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This is the first Thursday in quite a while that I've had some time to sit and write. And when I went to update my wordcount, I realized I have gone backwards. I think I did some editing a couple of weeks ago, and removed a few unnecessary scenes. So I'm still hovering just a little above the the 50k mark on my sci fi/romance. Ah well. It's moving, even if slowly.

Also on the writing front, I'm talking with a few friends from RWA about starting a mini crit circle. We could meet more often, and read each others work every time, instead of every 4-5 months like in our big RWA crit group. The big group is still exceedingly beneficial, but we all feel like we could use more of a nudge to get writing more often. Now I must work out scheduling within my family.

Speaking of family, life is beginning to normalize. The most intrusive part of our forced kitchen remodel (not a full gut job...just a new french door and new floor) is done with. We have trimwork to do--baseboards and door casings--but those don't require us to give up use of the entire kitchen, breakfast room, and family room.

The requests for overtime at work should end by Sunday night. Not that I am likely to work this weekend--I'm not quite full-time normally, and I'm already putting in "overtime" to bump up to 40 hours. Quite enough (actually, more than enough) for me. Unless I want to take a little extra time off next week. Hmmm...must think about that.

We have officially heard from one of the potential kindergardens for my daughter--she's been accepted! Hooray! One less stressor for me. Well, except that she was accepted by the school we really liked--and that co$ts just as much as full-time daycare if not more--which doesn't mean we can consider downsizing our income any time soon.

But, it's a point we can plan from. I like being able to plan. Funny that, seeing as how I'm a pantser when I write. Maybe I have to feel freer when I write to counterbalance my need to plan the rest of my life.

I'm still alive...

...just not writing much. Or at all. It's been a month since I last posted to this blog, and I apologize to my 2 loyal followers :) And to anyone else who happens alogn.

Life is still interfering with my fantasy worlds. The Kindergarten search is still on. We're hoping to hear from one place within a week or so, and have a second school to mail an application to.

Our kitchen is a mess. We had water damage from a poorly installed patio door. We have a new door, new patch of subfloor, and about 3/4 of a laminate floor installed over it. The whole area is huge--20x20 family room + 12x20 of breakfast/kitchen that are all really one large room. And we're doing the floor ourselves. (well, I'm reffing the kiddos...hubby's doing the installation himself). The new door (a french one, with blinds inbetween the glass) looks nice, and I love the new floor (looks like wood, only toddler-proof).

At work, we're beign requested to work overtime. That's always a sticky proposition for me, because I don't quite work full-time, so my "overtime" isn't the same as everyone else's, which stresses me out. And I'm taking a couple of evening classes.

And, I came down with strep last week. Got drugs on Wednesday, and my throat is mostly better as of Monday. I think I've been under too much stress lately :)

Although the voices in my head aren't finding their way to my keyboard, they're not quieting down. So, I have every hope that I'll find time to write again starting in a couple of weeks.

Oh, and I registered for the RWA national convention in DC this summer. At the rate I'm going, it may end up an expensive little vacation, unless I can get my butt back in gear and produce something to pitch. If nothing else, it'll give me an excuse to buy or make a nice formal dress :)