty stories. Then, on October 15, we'll reveal the top ten stories. These stories will be published in a paperback anthology, and each author will get $75. The big announcement for the runner-up and grand prize winners will be on November 15. The runner-up gets $150, and the grand prize winner takes home $250. Look out for the anthology's release on March 1, 2025.

Two written evaluations of your submission 

 BULLSHIT LIT got "Road Tripping"

The /tƐmz/ Review and Cincinnati Review: Robert and Adele Schiff Awards got "Problem Solving".

Book of Matches and The Helix got "No Ordinary Word".

I sent the first 25 pages of "Love Stinks" to Unleash Work-in-Progress (WIP) Award 2024 .

 "The Dead and the Dying" went to Able Muse

Looking at University of Wisconsin Press for "The Dead and The Dying".

I did take notes from some longer reading, but it is too late and I am too tired to do anything with them now. Working on the article wore me out.

Readings from tonight after I reached a stopping point on the article:

After the Winnie-the-Pooh slasher, now there’s a Mickey Mouse horror movie. This is not necessarily a bad thing

I didn’t discover rationality until I went to England’: Neil Jordan on Tom Cruise, sandwich-boarding and seeing his dad’s ghost

Hounds review – pitch-black comedy drama of hapless Moroccan dog-fighting hoodlums 

Of which I can say: there are worse things than Micjey Mouse in a horror movie, Neil Jordan is a genius, and does not matter where you put a gangster move, it will involves thugs and ideiots.

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