I've spent today trying to balance getting some much-needed rest with getting things done, although admittedly, I'm leaning more to the "getting some rest" side with the justification that I'll feel more capable of getting things done if I'm not exhausted. I'm doing laundry and washing dishes, though, and I'm planning to do a little housework before grading a few papers.
Meanwhile, tomorrow is the deadline for extensions in Snupin Santa, so there's a flood of incoming gifts this weekend. After tomorrow, I have to check the spreadsheet and see who'll be getting poked.
There really should be a drinking game for fandom fest mods. Something like...
Take one drink every time a fest participant asks for an extension.
Take one drink every time a fest participant assures you that they only need a couple of days to finish, but then you don't hear from them for a week.
Take a drink every time a fest participant disappears without warning and isn't updating their journal.
Take two drinks every time a fest participant disappears from the fest without warning but
is updating their journal and is blatantly ignoring your emails and comments.
Take a drink every time you email a fest participant to remind them that they've missed the deadline and they tell you, "Oh, I can't do it. Sorry."
Take a drink every time a fest participant turns in their gift with a note reading, "I didn't have time to get it beta-read/my beta was too busy".
Take a drink every time a fest participant turns in their gift with a note reading, "It sucks, but I hope X likes it anyway!" Variation: they manage to slip in a passive insult of X's prompt and/or blame the suckiness of your matching skills for the quality of their gift.
Take a drink every time a fest participant turns in a .jpg with their name in the file name.
Take a drink every time a fest participant asks you a question that is answered in their assignment email (and in the rules post, which you linked to in their assignment email).
Drink the whole damned bottle every time a fest participant threatens to leave fandom forever because of you.
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