Killing Time before I go Fish Shopping!
My 20 gallon long tank is finally cycled, and I love it! I have wanted to start a betta sorority for ages, and today is the day! I will be looking for 4-5 female bettas to join my girl Bette Midler lol. I keep calling her Poppy though so I guess that is her nickname. These silly fish (3 tanks now) have truly brightened my life, and I love them. The 20g long, the 20g tall, and 2.5 though that one needs an upgrade as fighting the ammonia is hard. It spiked horribly yesterday and I don't want Thor to get ammonia burns. There was a cute little 5 gallon at my new favorite pet store for 10 bucks so I think I will get that for him today, which means an empty tank, which means... I am going to get another baby! I loved growing a baby betta. I'll get a female this time though so she can go in the 20 long.
Enough fish talk.
Writing - limping along. I hope to make some more progress this weekend. I fell out of the habit of writing during lunch, but I am working to get back to that. This weekend my plan is to outline what scenes I have left to fill in to get to where what was YA's main character's 'mirror moment' - that moment when she (Aneli is her name) finally realized that it was up to her to take the plunge, possibly sacrificing herself, to save her half-brother and his people (who she always felt apart from, but has finally come to realize they have been her family all along, she was the one who held back). It was a fabulous ride getting her to this point, but I don't want to continue on with her journey until I get the others to their moments. (not all at once, that would be boring). Getting everyone in the same country is the main goal, I think! And I am super excited about having Aneli meet Milandria at long last. My two favorite women characters ever! Especially Milandria - she has been with me for almost 17 years.
Dogs are great. LOVE MY DOGS.
I wish, wish so bad, I could find one person, male or female I don't care, who is local to me who would happily meet up with me on a regular basis for writing sessions. Everything is so crit-oriented and frankly, that doesn't interest me. Sorry. I want to WRITE WITH PEOPLE. Like, over lunch or breakfast! On the weekends, not during the week - everything is during the week, and I just can't do that. I love when my friend Anthony is in town as we always have such a great time meeting up and writing and dinner and talk and such. Everyone I know either has families, or lives in Dallas, so it isn't possible to meet regularly. Sigh.
I have paid up my Sirens registration and cannot wait to go again. It is in Vail this year! HIGH HIGH SO HIGH in the mountains!! I love this con so damn much. It is women-focused, Sci-Fi Fantasy, and this will be my second year. THIS year I go knowing a bunch of people which makes it even better. One of the women I met there is also local to me - and clear up north of Dallas. We've met up a couple of times, and it was awesome, but again - she has family, so it isn't a regular thing.
I never made it to Scarborough Faire - again. I meant to, but the $$ wasn't there, and the roof drama--just too much, and too much going on. I could go today I guess but again, not gonna happen.
Other stuff - I am loving my house, my backyard, my dogs, my world. I wish sometimes there was someone with me to experience this, but the one person I'd want is firmly planted, and happily, in England and will stay there. He has a dog now too - a husky! She is adorable. I plan to get back there next year. It has been a couple years since we saw each other :(. Sadface.
I suppose I could try dating, but... Not feeling it. LOL. Meh!
I suppose I could go do errands now - dry my hair, throw on pants and go. Then come back and spend the rest of the day with the dogs - tonight after it cools I am taking Maddox to the washadoggery to blow all his fur off. That should be fun!!
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Enough fish talk.
Writing - limping along. I hope to make some more progress this weekend. I fell out of the habit of writing during lunch, but I am working to get back to that. This weekend my plan is to outline what scenes I have left to fill in to get to where what was YA's main character's 'mirror moment' - that moment when she (Aneli is her name) finally realized that it was up to her to take the plunge, possibly sacrificing herself, to save her half-brother and his people (who she always felt apart from, but has finally come to realize they have been her family all along, she was the one who held back). It was a fabulous ride getting her to this point, but I don't want to continue on with her journey until I get the others to their moments. (not all at once, that would be boring). Getting everyone in the same country is the main goal, I think! And I am super excited about having Aneli meet Milandria at long last. My two favorite women characters ever! Especially Milandria - she has been with me for almost 17 years.
Dogs are great. LOVE MY DOGS.
I wish, wish so bad, I could find one person, male or female I don't care, who is local to me who would happily meet up with me on a regular basis for writing sessions. Everything is so crit-oriented and frankly, that doesn't interest me. Sorry. I want to WRITE WITH PEOPLE. Like, over lunch or breakfast! On the weekends, not during the week - everything is during the week, and I just can't do that. I love when my friend Anthony is in town as we always have such a great time meeting up and writing and dinner and talk and such. Everyone I know either has families, or lives in Dallas, so it isn't possible to meet regularly. Sigh.
I have paid up my Sirens registration and cannot wait to go again. It is in Vail this year! HIGH HIGH SO HIGH in the mountains!! I love this con so damn much. It is women-focused, Sci-Fi Fantasy, and this will be my second year. THIS year I go knowing a bunch of people which makes it even better. One of the women I met there is also local to me - and clear up north of Dallas. We've met up a couple of times, and it was awesome, but again - she has family, so it isn't a regular thing.
I never made it to Scarborough Faire - again. I meant to, but the $$ wasn't there, and the roof drama--just too much, and too much going on. I could go today I guess but again, not gonna happen.
Other stuff - I am loving my house, my backyard, my dogs, my world. I wish sometimes there was someone with me to experience this, but the one person I'd want is firmly planted, and happily, in England and will stay there. He has a dog now too - a husky! She is adorable. I plan to get back there next year. It has been a couple years since we saw each other :(. Sadface.
I suppose I could try dating, but... Not feeling it. LOL. Meh!
I suppose I could go do errands now - dry my hair, throw on pants and go. Then come back and spend the rest of the day with the dogs - tonight after it cools I am taking Maddox to the washadoggery to blow all his fur off. That should be fun!!
Also found on Dreamwidth. I'll answer here though despite the damn Russians.