I had something profound to say this morning. Then I had a meeting to go to before I could even make a note of the thought… and pfft, it’s gone. *sigh*
What could it have been? :-/
Year: 2010
To do today
Yesterday morning my mom called saying she was feeling dizzy and would I come over in case she needed to go to urgent care? :( So of course I did, and we didn’t go to urgent care, but I stayed to help make food and make sure I was around in case she needed me. And we watched an episode each of Star Trek TOS, TNG, and Voyager. It was great fun. :)
But because of that, all the things I meant to do this weekend have to happen today. And I need a list, or I won’t do anything*:
- Call my Dad, my Aunt, and my Dad’s Second Cousin (left messages)
- Do laundry
- Write a post about the book I read yesterday.
- Work on my story
- Pick out at least one book** and one DVD about Archetypes to acquire – either library or Amazon (found several at the local library… now I just need to go get a library card.)
- Plant the succulents Mommy gave me -> Next week
- Plant a few onions
- Plant bulbs
- Repot succulents into a strawberry pot -> Next week
- And apparently I was gonna write about going to see Avatar for my birthday a week ago, but never did. Weird.
EtA: Alright, I’ve done a few things… and now we’re going to make risotto. Yummy.
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* Yesterday morning Ben and I had a conversation about all the things we wanted to do this weekend. And at the end of it I said, “Alright, on that note, I’m gonna read a book.” This is how I deal with having things to do. :-/ It was a fun book. :) So really, having the list may not make me any more likely to do things. But when I do, I can cross them off!
** this is homework, so it doesn’t break my no-new-books rule
Happy New Year, Happy Birthday, Yay Writing, Cramps Suck
Happy New Year!
I had a wonderful New Year’s Eve with my favorite [ljuser]purpleleopard[/ljuser], my mom, my boyfriend, and mojitos, at my house. I don’t have cable (or an antenna), and we couldn’t convince the Internets to give us the ball dropping at the appropriate (west coast) time. :( I like watching the ball drop. But with nice champagne, homemade pizzas, and good company, it was wonderful.
My bday is on Monday, which I’m planning on celebrating by staying home all day and not going anywhere. (I took an extra day off for it.)
I’ve managed to *write* a bit this vacation. Only a bit of actual story (just shy of 1500 words, which feels really pathetic), but also brainstorming and other bits of writing happened. I’m trying out Scrivener, which is a (mac-only) text editing program for writing fiction. So far I like it, but I’m worried that creating so much structure for myself will set myself up with too many expectations and I’ll stop wanting to use it. So I’m trying it, and I like it, but I’m gonna wait 30 days before giving them money for it. So far it has a lot of similar features as CopyWrite, which is the program I’ve been using, but it has more ways of looking at the same info. This may or may not be helpful for me… we’ll see.
And my period started yesterday. No cramps, no obvious mood-swings… it was a bit weird. Today the cramps started. I could feel them starting, and decided to take painkillers, which usually makes me feel better until next month. And then Ben and I went for a nice long walk on the bluffs (the ocean was beautiful, it wasn’t too cold or too hot…), and I noticed that the cramps weren’t going away. They still haven’t. So now I’m home on the couch with hot tea, wishing I felt better. :( I think TV (hulu–I’ve already mentioned my lack of cable) will have to be my solace.