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bedlamsbard ([personal profile] bedlamsbard) wrote2017-01-13 08:26 pm

5 things make a post

1. Yesterday was my birthday! Not much happened because I have no friends in this town and it's too cold to leave the house (-14 F this morning, I need to move back to Louisiana ASAP), and then my ex ruined it by e-mailing me with the subject line "Happy Birthday but I guess don't read this today."

2. I've been using MonthlyInfo since 2010, and it does what I need it to, mostly, except it doesn't always e-mail me reminders so sporadically I get my period more or less on schedule but on my birthday by surprise because I would totally be one of those werewolves who's like "...the full moon again? didn't this just hapAWOOOOOOO." As far as I can tell MonthlyInfo doesn't have a mobile app (since I don't think the website has been changed since 2010), and I am trying to decide if I want to look for a period tracker app I can use on my phone. Does anyone have one they'd rec? It would have to at least have MonthlyInfo's featurs.

3. I would love to spend at least one day without looking the refrain of "we're all going to die" running in the back of my brain, but I don't see that happening any time soon. (I really shouldn't check Twitter on my phone first thing in the morning.)

4. I've been keeping reading spreadsheets for the past five or six years -- I think I started in 2011, though it could have been 2010 -- and this year I'm trying a couple other spreadsheets as well -- tea (I always forget what I've already bought or tried), cookbooks (to keep track of which ones I use and which recipes I make), and recipes (both from online and from cookbooks). So we'll see how that goes.

5. I am still -- incredibly stressed. I've got one more application due the day after tomorrow and I need to send some e-mails, because I can't tell if my rec requests went through or not, and then...the waiting game. I know everyone's like "your 20s don't define your future!" but this...kind of is my future. And also my past, since my two MAs are useless without a PhD.

5a. I need to start making some inquiries at PhD programs in the UK, except one of the downsides of the breakup is that it's also, uh, put me off the entire country. Which is ridiculous. Though the other reason doing a PhD in the UK is not the best idea is because U.S. PhD programs are funded, but UK ones are not, so I would have to find the money somewhere if I got in. I just wanna go back to Louisiana, man.

5b. Between the apps and the breakup and the weather, I'm just so stressed. And it's all manifesting in my jaw.
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[personal profile] longmagpieroads 2017-01-14 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Here via network and I use the tracker app Clue for my tracking needs. It works really well for me and it might for you? Clue

My coworkers and roomie sometimes refer to me as the world's worst werewolf, so I get where you're coming from there.
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[personal profile] longmagpieroads 2017-01-14 05:59 am (UTC)(link)

fistbump

The thing I love most about Clue is that it's really good about it's reminders and they're customizable. :-)

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[personal profile] domarzione 2017-01-14 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I will third (fourth?) rec Clue. I just started using it, but it's super. And subtle. And doesn't involve pink anything.
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[personal profile] isweedan 2017-01-14 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I also came here to rec Clue!
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2017-01-15 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Fifth-ing Clue; I have started putting all manner of the things that don't fit into their presets into the tags thing, which at least will let me go back and see what was happening on any particular historical day, if not do the smart things with it.
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[personal profile] sporky_rat 2017-01-14 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I know MonthlyInfo lets you export your data to either iCal or Google Calendar, if that helps? Then you can do a little calendar magic and it'll email you/shove a notification on your phone.
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[personal profile] dhampyresa 2017-01-17 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy belated birthday!

*hugs* for the stress