Random update
imanewme , thank you, the lemur is wonderful. I will call him King Julian. XD
In other moor news:
- chapters of *everything* in progress right now. 0.o *need.more.free.time!*
- oh gods, I just started reading the Sookie Stackhouse series. XD I'm seeing so many parallels w/ other series, but I'm loving the humour. I may order the box set. My little brother got me a gift-cert to Chapters. I think it may cover it. It'll give me something to read @ lunch @ the office. Apparently, in my mat-leave absence, the entire department @ the office became vamp-fiction fans. Everyone's passing around the Twilight, Sookie Stackhouse, etc., books. I keep wondering if I should take in my Jaz Parks or VA or battered vintage LJ Smiths. XD I'm also currently reading "Fables", the graphic novel collection. I have Book One of the treasury-thing. I'm remembering all over why I hate north-american comics -- the lettering with over-emphasis on words in EVERY DIALOG BUBBLE. ARGH. *stabby stabby* Let them speak like NORMAL PEOPLE, your readers are smart enough to figure out the emphasis for themselves! *throws hands in the air*
- I'm foolishly toying around again with the idea of writing an original fiction story (NOT vamp-based, btw) or comic myself, now that I'm getting more comfortable / experienced with writing things/subjects that used to be very difficult for me. I'm getting there. Weaknesses to strengths, weaknesses to strengths... crazy scenes which are getting clearer, more cohesive, and begging me to write them, if only so I get them down on paper, are also increasing in number and frequency. I d'know. Probably the worst idea I've ever had. I have so little time as it is. ^^;
- work is....
- family life is busy. I'm flying around all over with the kids this summer. My son turned 1 on Monday. :) It was wonderful.
- I think I'm burning out again. ^^; We need a bigger house. Or a nanny/housekeeper. Taking care of the kids, doing all the housework, making all the meals, doing all the lunches/packing/planning, my never-ending laundry saga, and still working full-time? It's too much for me, particularly in such a small, getting-cramped, house. I need Places to Put Things so I can put things away. I don't have that, since the house is so small. (Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful house and I'm very lucky and grateful that we have it.) But 1.5 stories and 2 bedrooms for a family of 4, with baby-stuff (crib, play pens, exer-saucers, rocking-toys, etc.), on top of my, er, 'library*' problem, and it is *very* tight around here. ^^; I'm looking forward to the 2 weeks my kids will be away with my folks this summer so I can up-end this place and try and eek out a small corner to myself so I can have a set place to put my computer down to write. ^^; (I feel like a kid sometimes who wants their own room, I feel so pathetic!) XD Also, I *crave* order. Seeing my living space in any state of disorder makes me feel chaotic and unfocused. I need to get this place organized.
- I'm also considering going back to school again. Yeah. We're striking this one from the sanity-record for now. XD Teacher's college, another Masters, a specialization, I'm looking at different options. Ugh. Yeah. These take money, which we don't have right now while we're paying for daycare for two kids. XD Long-term goals, pies in the skies.
- I'm wanting to renew my languages. (ie: my Chinese & to some extent, my French). I need to practice more. The fact that I'm the one teaching my daughter Chinese at the moment is very sobering to me. XD I need practice like whoa. But I'm trying to keep it fun so she *wants* to learn it. I must keep trying!!!
- Summer has come, and I'm out in the backyard / garden. I planted a few edibles this spring (with help from the very generous enleve), and the kids are loving helping me take care of the plants (picking the bugs off the tomatoes, for example), and picking the strawberries that have started turning. It gets us out, it teaches them about growing their own food, and it's an activity we all do together in the early morning before I run to work and they are dropped off to daycare or kindergarten. :) It's our family way. What little time we get together, I want to make the most of it. (Another reason why I need my own little 'writing spot' in the house -- I want a place I can put my computer down and LEAVE IT ALONE, instead of feeling that urge to constantly check e-mail or go online, etc.) Kids are kids only for so long... I want to make sure I make that time family time. ^^; It's a lofty goal, considering how much I work, but I try.
So that's me. Things are ridiculously busy (and I'm not getting much sleep), but they're moving along. ^^;
Now, it is time for bed.
* = library problem : Some women buy purses. Others, shoes. Me? Books. We have bookcases in every room. We have at least 10 bookcases that are over 6' high. In a 1.5 story, 2-bedroom house. moor=synonym for masochist. I know, I have issues... I have a grad degree in literature, I can't help it.
In other moor news:
- chapters of *everything* in progress right now. 0.o *need.more.free.time!*
- oh gods, I just started reading the Sookie Stackhouse series. XD I'm seeing so many parallels w/ other series, but I'm loving the humour. I may order the box set. My little brother got me a gift-cert to Chapters. I think it may cover it. It'll give me something to read @ lunch @ the office. Apparently, in my mat-leave absence, the entire department @ the office became vamp-fiction fans. Everyone's passing around the Twilight, Sookie Stackhouse, etc., books. I keep wondering if I should take in my Jaz Parks or VA or battered vintage LJ Smiths. XD I'm also currently reading "Fables", the graphic novel collection. I have Book One of the treasury-thing. I'm remembering all over why I hate north-american comics -- the lettering with over-emphasis on words in EVERY DIALOG BUBBLE. ARGH. *stabby stabby* Let them speak like NORMAL PEOPLE, your readers are smart enough to figure out the emphasis for themselves! *throws hands in the air*
- I'm foolishly toying around again with the idea of writing an original fiction story (NOT vamp-based, btw) or comic myself, now that I'm getting more comfortable / experienced with writing things/subjects that used to be very difficult for me. I'm getting there. Weaknesses to strengths, weaknesses to strengths... crazy scenes which are getting clearer, more cohesive, and begging me to write them, if only so I get them down on paper, are also increasing in number and frequency. I d'know. Probably the worst idea I've ever had. I have so little time as it is. ^^;
- work is....
- family life is busy. I'm flying around all over with the kids this summer. My son turned 1 on Monday. :) It was wonderful.
- I think I'm burning out again. ^^; We need a bigger house. Or a nanny/housekeeper. Taking care of the kids, doing all the housework, making all the meals, doing all the lunches/packing/planning, my never-ending laundry saga, and still working full-time? It's too much for me, particularly in such a small, getting-cramped, house. I need Places to Put Things so I can put things away. I don't have that, since the house is so small. (Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful house and I'm very lucky and grateful that we have it.) But 1.5 stories and 2 bedrooms for a family of 4, with baby-stuff (crib, play pens, exer-saucers, rocking-toys, etc.), on top of my, er, 'library*' problem, and it is *very* tight around here. ^^; I'm looking forward to the 2 weeks my kids will be away with my folks this summer so I can up-end this place and try and eek out a small corner to myself so I can have a set place to put my computer down to write. ^^; (I feel like a kid sometimes who wants their own room, I feel so pathetic!) XD Also, I *crave* order. Seeing my living space in any state of disorder makes me feel chaotic and unfocused. I need to get this place organized.
- I'm also considering going back to school again. Yeah. We're striking this one from the sanity-record for now. XD Teacher's college, another Masters, a specialization, I'm looking at different options. Ugh. Yeah. These take money, which we don't have right now while we're paying for daycare for two kids. XD Long-term goals, pies in the skies.
- I'm wanting to renew my languages. (ie: my Chinese & to some extent, my French). I need to practice more. The fact that I'm the one teaching my daughter Chinese at the moment is very sobering to me. XD I need practice like whoa. But I'm trying to keep it fun so she *wants* to learn it. I must keep trying!!!
- Summer has come, and I'm out in the backyard / garden. I planted a few edibles this spring (with help from the very generous enleve), and the kids are loving helping me take care of the plants (picking the bugs off the tomatoes, for example), and picking the strawberries that have started turning. It gets us out, it teaches them about growing their own food, and it's an activity we all do together in the early morning before I run to work and they are dropped off to daycare or kindergarten. :) It's our family way. What little time we get together, I want to make the most of it. (Another reason why I need my own little 'writing spot' in the house -- I want a place I can put my computer down and LEAVE IT ALONE, instead of feeling that urge to constantly check e-mail or go online, etc.) Kids are kids only for so long... I want to make sure I make that time family time. ^^; It's a lofty goal, considering how much I work, but I try.
So that's me. Things are ridiculously busy (and I'm not getting much sleep), but they're moving along. ^^;
Now, it is time for bed.
* = library problem : Some women buy purses. Others, shoes. Me? Books. We have bookcases in every room. We have at least 10 bookcases that are over 6' high. In a 1.5 story, 2-bedroom house. moor=synonym for masochist. I know, I have issues... I have a grad degree in literature, I can't help it.