Song of the day: “7 years” by Jasmine Thompson. I know that
originally it’s someone else’s but this is the one worming in my head right
now. Hah
Yes. I made it here earlier. I did it. I’m here without a solid
month having passed since the last blog. Yay!
Not that a lot happened since then, naturally. But it’s the thought
that counts, right?
Anyways. At the moment I am enjoying a few days off. What with
having worked pretty full time the past few months, my region manager and I agreed
that I would work a little less this month, which suits me just fine. Been
behind with a lot of stuff on the computer, and in most cases I was too tired
in the evenings to do more constructive stuff than the bare necessities.
Well, still working on the finer details of the book that we’re
pitching to our editor. Though she likes the idea, some elements in the first
chapter don’t work for her, so we’ve been brainstorming and working on
adjusting it, and came up with an idea she would like to see in writing. Which
is what has been keeping me busy for the past couple of days since my days off
started. Got most of it rewritten, deleting big parts, and replacing it with
over ten pages of new material. Personally I think that it will work, but of
course Big brother has to go through it too, and we need to discuss, argue and
probably fight about the finer details before we can send it back and await the
editor’s verdict.
For my part, I have been enjoying the writing bit a lot. Actual writing
(rather than editing) is such a rare thing these days that when I actually get
to do it, something inside me actually sings a little. Hah. Gawd, nothing feels
quite like having a scene playing in your head like a HD movie, and then
writing it down, hopefully in the way that you see it. First only flow of consciousness,
which can be confusing at times, but after one or two tweaks afterward it definitely
starts to get close. Then another edit of two together with big brother and I
get pretty psyched by the result. * sigh *
I sure hope I get to do more of it in the near future. Wouldn’t that
be grand, earning enough with writing so I won’t have to keep up the part-time
day job.
But that would mean that the book(s) would have to sell really well,
and I doubt that will be the case with the first one, or two. Would be nice,
sure, but I doubt I’ll be that lucky. We can hope though.
It is reassuring that we managed to think of a solution to the thing
that the editor didn’t like in the 2nd book. Basically we went farther back to
the original idea for the story, with a backflash as the prologue. I like how
the tone is getting more different from Girl in the Mist, every time I work on
it. The drama is way heavier. So much sadness from the heroine, and so little
chance that she’s going to make it in the end…and I will have to leave you to
wonder about that, rather than spoil the end for you. * wink *
On ascension day we had friends over for the afternoon, which was
fun. Got to make some special stuff for lunch and dinner. The first involved a
rather wonderful broccoli puff pastry with a carrot salad on the side, and the
second a lovely saffron rice, topped by baked chard and a sweet corn and bell pepper
salad on the side. Added to the good food, the company was fun, with a promise
of another visit soon. Which we should keep to. Time goes so fast, and before
you know it you run out of it, right? Anyway, we all promised to see each other
soon again, so let’s hope that we can make that work out in a decent amount of
time.
What with having a little more time off, I have also been gradually
increasing my workouts. The normal qigong that I have been doing for more than
a year now—still love it—followed by and interspersed by bodyweight exercises,
and some weight lifting, just because. I still haven’t got a spot to hang my
kickboxing bag, but I really and determined to think of something soon. I miss
boxing like crazy. Soon, very soon.
Finally found a nice new (2nd hand) rug for our work
area. The old one was really starting to wear from our office chairs’ wheels,
so I took that one from there to the kitchen, where it looks rather nice along
with the rattan chairs at the white table. It is also very similar to the one
that I have in the kitchen, so it really lightens up the whole room. The one
that is now in the oven is a nice dark blue, which separates it a little more.
Rearranged some of the plants, which was necessary too, because a
few of them were not really flourishing in their allotted spot. Hope that the
new spots do better. Did find a wonderful new plant, a Pachira aquatica. We
already had one of them, but this one was way bigger. It was standing in the
corner of the supermarket, and, if my guess is correct priced wrong for such a
big plant. It was really a bargain, and so gorgeous. Neither of us could
resist. So basically we bought ourselves a present.
Talking about presents, also went to Decathlon, a big store for all
sort of sports apparel, and got us some necessities. Yoga pants, because mine
were really starting to be worn down. I still have two from Spain that are
basically threadbare now (use them as PJs) and a couple that I bought two years
ago before we moved up north. So, high time. Also got socks, a bathing suit (also
still had the one from Spain) and a few more assorted sports items. Was strange
to buy something new. Hardly ever do that anymore these days, so I would say it
was well deserved.
Did a fair amount of cleaning in the past few days too, as usual a
necessity after several weeks of work. You don’t really feel like vacuuming the
house after you have run around at work for hours on end. But got it done, and
that’s what matters…until the next time anyway. Hah
The tension between big brother and me has lessened a little,
thankfully. I think that the pressure of the book proposal was weighing on us,
and now that the pressure of work has let up a bit too, seems to have helped.
Neither one of us is about to go off with a short fuse when we work on something
now. Thankfully. Maybe it was something in the air. I for one am relieved.
We have been having some absolutely lovely weather. Sunshine, warm
temps…heck today was a rainy day and what with all the green even that was
gorgeous. Driving through the woods today, with all the new spring growth,
shiny from the downpour was almost magical. Wish I’d taken a picture, but regretfully
that didn’t occur to me.
Had a huge computer crash the other day, which totally freaked me
out. Took big brother most of the day to solve it, involving some serious
reinstalling of programs, leaving the computer with some problems still, but
functioning at least. It seems that the last update went wrong for some reason,
which totally ticked me off. Seriously! There is nothing I hate more than a
computer that doesn’t work. Well, cars, too. And plumbing. And…well, anything
that can malfunction I guess. Hah.
That about sums it up, I guess. Tomorrow is an in-between working
day for me, despite me being off until Friday. They needed an extra hand on
Monday, so I agreed to come to work anyway. Do have to get to bed on time if I
want to be worth anything afterward, though. Been getting way too little sleep
again lately, despite having slept in the last couple of days.
Gotta go. I’ll be back, with hopefully some nice news in regards to
the new book, eh?
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