... and done. (I think.) - ficlet, v.5.0

Some more words removed, one line relocated, one linebreak added. I *think* this is the final version, but I'm going to wait at least until tomorrow or so before I post it to any community or board (again).

I need to build a Life On Mars fic page for my website, because there's more where this came from... And possibly a general LOM section, too, because I have a few rants I could put there... *eg*

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( Still untitled, still spoilerish 2.08 Life On Mars poem-ficlet this way. )

And a quick life update.

I'm still fairly exhausted; sleep pattern and appetite will probably take a while yet to return to something more normal. Still extremely relieved, though - I hadn't realised just *how* much of the stress I've felt in the last few years was due to archaeology! I'm feeling a lot better now. Nearly everything else suddenly feels... manageable.

I spent most of today sleeping off the exhaustion, and then, when I finally woke up, spent the rest of the day cleaning up the mess that months and months of relentless stress had made of my room. (Still not quite done with that, actually.)

Still got loads to do for uni - my other subject, American studies, will require a lot of time now. But I'm sort of looking forward to that, as I'm enjoying it a lot more than archaeology, and feel I have a better handle on it, too. (Would still like to manage to reopen some spaces in my life for non-uni writing, general creativity, friends and stuff, though. We'll see how that goes.)

Maybe I'll even finally manage to *really* get back up to speed here on LJ! Here's to hoping...