A Light Through the Darkness

I am wearing a dark green shirt and green shamrock socks, and it is bright, sunny, supposed to be 63 degrees today, and I have VTO at 3:30 pm. Life is GOOD!!!

No gym today - yesterday was AWFUL, so I decided I needed sleep and a slow morning. Up at 6:30, a leisurely bath, breakfast and folding laundry, then putting the corned beef in the crockpot with carrots and parsnips (I forgot potatoes) and heading into work.

Still listening to Weather Child - almost done with it though. *sniff* Next is The Dreamer's Thread by Starla Hutchins.

Writing and painting runestones today. That's the agenda for the studio.

So, I'm working 3 12-hr shifts Monday through Wednesday next week. This requires planning on my part, because I will be damned if:

a) I will eat out every lunch break and/or dinner break.
b) I will have soda again.

This means that I have to do a few things - hey, beard5, what's your thoughts on stopping at a Family Dollar tomorrow and looking at some Bento Boxes? I'm going to get either some of the Hello Kitty ones that they supposedly have (it's either them or Dollar Tree) or some Lock-n-Locks from Target/Walmart. I'm going to be packing bentos for lunch and dinner for all three days.

I want to make up some peanut noodles (yummy!) and maybe I'll try some furikake rice or some rice balls (I think they're called onigri). I'm also going to see if I can find some cookie cutters I can use to shape the rice and do some hard-boiled eggs.

I need to get some fillers for the boxes (cherry tomatoes, grapes, etc) and some paper cupcake cups.

I'm also going to make some cranberry bread and maybe some chicken casserole for the week.

More later.

Oh, and my bento shipped already!!!

My bad. I forgot to post this yesterday before I went to bed.

Word Counts for Belladonna Dreams

Goal for the day: 750
Actual words written: 1078

Starting line: The last one had almost accepted him.

Ending line: “Shut up!” I said, flushing.

Darling: “If I could, I would, darling,” he said, drawing out the last word sarcastically. “But since I’m not a Daywalker, I’m tied to this place until I can get a new body. So if you want the boy, and you want to be able to actually consummate the relationship WITHOUT him dying first, I suggest you find me another subject.”

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Edward's getting quite snarky, and there's dissention in the ranks of evil. I love it! And I've come up with the idea for the sequel (well, the premise, anyways), and it involves my world's version of TAPS, so I'm hoping I might be able to maybe observe them on a case or two. Hey, I can ask, right? Hopefully, by the time I do, I'll have at least an agent for Dreams, if not a contract for the series, so that would lend a bit of clout to the request. :)

Today, we're going to see either TMNT or The Last Mimzy, then going to check out the new apartment, and then I'm off to beard5's to get a table for my new office/sewing room. So words will have to wait until tonight, after 8. But I will do words! I will!

I have the head cold from hell. It feels like someone has run me over with a steamroller. So I have called in sick, and will be doing...I don't know what today. Probably sleeping for a good part of it.

I think I might try and get some of the crits that I have outstanding done as well. We'll see. My laptop isn't that great for editing (because it doesn't have a mouse) but the couch and then bed are more comfortable than my chair. Then again, I'll probably just fall asleep.

I need to work on bags, too. And the tabards for Tax Court. *sigh* Even a day off isn't.

Little written, because I worked a 12+ hour day. But I wrote!!!

Word Goal for the day: 750 - made 342

Starting line: The next morning dawned icy and clear – the frost glittering on the grass outside was a sure sign winter was on its way.

Ending line: “Hah!” she said. Great, I couldn’t even convince the weak sister. My chances of convincing Ellen were vanishing quickly.

Darling: none, sadly.

More tomorrow - beard5 has promised me a sanctuary to write in that doesn't include internet to distract me! So I should have lots to post tomorrow. And more for SB - I came up with a good plot twist today at work. *Did I mention I hate long days when I'm bored out of my skull and can't even write, because I'm brain-dead?*

Oh, and possibly good news coming soon!

- Have Partylite open house and make oodles of money. (well, not oodles, but it was a good show)
- Clean living room
- Write 750 words on Belladonna Dreams so I don't get mocked (done - see above)
- Write up Ajax for Broken Wings

Those are the main goals. We'll see how long that takes me - I have a Partylite conference call tonight as well, and I need to see when I get more money in my Partylite account, so I can afford some new stuff. :p

More updates later.

Heading off to my last day of work before vacation (yay!) and just finishing up things. The living room needs to be picked up, but that's really it, and the kitchen needs to be tidied. I can do those now - once I get dressed for work.

Got another 20 pages done on Tony's book - I'm going to make a push tonight and try and finish it.

266 / 436 (61.0%)

My basket is packed for Pennsic - just need to drop my meds and my money in tomorrow. I've got the camera cleaned up (525 pictures - will that be enough?) and the kittens are worn out with their new toys.

Just need to call the hotel and make sure we can check in around 10 pm (shouldn't be a problem) and then go to work!

More later...

Stuffed nose and all - bleah.

Having to actually chase my cat around the apartment to give him his medicine - yay! I'm just glad he has so much energy now! :)

Unfortunately, I've been so busy taking care of Max and stressing over him (just a bit!) that the cold that has been threatening for a while just hit like a nuclear bomb. I am writing, because that keeps me upright, which makes it slightly easier to breathe.

Slightly.

It also keeps me from snoring so loud that I keep Argus awake.

So I will write tonight, and then go make sweet and sour kielbasa for him to take tomorrow, and then I will sleep.

Hopefully. That's the plan.