cranky

[eruthros]

Lo, I am cranky today, because today I was waiting eagerly for reevaluation of my hands, and hoping to be able to take the brace off. (Immobilization sucks.) And instead, I have to use the brace for another week, I popped out two other joints typing yesterday, and I'm possibly going to be referred to a hand specialist more than an hour away in a city to which we have no bus service. (And I am, of course, car-less.)

Also now I am doing about forty-five minutes of hip pt to prevent dislocations, and my hips hurt. Owwww.

Also I read a book by one of my favorite gender theorists today, but it was crappy -- she hadn't figured out her audience and it was boring and patronizing and full of fail.

Also I got dust in my motherboard in the middle of nowhere and now I need a new one, which is covered under warranty but still irritating.

whine whine whine

But at least there is fic to reread! I am currently rereading A Deeper Season by lightgetsin (Vorkosigan-verse), because it is awesome and makes me go awww.

What are your favorite cranky-day stories to reread?

Comments

[sineala]

How did I not know about your dislocation problems? *feels like bad friend* I'm sorry to hear that; braces are teh sux0r.

Also, I think I have the opposite mobility problem from you; my new hand specialist built me a wrist brace that she keeps cranking back and back and back every week (ow), and apparently I should seriously think about buying a NMES machine so I can give my unusable-by-brain muscles some contractions at home too. Zap zap. (But I only have about 15 minutes of daily PT. Hamstring stretches can bite me.)

For cranky days I usually go with comfort TOS profic, actually. Or, hmm, awesomely ridiculously unbelievable Pros AUs like Harlequin Airs.

[eruthros]

They are newish to me too! Before my hands always hurt and my ankles clicked in and out and things, but I thought that was normal. Then I went to a PT for foot pain and while she was doing the exam she was like, um, your hips shouldn't flex that far, and your knees shouldn't bend like that, and wtf are your ankles even doing. Apparently I have congenital hypermobility -- not as bad as people who have EDS or anything, but bad enough that my hands hurt because I'm clicking joints in and out of place all the time. So, I found that out last year, and have had lots of PT since, mostly of the joint-stabilization variety.

I love ridiculously unbelievable AUs!

[sasha_feather]

I am going to download the Vorkosigan fic and send it to my Kindle! Thanks for the rec.

One of my cranky-day fics is (the audiofic of) That Particular Month by runpunkrun, read by anatsuno.

[eruthros]

There are many sequels to the Vorkosigan story as well! And some are also quite long. They are lovely for cranky days :)

And ooh, that is a good reminder about That Particular Month -- I downloaded it but didn't put it on my mp3 player because I am SILLY.

[toft]

Aw, I'm sorry, those are all sucky things. Ugh.

I like to reread Astolat's Going Down series (Magneto/Xavier). Or watch Legally Blonde.

[livrelibre]

Sorry to hear about the joint troubles and the rest of the suckiness! When I'm having a crappy day I'll read something like Time in a Bottle or similar.