What a morning!

Well, this has been an...interesting...morning.

As I've mentioned before, we had been having plumbing problems. Today the plumbers came to replace the sewer line beneath the house, a noisy and stinky process. At some point while they were here, I put some eggs on to boil. Then, because my brain is still foggy from being sick, I forgot. Because of the sewer stink, I did not notice the smell when they started to scorch after the pan boiled dry. I did, however, hear when they began to explode! There was exploded boiled egg all over the kitchen!

I am feeling better today, but whatever laid me out last week is still lingering, and my head still feels like it's wrapped in cotton.

The plumbers finished, and I am waiting to get a call about how much it has cost us. It was not covered by the home warranty. As much as that was a big help our first few years here, the last few repairs we needed, we could not get them to cover. We've about decided to drop them.

But I was able to do a load of laundry AT HOME! :)

OTOH, I've been uploading some chapters of "Eleventy-one" at AO3, and was able to add the nice banner baranduin made for me! I felt quite accomplished when I figured out how to do that! I'm going to add it over at MPTT next!



I'm going to have some lunch now that the house doesn't smell so bad, and then depending on how I feel, I will either do some writing or take a nap.

Question for my flist

As you may recall, I was able to write a Cormallen fic, Waking Day for shirebound for the Yule Fic exchange at lotr_community this year. And way back in 2004 I also wrote a Cormallen fic, "Kingly Gifts" for Marigold's Challenge #6.

After I posted "Waking Day" at the archives a reader PM'd me and we had a bit of discussion on how the former fit in with the latter, and I mentioned that maybe one day in the distant future I'd try to see how the two stories would go together--though it would not be something I'd have time for anytime soon. She eagerly offered to do that for me, with my permission.

Well, she did a very nice job with that, and I think it could be posted; but if I do, it will need a new title, wouldn't it? And how would readers react to a "new" story that is not actually "new" at all. And should I try to add more to it?

Advice welcome!