We’re almost through August. It’s the longest month of work. Or maybe it just feels like it because it’s the first month of school and it’s a very busy time. Whatever it is, we’re headed for our first 3-day weekend of 2024-25 and I am so ready for it!
Wednesday – 28 August
Happy Birthday to my niece! She’s 15 years old today. Where has the time gone?! She got her learners permit this morning. Good for her! What a way to start her birthday. 🙂
- The weather is heating up so I didn’t do my walk to the library today or yesterday. Darn it! This means I haven’t been reading the hard cover book. I think I’ll try and finish that one this weekend.
- I was checking out an old page of mine online and realized that I left the sheriff’s department 20 years ago. TWENTY YEARS! Where the hell has time gone?!
- Oh, also 20 years ago was the Xena convention where I was interviewed for the fans extra disc on the season 6 DVD release of Xena. Yowsa.
- Under the Surface – Diana Urban – I finished the novel today! I liked it. It was suspenseful and thrilling with some high school drama thrown in. The characters were young American adults on a trip to Paris. It had a great mix of modern sensibility and character driven action. Even though some of the characters frustrated me, they were supposed to do so. I cannot fault a novel that can make me feel. Well done!… I read the book while having my Calm app play Rainy Paris Night. Great way to set the mood…
- We kept it low-key for this three day weekend. We went out on Saturday for a few hours but that was it. I do love these lazy days. I might like them too much.
- So, yet another controversy with the NaNoWriMo organization. I just logged in and I’ve been doing National Novel Writing Month through the site for twenty years this year. Will I still do it this year? Well, I’ll write my novel and keep track on my socials but will I do so at the site? I don’t know. Maybe they’ll shut themselves off and I won’t have to worry about it. It just sucks that they’re sucking so hard. Alas!
WRITING
I have a story or two in my head and need to settle down and just write one of them. At this rate, I might have to wait until November to write. I love the challenge of writing in November but I should probably just get down to it and WRITE something that I want other people to read. I haven’t written much this year at all. I’m tapped out of inspiration and I don’t know why. Maybe it’s just that time in life. Even writing these blog entries feels like pulling teeth sometimes. Alas, yet again…
The best thing about this week is that it’s only four days of work. Glorious! Hope everyone has a good one…