Song of the day: “Stay” by Rihanna and Mikky Ekko. A new discovery again that I listened to so often last night that it pounded through my head during the night. Hah. Cool song, though.
First off, after sending out the material to the competition, big brother and I had a big discussion about what we’re going to do next, and finally decided that we’re going to try to get “Trust Me” Said The Spy ready before spring. Rather than go through a million difficult edits, we’ve decided to try it differently, by me just rewriting the whole thing. Yep. And we decided to do it with a deadline to boot. I’ve got exactly one month to get it done. Meaning that we have two months to get it done afterward, and still be ready to send it out before summer.
But anyway, that’s what I’ve been doing writing wise, since yesterday, and I’m now fourteen pages into the story. I am more than a little happy to say that the writing is not as bad as I’d feared. Sure there are some mistakes, and there is a serious case of TMI in it, but there is a fluency that is also kinda beautiful. *sigh*
What else? Well, yesterday, after spending the morning working on a query letter, big brother and I went down into the yard and chopped some serious wood. Well I did. Big brother used the new chainsaw and made everything into sizes that I could chop to pieces. Wonderful. Nothing heats you up like chopping wood, and I seriously need it in the mornings after working on the computer a couple of hours.
Worked a little on my Chinese boxes…well, the lids anyway. They’re now put together, and tomorrow I’m going to get one of them down to see how it worked out.
During the day a triplet of Cudeca people visited to meet Sally. Hospital suggested we contact them, so they can help out whenever Sally has a fever and needs something. They were nice, apparently, and the meet-the-patient conversation only lasted a short time. They appeared capable, though, and the doctor would be able to come over if necessary.
After the usual chores, we headed over to the job site and spent another few hours scraping and burning the wall, and filling up the big gaps with new cement. Not bad. We think it needs another hour or so for cleaning, and then we should be able to apply the rubber layer.
Had to pick up a load of veggies at the distribution center, and once we were home we once again had to drag the van out of the yard with the Land Rover. Something needs to be figured out about that, because that’s not going to work indefinitely.
Did some cooking, which worked out fine, in particular with the rice and peaches dessert afterward. Hah.
Since mom and the sibs took the Benalmadena market, cousin Ed and I were free to stay at home today. Good thing since the rewrite is going to require some time from me. Added to that, there was more wood to chop today (again a good thing because I was friggin’ freezing) followed by carrying up the jumbo pallets (which warmed my feet at last) to the storage. Those babies were heavy.
There was tenant to help, considering caregiver and Sally had to be at the hospital today. She (tenant) appears to be in a somewhat “off” mood at the moment. Sometimes I think it’s the weather that does it, but who knows.
After the wood chopping, it was out into the yard to water the plants, pluck some lemons, two grapefruits, and some broccoli. This was rather pleasant, considering the wind wasn’t so bad down there, in the lower part of the yard. That done, I cleared away yesterday’s tools in the carport and tried to figure out what we might need the next time ‘round.
Tadaika is finally adjusting to sleeping in my cabin. This morning she only took about one minute to go around the main house in search of an opening before she returned and snuggled up for a serious petting. Hah.
Knight II did something stupid, no doubt, because he decided to have his ear swollen, meaning that if he doesn’t keep his head still a little, I’m going to have to have it fixed soon. Gawd, that dog has so much inclination to be sick, it drives me bonkers, I tell ya. Also, he’s about as elegant as a pig and hurts himself friggin’ everywhere. And if that weren’t enough, the past few days he’s been somewhat pecky, and bit two of our oldies, which is not good. Neither Rammi nor Chiuma can handle his roughness, darn it.
The market wasn’t all that successful today, seeing as the weather there wasn’t all that pleasant either. Mom and little sister were back early, while little brother stayed away most of the day and evening at his new job.
Big brother and I headed out to for a donation at the end of the day, picking up stuff at two locations before coming home around sunset. No cooking for me today, seeing as big brother made spinach for lunch, and we had some fries for supper.
Tomorrow we’re going to have dogs over again. King, Chica and Perra. Luckily they don’t mind at all, and actually seem rather content for the durations of their stay now. Good thing too, since there mistress will be busy this winter.
There was more to today, of course, but at the moment it is slipping my mind, so I’m just going to leave it at this and call it a day. Past midnight and I’ve had it with today. I’m just going to start fresh and new tomorrow, if it is all the same to you. Hah.
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