Mail , writing, trips
Wow, good day for the mail today - paycheck and packages and all kinds of goodies.
I'm still trying to kick the germtastic ass of this virus that the kids brought home from school and shared. Blah!
I have decided to do NaNoWriMo this year. Yeah, I'm usually against the whole quanity over quality thing but I want to try and learn how to write things at a faster rate than I have been. And it's a good way to get started on the new short story series. What I want to do is finish editing the Michael-stories and have them all together by November so I can focus on the new story. Hopefully that all works out.
Jeanette is going to be in a variety show at school- I have to take her to practice tonight. Brenda can't be in it though-- she's got her babysitting job. Steve is going to try out for Cross Country and he's joining the chess club when that starts up. It's nice that they've all got some activities. I'm also going to take them to a family thing on Tuesday - it's like a seven week program with dinner and activities for teens. We're going to try it out this week and see if they like it and if so we'll keep going.
Wednesday I think I want to try taking the train into Philly. The concerts that I want to get to being all in Philly, and me having no friends around here anymore - I have to either have to learn to drive there or take the train. The Jenny concert is coming up on the tenth and I want to try to make it to that. Of course, that's also the same day I have my court thing for the accident (wish me luck! I really hope it gets settled this time) - so I don't know if I'll feel up to going later that night. The court thing is also involving some scary driving - into Camden, to the courthouse there. I got my brother Joe to take me last time, but this time I have to drive myself because he's got therapy for his arm and can't take me. So I'm nervous about that too. But I can't just not go anywhere because I don't have any friends or family to rely on - I've got to start straightening out my own driving fears and figure out how to do it on my own.
Ps: If you get a chance, check our auctions for this week- some of them are still really low and there's only one day or so left. Video games, books (Lord of the Rings and Dragonlance and RA Salvatore stuff and Dr. Phil), Korean War army spoons, cute plushie, shadowbox... etc. etc.
I'm still trying to kick the germtastic ass of this virus that the kids brought home from school and shared. Blah!
I have decided to do NaNoWriMo this year. Yeah, I'm usually against the whole quanity over quality thing but I want to try and learn how to write things at a faster rate than I have been. And it's a good way to get started on the new short story series. What I want to do is finish editing the Michael-stories and have them all together by November so I can focus on the new story. Hopefully that all works out.
Jeanette is going to be in a variety show at school- I have to take her to practice tonight. Brenda can't be in it though-- she's got her babysitting job. Steve is going to try out for Cross Country and he's joining the chess club when that starts up. It's nice that they've all got some activities. I'm also going to take them to a family thing on Tuesday - it's like a seven week program with dinner and activities for teens. We're going to try it out this week and see if they like it and if so we'll keep going.
Wednesday I think I want to try taking the train into Philly. The concerts that I want to get to being all in Philly, and me having no friends around here anymore - I have to either have to learn to drive there or take the train. The Jenny concert is coming up on the tenth and I want to try to make it to that. Of course, that's also the same day I have my court thing for the accident (wish me luck! I really hope it gets settled this time) - so I don't know if I'll feel up to going later that night. The court thing is also involving some scary driving - into Camden, to the courthouse there. I got my brother Joe to take me last time, but this time I have to drive myself because he's got therapy for his arm and can't take me. So I'm nervous about that too. But I can't just not go anywhere because I don't have any friends or family to rely on - I've got to start straightening out my own driving fears and figure out how to do it on my own.
Ps: If you get a chance, check our auctions for this week- some of them are still really low and there's only one day or so left. Video games, books (Lord of the Rings and Dragonlance and RA Salvatore stuff and Dr. Phil), Korean War army spoons, cute plushie, shadowbox... etc. etc.