(personal) I made it to practice!

Despite everything, I did make it to practice last night, so I got to fence with kuzushi, Baron Bil and ladytat. I didn't do that horribly (didn't really do that well, but hey, I'm bad, I admit it).

I'm so excited to have a weekly practice that I can make on a regular basis. kuzushi pointed out that just being there with a sword in my hand every week is going to help my game. I'm really, really looking forward to Pennsic this year, so I want to be in good shape fencing-wise for it.

kuzushi also asked me what I wanted to qual in next. I have single, schlager, dagger and rigid. I haven't decided whether I'm going case or soft parry yet - I'm probably going to go soft, since I'm still using caitlindancer's spare schlager, so I need to get at least one of my own before I can start thinking about case. Any of the fencers on my list prefer one over the other?

In other news, we signed papers for a new (to us) car yesterday! We're getting a 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan (thank you to the heads up from jackoutofthebox and bamfchickie that they were good) and we should (hopefully) be picking it up next week. Only 89k miles on it, and it's in really good condition. We had it checked out by my mechanic and he gave me a list that he'd want taken care of before he bought it - nothing serious, but stuff that could be a problem down the road. We brought the list to the dealer - he's fixing it ALL. If anyone in NH needs a used car, I HIGHLY recommend Phillips Auto in Chichester (on Rte. 4). Mike and Larry have been awesome to us!

No words last night - I was too sore and tired. Today, here's my list of to-dos:

1. Balance checkbook (daily)
2. Post January goals (yeah, I forgot to do this before)
3. Write my Nana a letter (I owe her one)done! I'm the GOOD granddaughter this month. :grin:
4. Start working on a list of short story ideas
5. 1k on Seasons
6. Finish the readthrough on Dreams

Nothing huge - just little stuff. Hopefully today is a slow day at work.

(writing) Goals for January

Yes, it's a little late. But here are my goals for January:

January 15 - Finish edits for Elements of Magic.
January 31 - 3100k written.
January 31 - 1 short story written.

Nothing insurmountable. I can do this.

(writing) I'm in FM Chat

In Writing Only, writing. (shocking, I know)

Join me if you'd like.

(writing) Words for 1/10 - Dark Moon Seasons

starting count: 1452
ending count:2204
difference: +752

starting line: “Are you going to be okay?” one of the other EMTs asked, looking sharply at him, and he shook himself, reminded of his job.

Ending line: They always screamed so nicely.

Darling: The trace shimmered along his nerves, an odd, tangled note of Power that didn’t resemble anything he’d ever sensed before, cutting cleanly through the remains of the shielding spells. Derek concentrated, trying to tease out more of the trace, but it defied his attempts to untwine its signature, so he committed it to memory and raised his hand.