Thursday night/Friday's weather was deliciously
blissful, bright sunshine with a
cold North wind blowing. I've been cool and comfortable for the first time in bloody
months! (Yes, OK, there was no sunshine Thursday night. There was, however, a strong cold breeze blowing through the wide open bedroom window...) [shakes head] I'm either turning Eskimo or Saiyan - and I know which I'd prefer...
[poggled] Nevertheless I am afflicted with fleeing haddock again. Where'd Friday go? Thursday too, for that matter...?
A lot of it I've been working on Dreams. I reckon I can average 1,200 words a day (managed 1,500 Thursday, 1,000 Friday, without any noticeable strain on my hands, so that seems a good target to aim for). At that rate I'd have the first draft finished in fifty days (which would be the first week of November) but that doesn't allow time off for
good behaviour weekends and other happy distractions, like visits from friends. But with a deadline of the 20
th December, it's eminently do-able. And leaves me leeway for my (much hoped for) break over in Winchester...
I also managed to get [gasp]
two book reviews off,
before this month's deadline... (ignore for a moment the fact that they should have been done three months ago...)
... I'm being haunted by squirrels. First there was the
demonic squirrel at
The Mousehole; then there was a decidedly squicky story featuring mutant squirrels I tripped over at AFF; then Kai tells me all about this long cartoon he has planned, featuring a squirrel with super powers. I tell you, I'll never look at squiggles the same way again!
Speaking of bratling... Any other mums reading this have sprogs that do sound effects while they're speaking? Kai rolls out a 'dun dun
DUN' prior to making an announcement, and sings 'Alleluia!' (from the Alleluia Chorus) when I agree to let him do something he wants. [bemused] It's quite cute actually...
Carol is visiting tomorrow, to drive me up to SR then help me get the computer functioning properly again.
[GLOMPS Carol] And to have a break, of course. (I'm making my (in)famous Duck
à l'orange and have bought lots and lots of strawberries for pudden...) I'm hoping SR can sort out the software (and hopefully fix the A drive) while we wait, but we'll see.
The next few weeks will be manic. I have the school visits with Kai next week (three of them, anyway): the week after Ken's in Dartmouth, and that weekend Ruth, Jun and Yumi are coming over. Week after again is another school visit, and the boiler has to be serviced to make sure our insurance stays current. Heh. I need a 48 hour day. Might even have time to sleep then!
At the moment I'm working on
2AC - needed a break for an hour or so. It's coming along very nicely, as is Lutra's
SFSG, which is a wonderful read!
If I disappear for a day or so, you'll know the computer problems were more severe than anticipated...
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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