Link About Colds

The Smithsonian totally gets me. They just sent me this: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/there-scientific-reason-cold-weather-could-cause-colds-180953817/?utm_source=onesignal

Holiday Giftfics: Day 4

Title: Day 4
Author: tarotgal
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Rating: PG
Pairing: None
Disclaimer: Not my characters. I wish they were mine. I definitely don’t get paid for this.
Summary: When the whole team gets sick offworld, they're stuck there until Dr. Frasier can figure out how to help them.
Notes: Written during my 13 Ficlets in 13 Days in 2017 project for ladykorana

I am SO sorry for any errors. Also not my best work; my apologies if it's a little rough. I felt like this fic should really be twice as long, but I didn't have the time with other giftfics to make it more than 8 pages. So I hope you like it anyway!

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My 2017

I had a super rough night last night; one of the worst I've had in maybe 15 years. I'm still recovering from it, but I'm a lot better now (thanks in part to an excellent, wise friend who happened to be online last night when I was at my worst). I'm a little worried about being too reflective right now (is that the word?) but I started writing this list a few days ago and feel like sharing it. Here's my 2017.

Word of the year: Survive

Books Read: 153

Stories Finished: 76 (but haven't posted them all yet)

Conventions Attended:

1. CONfabulation
2. AwesomeCon
3. ConneXions
4. BrickFair
5. Supernatural DC (Creation Entertainment)

Losses:

• Angel (family cat)
• Butterscotch (family cat)
• FURBALL (not a cat; lovely friend)

Significant Events:

• My work moved out of its Virginia offices in May. In September, we moved into our Maryland offices. Set up a dedicated home workspace in the interim. Now I have a 1.5 hour commute but get to work from home 3 days a week
• Work conference in Washington, DC (my second worst conference ever; first worst was Boston and third worst was also in DC)
• Hosted a murder mystery dinner
• Spent one day doing ALL of Portland!
• Attended a Harry Potter-themed library fundraiser and won two raffle prizes
• Went on two day-long Geocaching trips (and decided it is NOT the hobby for me but got to visit the amazing National Park Seminary at Forest Glen)
• Participated (but did not finish) the Maryland Lighthouse Challenge
• Attended a kickass Ed Sheeran Concert and got to hear several of my favorite songs live including "I See Fire" from The Hobbit
• Self-published story collection for my 20th community anniversary
• Completed the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge (including the bonuses) and my library's Adult Summer Reading Bingo Challenge
• Completed stories for an H/C Bingo

Bought:

• Fitbit Charge 2
• Asus transformer tablet
• My first build-a-bear
• Small 3-drawer plastic unit for extra socks & build-a-bear clothes in my bedroom
• New wrapping paper holder
• Several amazing board games
• Way too much fan art and a portfolio to hold what won't fit on my walls
• A custom-made Bear Pride/Genderqueer Pride pillow
• Way too many Funko POP figures

Other Things: lost my dentist of 15+ years (he won't take my new dental plan), also lost a lot of great coworkers in the move, gained more weight than I lost (not sure how much; am scared to look at the scale these days), had to take a mental health break from swap-bot, finally made significant progress on the Pit & Ace Strokes novel I've been wanting to write for almost a decade, spent a lot of time with friends I love, watched a hell of a lot of MSNBC, found some Amazon Prime music stations I like, probably a bazillion other things that happened earlier in the year that I can't remember now (I really should keep a better list throughout the year)