A Little Effort is Required...

...but I'm attempting to be more positive about pretty much everything. Yeah, there's suckage, but pretty much all of it are things out of my control. So I'm trying to control what I can...

So here are some positive things for today...

1. My friends bolstering and giving me tools like fire, phoenixes, and a word for next year. (It's writing related and it's not going to make sense) But yeah, I was having a little bit of a professional crises and they jumped on it and helped me sort it out. 

2. The rain. I know it's dreary out, but I kind of like that too. (Though I do wish for snow)

3. Being recertified in CPR today. It was a good and thorough class. 

4. Crossing stuff off my "to do" list. 

Four is a good number to stop at. See? I'm trying. 

Behave! 

Weekend Wrap Up

Oh Sunday... why do you come so soon? 

Man is it windy! We've been watching our neighbor's roof vent flap in the gusts. It looks like it's going to blow off. Unfortunately, we don't have a number for the landlord over there and the new tenant must work a weird shift. She's lived there for about a month now and we've never met her. So we'll keep an eye out for when she comes home and let her know. That's all we can do. 

This weekend has been house stuff, errand running, camper winterizing, laundry, grocery shopping, truck work, and attempts at taking it easy. Oh and we both slept in both days, which is amazing and unheard of.

We'd put the truck in for inspection last week and our mechanic found some pretty rude rust that meant it would not pass. We called the guy who's done work on my Jeep and he said he'd give us an estimate. He could fit us in right away, so we told him to go ahead. He found even more rust. And after our bank account taking a huge hit, we got it back. That Man double-checked everything and it'll go back to the shop and hopefully pass inspection this week. Joy. Just what we needed right before Christmas. But what are you going to do? 

Other than that... I made decent progress on my short. Not as much as I'd wanted/hoped, but enough that I don't feel unaccomplished. So there's that. 

Back to the grind tomorrow. 

And that is all...

Behave! 

Feel Good Friday

It's been a very long week. 

I kept thinking it was Friday - on Wednesday, Thursday... Ugh. 

Let's hit the list:

1. Making good progress on my short story. 

2. Warm socks. 

3. Not cooking dinner tonight. 

4. The weekend and sleeping in. And I plan to. 

5. Getting our truck back. That's a long story I'll save for another time. 

That's it for now. 

Behave! 

I'm Back...

Almost a month... 

I don't know that the social media break did much good. I mean, it did. I did still peek at some of the sites, but made an effort not to spend a great deal of time on them. That will continue. I just can't do it. 

So what's been happening? 

Really, not a lot. Just your usual day by day stuff. Oh and now it's cold. Hate that. 

The holidays are coming up fast too. I'm trying to get organized. It'll be a bit different than last year since I'm not also preparing to go under the knife. I think my holiday-spirit-o-meter is going to be okay this year. We'll see if that changes. Ha! 

Waiting on the finalization of Thanksgiving plans. We're invited to friends we barely get to see and if that falls through, we'll be with That Man's sister. It's rare that I'm not heavily involved in the planning and preparation part of the holiday. If we celebrate with our friends, I don't have to do that. I'm kind of enjoying just worrying about my food contribution and what stretchy pants I should wear. 

I burned the crap out of my hand with my new steam cleaner. The steam cleaner is pretty nifty though admittedly I haven't used it since I destroyed my hand. I had released the pressure and let it sit for a good forty minutes before opening it to get rid of the leftover water. It blew up on me. I spent the rest of the evening with ice, (I know you're not supposed to use ice, but I did and I don't regret it) aloe, and horrid pain. By the time we went to bed, the pain had eased, so there's that. It's healing pretty quickly though. I think because it's my hand and the skin is thicker. I have two major spots that are still red and my skin feels weird. It never really blistered probably because my hands are so dry right now. We'll see if it peels. 

Let's see...what else? 

Grandkids - we had the boys and K5 this past weekend. What a blast! We stayed in a state of absolute hilarity pretty much the whole time. None of us slept a lot and the kids ate a lot, but they were so much fun. We had an early soccer game for B, and then went to lunch. And for ice cream. By the time we did the drop offs, we were spent--emotionally, physically, and financially. Ha! We were supposed to go to friends that evening, but we were so tired we bailed. We didn't even do dinner and we'd made plans to either go out or pick up take out. 

B's game was super stressful. They tied. 5-5. B scored all 5 goals. Well, technically he scored 7, but 2 were disqualified. But tying with the division champs was pretty darned good. It was definitely an "edge of your seat" kind of game. 

I did get the Old Lady story spiffed up and out there. I'm now working on a short as a little prequel to the horseman story. So far so good. 

And that's about it. Well, there are probably a ton of things from my month-long break, but I figure I've bored you enough. 

That is all. 

Behave! 

Taking a Break...

Yeah, I suck. It's been almost a week. 

Everything is the same or at least it feels like it. 

With that said...

I'm going to take a little Internet break. Social media is draining. I feel like it's sucking out my soul and is making me sad and cranky. 

I'm going to stay away from all of it, including here, for a few weeks. 

Catch you on the flip side! 

Behave! 

Tuesday Suckage...

Here's a list of suck...

1. I was ready to start submitting the old lady story when I realized my chapters were all wonki-fied and I had forgotten to double-check them. I corrected that, but now I need to make sure where I end the chapters makes sense, so back to work...

2. The last vestiges of this cold. Sinus drainage sucks. 

3. I'm tired. 

4. Traffic. My gosh, do people even know how to drive anymore? 

5. Stuff not working the way it's supposed to. 

6. It's only Tuesday. Yeah, there I go wishing my life away, but....

7. Road construction - it's everywhere and it's getting old. 

That is all of my grumpiness...

Behave! 

Weekend Wrap Up!

Oh Sunday...

1. My Jeep was on four wheels and I got to back it out of the shelter! I almost cried. We're not quite a third done, but it's amazing progress. Half of the lift is one, and I might need to get a step stool to get in. Ha! 

2. My book is done and the synopsis is written. Whoot!

3. My freezer is cleaned out. Nothing like finding a bunch of green beans and one terrible looking shrimp. 

4. BLT's with fresh garden tomatoes on sourdough bread. 

5. Sheets washed and returned to the bed. 

6. Most of the housework is done. Well, not really. The essentials are done. Next weekend is the big clean. 

7. Our town's Halloween parade coming up. I do like the parade. I just hate the people who think they can park on private property and end up blocking our spaces. 

8. Plans to take K5 to dinner this week. I miss that girl (even though we talk all the time, we haven't seen her in a while thanks to opposing schedules)

That's enough. 

Behave!