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Off-the-Grid Again
Aug. 12th, 2010 09:00 amSorry I haven't kept up with the ol' blog. Mason is out of school and more often than not that means I go off the grid. Though lately, the biggest thing keeping me away from my computer is the damn heat. If we're at home, I'm laying like a complete slug melting in a pool of my own sweat. If we're out in a/c, we're, well, out... and it's not always convenient to sit in one place.
Ah, but I'm just complaining. I've been in a complaining mood all week.
Because, honestly, I couldn't even tell you what's been keeping me busy. I've been trying to get housework done in the morning before the heat rolls in. So, instead of sitting with Mason at the coffeeshop, I've been hurrying us home so I can do dishes, recycling, etc., and set up something for dinner (last night I thought ahead and had something going in the crockpot, so the house didn't get all heated up with any cooking. Tonight: cold chicken and salad!)
Then, usually, Mason and I do something. Lately, it's been a lot of lying really still as the fans blow hot air over us and reading HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. Though, yesterday, we did do our usual thing and went to the Coffee Grounds to meet up with Eleanor and Naomi and then my dear, old friend Harry LeBlanc joined us. It was really pleasant, though I didn't get the one project I need to get done finished. I've got about 500 words to write to finish up an article I'm writing for an anthology, and I know what I want/need to say, but finding not-hot time to write has been a bear.
Plus, I'm just plain cranky.
Last night I wanted to go out to hang out with some friends at the Writer's Night Out, but things just didn't work out. Which has also added to the cranky that is today.
A couple of fans have written into Tate's blog to tell me that my link to an excerpt to ALMOST TO DIE FOR is broken. It's actually not built yet, and I need to do that too. It doesn't take long, but it's picky work and, well, let's see.... I'm cranky.
Do you ever have days when you just want to sit in a corner and sneer? That's me today. I'm hoping caffeine and some a/c will clear that up. For now it's all snarl, snarl, snap, snap!!
Ah, but I'm just complaining. I've been in a complaining mood all week.
Because, honestly, I couldn't even tell you what's been keeping me busy. I've been trying to get housework done in the morning before the heat rolls in. So, instead of sitting with Mason at the coffeeshop, I've been hurrying us home so I can do dishes, recycling, etc., and set up something for dinner (last night I thought ahead and had something going in the crockpot, so the house didn't get all heated up with any cooking. Tonight: cold chicken and salad!)
Then, usually, Mason and I do something. Lately, it's been a lot of lying really still as the fans blow hot air over us and reading HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. Though, yesterday, we did do our usual thing and went to the Coffee Grounds to meet up with Eleanor and Naomi and then my dear, old friend Harry LeBlanc joined us. It was really pleasant, though I didn't get the one project I need to get done finished. I've got about 500 words to write to finish up an article I'm writing for an anthology, and I know what I want/need to say, but finding not-hot time to write has been a bear.
Plus, I'm just plain cranky.
Last night I wanted to go out to hang out with some friends at the Writer's Night Out, but things just didn't work out. Which has also added to the cranky that is today.
A couple of fans have written into Tate's blog to tell me that my link to an excerpt to ALMOST TO DIE FOR is broken. It's actually not built yet, and I need to do that too. It doesn't take long, but it's picky work and, well, let's see.... I'm cranky.
Do you ever have days when you just want to sit in a corner and sneer? That's me today. I'm hoping caffeine and some a/c will clear that up. For now it's all snarl, snarl, snap, snap!!