Random things before bed

My weekend was pretty good, despite illness running roughshod over the family. Friday night, Mom & Dad picked me up after work and we drove down to Spring Mill State Park, where we stayed in the inn. I'd been draggy and sick to my stomach for a few days. Friday I barely ate anything, skipped lunch, and mostly just ate mashed potatoes for dinner when we got there around 7. By 8 I was in bed and asleep, and I didn't get up until 8 the next morning. I did feel better, finally, though, except for a headache. Mom and I went for a hike after breakfast while Dad napped, then Mom started feeling sick, so she lay down in our room for a while before we checked out. Then we did some more hiking, watched the mill demonstrations of grinding corn meal and cutting boards, then hiked a little more.

Mom and I explored Donaldson Cave without Dad this time. There are times being a fantasy writer can really be a detriment to one's peace of mind. When one is standing at the mouth of a very small, long, dark passage with only a Maglite in one's hands...that would be one of those times.

We stayed in a hotel in Edinburgh Saturday night, just because none of us felt like driving another three hours to get home. We were home by noon yesterday and Dad and his brother went to visit Gedna, only to discover she'd gone out with her sisters. So they came back here instead. It was a nice, long, relaxed visit with my uncle, minus his wife and kids, which was a relief.


Other stuff:

I need to start making a list of two productive things to do after work every night. And then sticking to it.

Embarassingly enough, World of Warcraft is sucking up a lot of time these days. >.> This is not what I meant to be doing with my time. Then again, as long as Dad is buying my subscription so I will play online with him, I will keep playing. I still think Guild Wars is prettier.

I realized tonight that I have a Snupin fic that I've never posted. I'll have to see about getting that betaed and posted. I also really need to finish Redemption. I have been drifting out of the fandom for the past several months, aside from a couple of collaborative works and my RPG, but I still want to finish Redemption.

I have another three days to get my novel submission packet put together and sent to the first agent on my list. This is a self-imposed deadline, but I'd better make it. It's bloody hard turning a 110,000 word novel into six paragraphs. Honestly, the one-paragraph "back of the book" part was loads easier.

I am so sleepy I'm going to fall out of my chair. Time to kick the cat off my bed and sleep.

Random things before bed

My weekend was pretty good, despite illness running roughshod over the family. Friday night, Mom & Dad picked me up after work and we drove down to Spring Mill State Park, where we stayed in the inn. I'd been draggy and sick to my stomach for a few days. Friday I barely ate anything, skipped lunch, and mostly just ate mashed potatoes for dinner when we got there around 7. By 8 I was in bed and asleep, and I didn't get up until 8 the next morning. I did feel better, finally, though, except for a headache. Mom and I went for a hike after breakfast while Dad napped, then Mom started feeling sick, so she lay down in our room for a while before we checked out. Then we did some more hiking, watched the mill demonstrations of grinding corn meal and cutting boards, then hiked a little more.

Mom and I explored Donaldson Cave without Dad this time. There are times being a fantasy writer can really be a detriment to one's peace of mind. When one is standing at the mouth of a very small, long, dark passage with only a Maglite in one's hands...that would be one of those times.

We stayed in a hotel in Edinburgh Saturday night, just because none of us felt like driving another three hours to get home. We were home by noon yesterday and Dad and his brother went to visit Gedna, only to discover she'd gone out with her sisters. So they came back here instead. It was a nice, long, relaxed visit with my uncle, minus his wife and kids, which was a relief.


Other stuff:

I need to start making a list of two productive things to do after work every night. And then sticking to it.

Embarassingly enough, World of Warcraft is sucking up a lot of time these days. >.> This is not what I meant to be doing with my time. Then again, as long as Dad is buying my subscription so I will play online with him, I will keep playing. I still think Guild Wars is prettier.

I realized tonight that I have a Snupin fic that I've never posted. I'll have to see about getting that betaed and posted. I also really need to finish Redemption. I have been drifting out of the fandom for the past several months, aside from a couple of collaborative works and my RPG, but I still want to finish Redemption.

I have another three days to get my novel submission packet put together and sent to the first agent on my list. This is a self-imposed deadline, but I'd better make it. It's bloody hard turning a 110,000 word novel into six paragraphs. Honestly, the one-paragraph "back of the book" part was loads easier.

I am so sleepy I'm going to fall out of my chair. Time to kick the cat off my bed and sleep.