(personal/writing) Yeah, yeah, yeah, Sunday, I know. Bleah.

Am having a day. For one thing, I'm hung over, thanks to poker last night at the landlord's, where I drank some he was calling "Scream" which has a lot of Malibu and some vodka in it, and lime juice. Very tasty. Very deadly. And since I didn't remember to take aspirin or drink some water before I passed out last night (although I did remember to make the French toast casserole for breakfast), AND there's a front passing through - yeah, Val is grumpy today.

It's also been about a week since I've had a chance to write anything, which makes me incredibly grumpy. I've been writing school stuff, but that's it, and it's not creative writing, and my Muse is sniping at the bartender and demanding a lot more vodka martinis than he normally does. (For those who don't know, my Muse is a black Siamese cat who smokes like a chimney, sounds like Dean Martin, and drinks vodka martinis. Why, I don't know, but that's what I see.) So tonight, I'm going to do some admin stuff, and then I am settling in to write for at least an hour. At least.

I have a lot of stuff that I need to catch up on this week, not just writing. I'm behind on my edits for S&S. I'm behind on emails. I'm behind on my spring cleaning. I feel like I have nothing but stuff to do and no time to do it. It's just so aggravating.

I know I'm putting most of the pressure on myself. I don't HAVE to do all these things. I have to take care of myself. But, dammit, that's the easies thing to push off.

Meh. I need to write.

(personal) Race for the Cure: June 4th

On June 4th, my family and I are participating in the Race for the Cure in Hartford, CT. My little sister Debbie and I are actually running the 5k for the very first time for each of us. I don't often ask for money, but if you'd like to help us reach our fundraising goal, that would be awesome.

Here's my personal page. Right now, we've got me, my two sisters, my folks and my aunt walking or running the race. If you want to join us, feel free!

(writing) Two more episodes plotted

Starting Count: 1778
Ending Count: 2361
Net Gain: +583
Current Word MTD count: 583

I'm up to Episode 4 in the Tales outline, which means I only have 3 more episodes left to plot! And I'm finding all sorts of fun things, now that I remembered it was a pirate story and not a castle story (yes, my writing group had to remind me of this). I am also exploring sea monsters. Kraken bore me now. Did you know the Hydra, though, was a sea monster? This is fun. Also, mermaids could be evil. I am liking this.

More writing tomorrow. Now, I'm going to savor the fact that we won against the Yankees and that Josh Beckett pitched like he did in 2007, and go take a bath. And then, bed. And sleep.

Tomorrow, we run!