Feel Good Friday!

Well, we made it! Another long, brutal week in the books. At least that's how the week has been here. 

But through all of the bull and insanity, there is good. 

Here's the list:

1. I have the absolute best friends in the world. They see me and feel me and know just the right things to say and do to make me feel better or just to hold my hand as I travel through some stuff. I am humbled. 

2. The new (again - three times in a year) oven part arriving. 

3. The old gal having more smiley faces than frowny faces this week. (We're tracking good and bad days) And no, I don't want your opinion on what we should do. (not to be rude) We know our girl and we will absolutely not let her suffer no matter how much we don't want to let her go. We're not at decision time yet. We will be soon, but not yet. We do already have a plan for when it is time. Whether or not we'll actually be in control of that remains to be seen. 

4. Despite taking several days off, managing a decent word count this week. It's not enough but it is at the same time. 

5. Air conditioning. 

6. Weekend plans. They are mainly house centered - remove the poison ivy (again), trim the bushes threatening to take over the neighbors house, replant some stuff, clean, blah blah blah. There might be a bit of socializing in there but I'm not sure yet. I am just looking forward to getting some things taken care of and maybe having a nice fire in the firepit with That Man. 

7. Sleeping beyond alarm time. 

8. The gorgeous weather at the beginning of this week. Not so much today and what it's supposed to be like this weekend. 

That's all I have. 

Behave! 

Weekend Wrap Up on Monday...

It was a chaos filled, exhausting, and productive weekend. 

But then...aren't most of them? We cram as much as we can into those precious forty-eight hours. So much so that we start the week totally exhausted. Then our work week sucks us bone dry, leaving us with very little to get through our evenings. 

It's an awful cycle with no chance of breaking free. 

I don't know what the answer is. 

All I know is I'm tired. 

And maybe a little crabby. Ha! 

That's all I have for now. 

Behave! 

Into the Fire is Available!

 

I'm a little later than intended, but it's out! The paperback will be a little bit longer but should be ready soon!

(This is a republication. The original came out in 2017.)

In Olivia Sanders' world, people like her don't survive very long. Special
abilities are a threat to those in power. Olivia and her friends struggle to
keep their secrets as new laws threaten them daily. But hiding isn't enough
for Olivia. A healer and firestarter, she works with the resistance to
ensure the safety of the people of her sector, toiling in an unforgiving
world without freedom or hope with the goal that someday they will find
both.

Poisoned by someone she should never have trusted, betrayed by her
godfather, the former governor, who is using disturbing methods to control
the population, Olivia is forced to seek help from Luke Jamison, the leader
of the resistance. They join forces with his brother, Matt, and Jillian
Derrick, a hard-as-nails woman leading a band of "undesirables" to safety.
As conditions in the sector deteriorate and the death toll climbs ever
higher, Olivia and Luke, Jillian and Matt, cling to the miracle of found
love while facing the horror of a future without each other.

Behave! 

Thursday Ramblings...

I am in the crappiest mood. 

I'm tired. I know this is a contributing factor. Though I did sleep for most of the night. Mostly. I'll take what I can get. 

I found a long gray hair in my chin yesterday. It wasn't there when I washed my face in the morning. I would have felt it when I put moisturizer on. Then...bam...all of a sudden it's about ninety inches long and just hanging there. Gross. 

Our meal service didn't deliver our box yesterday, which was a frustration that meant we had to go to the store on our way home. I'm going to give them a pass this time though. Two people I know work for the major shipping companies and they both said their days were chaos on Tuesday and things were backed up, which extended into Wednesday.

Other than that...well, there's a lot and I'm not going to get into all of it. 

On the upside, we have a rare weekend at home coming up. I say that like we're going to relax and stuff, but that won't be the case. The weeds are taking over, the oil needs changed, the Jeep needs worked on, and the house needs a deep clean. Surprisingly, I'm okay with all of that as long as we're home. 

That is all...

Behave!  

Holiday Weekend Wrap Up!

It's weird that it's Monday...

Back to the grind tomorrow. I'm not ready. But then I never am...

Let's just hit the list...

1. Grandkid weekend was a blast. So much silliness and chaos. We made pizza, mozzarella sticks, played games, made cookies, tacos, and smoothies. All of the snacks are gone and the house is mostly back in order. I say mostly because the cats got into a huge fight Saturday night and one of them peed on the guest room bed. Luckily it didn't soak in beyond a small blanket on top, but it still created a bit of chaos. And I need to finish washing everything. 

2. The rain was crazy! It rained so much that the regular holiday picnic was cancelled, which is rare. It's been cancelled before but it's been a really long time. We figured it would be though and had put together a taco soup for our dinner instead of the cowboy caviar and pepperoncini chicken we had planned for the picnic. 

3. Then last minute plans with friends. The call came in as we were taking the grandkids home. They were feeling the isolation of the rainy weekend and wanted company. We packaged up our soup and ventured out for some much needed social time. We didn't stay too long. The exhaustion had caught up with us. 

4. Today was lovely sleeping in. (Little B insists he gets up at six am even if its the weekend.) 

5. I also got through Into the Fire and it's ready to go for formatting. I'm hoping to have it up within the next week or so. I still really love this story. I didn't change anything--just double-checked everything and fixed some typos. 

And that is all... 

Behave! 

Feel Good Friday

Whelp...Here we go at the beginning of the rainy long weekend. 

All I can say is that it better rain its butt off! Ha! 

Here's the list: 

1. Early out of the day job today and off Monday. 

2. Grandkid weekend commencing. 

3. Our flexible plan for the weekend. 

4. Writing. I haven't gotten a lot done this week, but I have gotten much done. This weekend will likely be a wash until at least Sunday but it is what it is. 

That's all I have. 

Behave! 

Stupid Scammers...

I have had it with these scammers...

Countless daily phone calls advising me that they received my loan application and just need to go over a few things with me. And it's an automated call so it's not like you can answer and tell them to burn in h*ll. 

Not just once a day. Like fifteen times a day. 

Then there are the texts. Constant. I have unpaid parking tickets, a package that can't be delivered, a job offer with an unreal salary...add the political ones, and yeah.

Add the other random "spam risk" calls where, if I do answer with the expectation of telling someone off, there's no one on the other end.  

There is no peace. 

I'm so sick of it. 

/rant

Behave!