I am doing this early because I have a horrid headache and I just want to go back to bed. Which pretty much says everything for the day. I've gotten writing done, but barely. I would like to just rest for awhile and hope that I feel better afterwards. We'll see.
Not a great start to a month.
We had an interesting storm tonight. It looked like it would be much worse than it was, I'm glad to say. But it was fun to watch for a little while.
Now I'm just exhausted again, though. I need to get this done and posted and then sleep for a day or two again.
Writing is going okay. I don't think there's much else I can talk about, though.
Went to have eye looked at today. Still can't see clearly from the drops. It has a problem, but not as serious as it could be -- no retina detachment or tear, which they feared.
Not getting much done. Going to bed now.
The problem I have with my right eye is a vitreous detachment. Not anywhere near as bad as a retina detachment or tear, but really, really annoying. Spots all over my sight. I've tried keeping it covered, but that gives me a headache. Of course, so does not having it covered. I've mostly spent the last two days in bed, in a mostly dark room where you can't see the spots.
I sure hope it clears up soon.
I have gotten work done. I've gotten writing done. Just not well for either of them.
Ugh.
August 5, 2009
I would like to say that things are better. They're not, but I think I'll get used to it. I found out that it's going to be months before it actually gets better. I can hardly read. Ugh.
Have work to do. Must get past this bad mood and just work it out.
Still driving me nuts. I kept getting dizzy today because it looked like things were moving around me. Gah. Stupid stuff.
I have gotten writing done. I even got the newsletter done, so I am pretty happy with everything in that respect.
Russ is coming home next week. That will be nice. Sure wish he could have come home for his birthday (today -- 7th), but at least he'll be here soon. Only for a couple days, but since he hasn't been home for nearly three months, that will still be nice.
Now I need to get this posted. I think that's about it for the night.
Today is Russ's birthday. I hope he goes out for dinner or something. I know he's on the road back to New York -- I think -- but I'm not sure about much else.
He will be home on Thursday. He'll only be here for Friday and Saturday, but that's something at least. Otherwise, it looked like he wasn't going to make it home until October.
Still having trouble adjusting to the eye problem, but I think I'll get used to it. Soon, I hope.
Nothing else to say. Back to work.
Got some work done today. But I am worn out, and ready to sleep for the a week or so. I would, really, if I could. A nice, quiet, don't look at anything, don't think about anything break....
But I would go crazy. I know it. No writing? Not going to happen.
It's later than I thought tonight. I want to get off to sleep and hope that tomorrow will be mostly headache free.
I wrote a short story today. I haven't done that in a while. I'm just filling in a few little details. It's good to have it done and so quickly!
That's my big news for the day. I can't say that I'm any better than I was yesterday, but at least I'm starting to work past it. That's good. I need to get a few work things done before Russ comes home on Thursday/Friday morning.
There are things I should get done. I hope I can. This has been a miserable week so far. At least I have something to look forward to.
It looks like we're in for some hot weather. Of course it will be when Russ is home. Either that, or the weather will turn to nothing but storms. Either is possible.
The writing is still going well. I'll have Rat Pirates done soon. I think I'm going to work on some background material for the next novel afterwards. That should be fun.
Nothing else to report, though!
The eye problem is less annoying than it was, but still keeps giving me headaches. And photography has been awful, though I hope to get past that, too. Just have to get used to it.
I've been writing on a black background, which does help.
I wish I could say there's something really exciting going on, but I'd have to lie. Or use my imagination... and that's not really working so well right now. I think it wants a vacation.
Russ will be home tomorrow, but it will only be for two days before he goes back. I'm glad he's coming home, but I have to say that I'm really tired of living like this. It's just getting more and more annoying on too many levels.
I would move to the east coast if there was a chance. Better if Russ could get a job back here, because this is really where he wants to live. I'm not really that particular any more.
Maine looks nice, but I think it would be too difficult for Russ to get home there on the weekends. So closer to where he works would be better. We can't afford to live where he works, but if we were close enough that he could come home on weekends, it would make a huge difference.
Ah well. Not going to happen. Even if we found a reasonable place, we couldn't afford to move.
Nice to think about, though.
Russ is home. Yay! We only have a couple days, so I'm not going to spend much time on the computer. Tomorrow is doctor's appointment in the morning, but then free for the rest of the day. Squaw Creek? Ashfall? We can go places!
We had an odd day. First a doctor's appointment. Two prescriptions instead of one this time, but that's all right. I lost about 15 pounds, so I'm happy. Hope I can keep that up!
We went to De Soto National Wildlife Refuge. Lovely day. Had long talks about all kinds of things and ideas.
We still have tomorrow, but he leaves early on Sunday. Sigh.
Still, having a good time so far.
We went back to De Soto today -- nice drive, good day to be there (again) and had a nice long talk while heading there and back again.
Russ leaves first thing in the morning, so this is it for a few weeks (or months) again.
Tomorrow, it's back to work for me. I've done a bit of writing each day, of course, but I have to finish up the Newsletter and stuff. Ugh. I don't want to go back to the way it was!
sigh.
Still, we had a good time and came up with a couple good ideas, I think. We'll see how it goes!
August 16, 2009
Russ is on his way back to the east coast. Wish he could have stayed longer this trip, but we had a good time and got some talking done about a new project.
I am so tired today, that I just want to go rest for awhile. I am so tired, in fact, that I fear if I do rest, I won't wake back up until tomorrow. So I'm putting this up, and the picture for the day. We'll see if I can make it back up later and get more work done!
August 17, 2009
I am trying to get back to work today! Getting bits and pieces of things done, but nothing really seems to be falling together as a whole. Annoying, but I think I'll get there soon enough.
Rat Pirates is very nearly done. I want to get all the other things finished and then attack it and see if I can finish tonight.
The real question is what I'll work on afterwards! Especially since Draw the Line is close to finished as well. I have a couple thoughts, but it's going to be interesting to see what I come up with.
And that's it. Time to post and move on to the next project!
August 18, 2009
I am fighting off a sore throat. That's very annoying. I mostly want to go crawl off to sleep, I think. I've not gotten a lot done today.
I finished Rat Pirates last night. Now, I think, I'm ready for something a bit more serious. It might be a rework of The Servant Girl. I wrote the original as a magic-less fantasy, but the more I look at it, the more I think there are places where the magic would work very well. So I might be reworking it. I've already been playing with the opening.
I just need focus. Really. Must focus...
August 19, 2009
Very, very tired. Heading for bed in a couple minutes.
Work on The Servant Girl is going well. Editing synopsis for something else. Almost done with Draw the Line. All in all, no real complaints.
Just tired.
August 20, 2009
I slept and slept last night, and could probably sleep about the same amount tonight if I didn't have so much to get done!
It's going pretty well, though. I have gotten almost all my DAZ work done, despite everything running late. I'll have it turned in tonight. I still need to do a bit of Vision work, too. Then back to writing! And maybe even some art work tonight.. I really want to get to it!
That's it. I'm ready go get back to work!
August 21, 2009
I started out with a cold this morning, felt better during much of the day... and then worse again tonight. Took a long bath to warm up and now I'm heading to bed before I get cold again.
I hope to feel better tomorrow. At least I got the Vision contracts done tonight. Oh... maybe not all of them. Just remembered two more to do. Must make note and do them tomorrow.
Okay, that's it. Must sleep.
August 22, 2009
I got some work done today -- but not as much as I would have liked to. Still, doing okay over all. Just need to get everything done as quickly as possible since we're looking at the end of the month again. Amazing how fast these months go.
I really want to get some sleep now. Don't know why I've been so tired lately, but that's all right. Sleep is good.
And it keeps me out of the ice cream..
August 23, 2009
I am very nearly done with Draw the Line. In fact, I could probably sit down and finish it in the next two hours, if I wanted to. I think I'll save it for tomorrow, though. I don't want to work that hard tonight.
Russ is on his way to Vermont tonight. I wonder how he'll like that state. Maybe we could find a house there?
I just want to live closer to Russ. Or Russ to live closer to us. I don't think that's really asking for too much out of life. Close enough to have a weekend a month together would be nice. Every weekend would be great.
Sigh.
Time to get back to work.
August 24, 2009
Bad storm. Lost power once already. Now a weatherbug alert for Severe Thunderstorm. Great.
I finished Draw the Line tonight. That's about all the really good news I have anyway! So... off to load this up and close things down!
I have a few minutes before the bad storm hits. Eeek! So off this goes, and shut down the computer!
August 25, 2009
It is quieter tonight. I got a lot of work done, but now I'm just dead tired!
Still, no complaints. I have part of Vision done, almost all of a newsletter, and about 3k on The Servant Girl. That one is going VERY well. I do need to get some writing done for Vision, though. Must think that part out.
It's difficult. I want to work on TSG so everything else is just annoying me at this point. It's near the end of the month! So much to do!
Better get some sleep, though, or I'll miss all of tomorrow. That won't help.
August 26, 2009
Odd couple days, but I'm getting things done! It's time, in fact, for me to pretty much quit for the night and get some rest.
It looks like we're going to have some cool weather in a couple days. I really don't want to start the furnace already! But the way things are going -- yeah, it's going to happen sooner than I like.
I will be glad to see the end of this month. This last week is just starting to be way too much trouble. Too much to do!
I think I'll just go to bed. Maybe it will go away.
No? Well, it's worth a try, though!
August 27, 2009
I hate sudden, overwhelming headaches. That's what I've fought against for most of today. I have to get things done. I have no choice. But it's taking far longer than it should. Ugh.
Getting this done between things, so that when I am done, I can just go crawl away and sleep. Sounds really good.
Waiting for a Skype call from Russ. Yay. But really just worn down tonight. I don't think I'm going to be up late.
August 28, 2009
This is getting far too close to the end of the month and I have a ton of things to get done. My brain is just not wrapping around the idea of getting Vision done, though. I think this is going to be a problem.
It will be nice once I get past this, though. I'll feel like I can relax for... well, at least one or two days.
Thunk.
August 29, 2009
This is going up early today because I forgot to post yesterday's entry again. I was busy and tired by the end, but at least I got most of the Workshop done. Today is mostly going to be Vision day, I think.
The weather here is already cooling down. I can't decide if that means we're in for an early winter or not. I prefer this weather to the really hot summer, but I don't want winter too soon this year.
Ugh. Best not to think about it yet.
August 30, 2009
Work, work, work. Got some writing done, but mostly getting more work done. I think I'm going to take the first week of September and do nothing but write and have fun.
No, that won't work. I still need to do the next DAZ newsletter, don't I?
Ugh. Well, anyway -- if I can get a couple more things done for Vision tomorrow, I'll be pretty much caught up. Yay!
But right now... time to go to bed. Sleep.
Get up and do more work.
I want to write something.
August 31, 2009
Vision fought me all day. It really did. But I got it done. I did some of the updates to FM. It's late. I'm cold. My back is killing me. I am going to bed and we'll see if I make it back up any time soon.
But... mostly done! That means I have a little tiny sliver of free time. Yay!
Right now, though -- time to crawl into bed for a few hours.