A mixed bag (on the last afternoon of a Romania trip)
Firstly, thank you so much to alilacia, jackieville and poetic_self for my lovely balloons! They've been a delightful reminder to keep my heart light :)
Secondly, courtesy no doubt of the dear muses, this morning I arrived at the factory, opened my mouth to say something to the lady who had driven me there, paused, and instead what came out was, "I think it's going to snow later. I can taste it."
Six hours later, I completely forgotten about that remark, when she suddenly came rushing to find me in the sample room, just to tell me that yes, indeed it was snowing. And now, it's snowing rather heavily. The roof opposite my hotel room already has about 1 1/2" settled onto it for the evening. Gah. I MUST get home tomorrow!
a) I have a friend's 30th birthday party in the evening - and I do not want to miss her expression when she opens up her present of a David Tennant standee. I fear the party may well end there though, because she'll want to send everyone home so that she can have him to herself XD
and
b) I GET TO PICK UP MY NEW (OLD) CAR. More about the car when it's safely parked outside where I live, though I will reveal that I have already named him. He is called Short John Silver :)
On a less awesome note, I really feel like I've lost my writing mojo of late :( I've been working on various WIPs since before January, but everything is coming out wrong. I'll check over things and it's just, augh, dull and contrived and repetitive and like reading a poorly translated construcition manual for a very banal piece of furniture. I'll read it and think, 'Oh my GOD, what is THAT word doing there AGAIN. I've used that word a HUNDRED times in EVERY SINGLE STORY and it STILL doesn't convey what I want to say. Vocabulary! Why have you forsaken meeee!' *woe-woe-rend clothes* etc etc. I have no real doubts that it'll shift and come right again, but the sheer frustration at absolutely hating everything I'm creating at the moment is no fun. So, I'm sitting on everything for now like a fractious hen until my chicks are less deformed and mangey and boring *g*
Finally, because it's Friday and everyone deserves a treat, here's a bunch of songs I'm enjoying at the moment and wanted to share (thanks to slashfairy for the heads-up about LJ tracking sharefiles, and how to block it). Happy Friday everyone!
Secondly, courtesy no doubt of the dear muses, this morning I arrived at the factory, opened my mouth to say something to the lady who had driven me there, paused, and instead what came out was, "I think it's going to snow later. I can taste it."
Six hours later, I completely forgotten about that remark, when she suddenly came rushing to find me in the sample room, just to tell me that yes, indeed it was snowing. And now, it's snowing rather heavily. The roof opposite my hotel room already has about 1 1/2" settled onto it for the evening. Gah. I MUST get home tomorrow!
a) I have a friend's 30th birthday party in the evening - and I do not want to miss her expression when she opens up her present of a David Tennant standee. I fear the party may well end there though, because she'll want to send everyone home so that she can have him to herself XD
and
b) I GET TO PICK UP MY NEW (OLD) CAR. More about the car when it's safely parked outside where I live, though I will reveal that I have already named him. He is called Short John Silver :)
On a less awesome note, I really feel like I've lost my writing mojo of late :( I've been working on various WIPs since before January, but everything is coming out wrong. I'll check over things and it's just, augh, dull and contrived and repetitive and like reading a poorly translated construcition manual for a very banal piece of furniture. I'll read it and think, 'Oh my GOD, what is THAT word doing there AGAIN. I've used that word a HUNDRED times in EVERY SINGLE STORY and it STILL doesn't convey what I want to say. Vocabulary! Why have you forsaken meeee!' *woe-woe-rend clothes* etc etc. I have no real doubts that it'll shift and come right again, but the sheer frustration at absolutely hating everything I'm creating at the moment is no fun. So, I'm sitting on everything for now like a fractious hen until my chicks are less deformed and mangey and boring *g*
Finally, because it's Friday and everyone deserves a treat, here's a bunch of songs I'm enjoying at the moment and wanted to share (thanks to slashfairy for the heads-up about LJ tracking sharefiles, and how to block it). Happy Friday everyone!