er, oops

I seem to have written up a whole entry and then forgotten to save it. I hate when I do that. Furthermore, I can’t remember what I wrote, so it couldn’t have been very important. Must pick Ted’s brain to see if he remembers the word that I was going to use for the bad guy organization in this book, because I couldn’t remember it so I just made one up. :) And then, we loves search and replace, we do! I already spent an hour this morning trying to…

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book done!

oot! OPERATION: CARDINAL is done! 355 pages and I’m pretty happy with it. I need to go through and fix all the NOTES TO SELF, do a spell check, and then it is OUTTA HERE. I seem to be having a bowl of popcorn and some orange juice for dinner as my celebration. :) DONE DEE DONE DONE *DONE*! I *also* walked 3.5 miles today. Am I cool, or what? ytd wordcount: 46,400 miles to Rauros Falls: 15.5

tired. getting there. sick.

Tired. got the necessary chapters revised appropriately. got the next one started. brain gave up eventually, but tomorrow should go reasonably well. can’t really go to bed yet, because my back hurts a great deal if i’m in bed for more than about 8 hours, so unless i plan to get up at 4am, which i do not, i gotta stay up another couple hours. sadly, ran out of law & order reruns (is that even possible?) so the evening of vegging out in front of the tv got shot…

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enough already

It is my humble opinion that blowing a silver dollar’s worth of thick green snot out of one’s nose ought to signal to a body that the end is in sight; the cold is going away. I sincerely hope this is the case. Which is about all I’ve got to say this morning. Back to working on the book. Well, no: thanks for all the encouragement yesterday. :) I did get one chapter completely rewritten before my brain gave out. I need to do that again today. Preferably twice today.…

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*tired snicker*

You Belong in 1973 1973 If you scored… 1950 – 1959: You’re fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in! 1960 – 1969: You are a free spirit with a huge heart. Love, peace, and happiness rule – oh, and drugs too. 1970 – 1979: Bold and brash, you take life by the horns. Whether you’re partying or protesting, you give it your all! 1980 – 1989: Wild, over the top, and just a little bit cheesy. You’re colorful at night – and…

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