Following up the weight loss doles with a one-two whammy, I got my revision letter this afternoon. It’s not bad, really it isn’t. Mostly some structural stuff, some motivational stuff, some, “Explain to me why this is here,” stuff. On an intellectual level, I can see without much effort that yes, these are things that will improve the book. No problem. On the emotional level, it is only slightly less suckful than getting a rejection letter. *snort* I’m grumpy and sullen and hunchy-shouldered. My impulse is to slink off to…
weight whinging
I’m having one of those, “But I’ve been exercising a WHOLE WEEK and I haven’t hit my target weight!” moments. Whiiiiiine. In fact, today is more accurately day 12 of walking daily. I’ve walked 20 miles in the last 12 days, and lost, since the end-ish of March, 5 pounds. Which is really very good, so it’s ridiculous to be discouraged right now. Never-the-less, discouraged I’m feeling. Part of this, I suspect, is due to having bought a new box of hair bleach to re-do my stripe, which is my…
silly lucy
Lucy, who typically sleeps on top of my monitor during the day, discovered a sunbeam on the scanner this morning. Now she’s sprawled out there. V. cute kitty. :) Working on whacking the 2nd-half-of-ch.9+ch.10 down to a reasonable size. This is the first chapter where I’m cutting more than I’m adding, except it’s all hooey anyway because it’s an amalgamation instead of just one chapter. I’d like to get it and 11 done today, because I’m a little bit behind on where I want to be. *vague fussings* Dinner and…
an easter miracle!
It’s like an Easter miracle! I put Chanti’s new head harness lead thingy on her, and while she doesn’t think much of it, it’s AMAZING. She can’t pull me and she almost entirely stopped trying, almost immediately. We went for a 1.25 mile walk which was overall extremely good. She did bonk my calf which sent a significant ow into my lower back, and we passed a puppy and she shook her head so much she slid out of the nosepiece of the halter, but she didn’t pull and jerk…