for my story. I have tweaked and finagled, ripped and replaced thousands of words and I still don't like my chapter four. I finally asked a friend to look at it and give me some ideas. It all just feels too expositiony for me, but when one person is lying in a hospital bed and the other isn't, it doesn't leave much room for action. And I've looked ( Read more... )

because the writ was not done. I've posted three out of the proposed four chapters of my space_wrapped fic, Eternity Waits for No One (Star Trek AOS, Kirk/McCoy, PG-13, AU), but got side-tracked by making merry on Christmas day.

( Because I can't keep anything short and you don't need me to take up the entirety of your monitor when you read your friends page )

I am exhausted from the weekend and actually looking forward to going to work tomorrow. I've been running, running, running all weekend and feeling overwhelmed, even though I'm looking forward to the holidays.

( Extreme self flagellation under cut, enter at your own risk )

Must get done today:

• Finish tidying up spare bedroom
• Set up air mattress in said spare bedroom
• Clean downstairs bathroom
• Vacuum
• Pick up gift card for JinaWould be nice to do today ( Read more... )

Things to do today:

• Start tidying up spare room - moved a bunch of boxes into closets, about half of what was on the floor so far
• Mail Secret Santa package - Holy shit! has postage gotten expensive. Giftee is going to have to be satisfied getting her gift before the end of the year and not before Christmas
• Clean litterboxes
• Restaurant ( Read more... )

with having written zero words today, so far. I may get to some later, but I've decided I'm not going to stress myself out when it's a goddamn holiday and I want to relax and enjoy it ( Read more... )

Oy, am I stuffed. I didn't really make that much food for today, because we went to an Argentinian grill last night and I ate so much meat, I feel like I don't need to eat for a week. So, today was a ham, sweet potato casserole, Waldorf salad, a Panetone, shrimp cocktail and Key Lime pie. Teh daughter brought her artichoke dip with crackers for ( Read more... )

Got a few things done yesterday. Still have a lot to do! And I think I may need a grocery store run before tomorrow, too.

• Vacuum
• Clean off dining room table
• Laundry - particularly kitchen rug (one of the cats threw up on it, joy)
• Wrap presents• Bake pies - Key Lime is done, debating on an Apple Brown Betty instead of apple pie (I am not in ( Read more... )

Good news, Paypal has put money into my Paypal account while the resolve the dispute. Not gonna touch it, though, because with my luck, I do and then something goes haywire and they take it away. So, at least I know they are doing their part. This is good ( Read more... )

Oy. I've been meaning to post nearly everyday, but with the holidays and guests and needing recovery time, it just never happened.

( It's long, I wax...well, not even relatively alliteratively which I can usually be counted on to do. So, it's long. )