MIA

Alas, I will be absent much of the weekend again.  Too much to do, you know?  

However!  There's good news!  If you tune in on Monday, 7:00 AM EST then you will find the first episode in our new season of the Boulder Practitioner series.  Second Blessing is the story of Daniel (who's been patiently waiting) and Sean.  Wait till you see what I have in store for these guys...and all the other practitioners we've met along the way.

So, you know, there's that to look forward to.

I'm hoping that next week, I'll mostly be back to my regularly scheduled life.  There's definitely going to be some adjustments going on but I'm hoping to settle in fairly quickly.  I can adapt.  I swear I can.  *g*  I think I'm totally making it into a bigger thing in my head than it actually is.  Which, you know, is usually the case with me.  Hey, at least I know my own faults.

Enjoy the ep on Monday and I'll be back Tuesday with updates! 

Self Control and Change

When I left work last night, and after I stopped at the bank, I had to actually force myself NOT to go to the yarn store.  Because I seriously wanted to.  Desperately wanted to go shopping at the yarn store.  It was like...it was the oranges all over again.  Remember the oranges?  Now, seriously, I know that I don't need anymore yarn.  And I've got enough projects in the pipeline to keep me occupied for a while, right?  But it was this driving need to go shopping at my LYS.  I actually drove out of the bank the back way so I was pointed in the opposite direction and less tempted.  Okay, I wasn't really less tempted, but it would have been a bitch to take a left out of there and I try to avoid those kinds of turns whenever possible.  So I went home instead.

And then I made myself a deal.  After I finish the move, and get the old place cleaned and painted, then I can treat myself.  Not that it would be yarn for a project for me because that hardly seems to happen at all.  But just shopping and seeing all the lovely things and buying something sumptuous and fabulous would be a treat.  I will buy yarn for the BFF's birthday present.  And maybe for this other project I have in my head.  

So now I'm determined to get everything done so I can shop.  It always works well for me if I have a motivation!

One thing about the move though?  I'm excited about it and I know I'll be happy once it's done, but I'm also sort of reluctant too.  Now I know I'm not a big fan of change.  But it sort of feels like I'm losing something vital by doing it.  *shrugs*  There's been a lot of change in my life recently.  A lot of it is good.  Most of it in fact.  But I'm also sort of set in my ways and it's hard.  I just need to take a deep breath and keep pressing forward.  I'll be okay.  I think.  

I'm Baaaaaack!

But not in the creepy Poltergeist way.

Honestly, I'm not done with anything that I need to be done with and there's been a lot going on and a lot of it is really good stuff and some of it, not so much, and really every time in the last few days that I've sat down and opened a blank post and lifted my fingers to the keyboard I just...I had nothing to say.  I couldn't think of one damn single word I wanted to put on the page.  

Everything that did cross my mind seemed irrelevant or boring or, I don't know, trivial and I just couldn't write it down.  Those insecurities crept up and whispered, in that seductive way they have, "No one cares.  No one is interested in the babble you've spewed countless times already."  And so, there was nothing to say.  

I've told that voice to shove it.

So what's going on with me?

Yarn front: I have to put a couple more rounds on that baby blanket for my nephew.  We're having a baby shower here on Columbus Day weekend.  It's not on the registry, of course, and I have a sinking feeling she won't appreciate it.  But maybe she'll surprise me and love it.  I have not done any work on Sis's blanket.  Soon I'll get to start the BFF's birthday present and that will make me happy.  I'm looking forward to that. 

Moving front: Not done.  Not far from being done, but sort of at a stand still.  It's been crazy hot and humid the past couple of days and that has impeded my progress.  I need to get my ass in gear.  

Writing front:  Oooh!  So, I did the first round of edits on the short story for Dreamspinner Press and that was exciting and nerve wracking.  I'm trying to take each thing as a lesson to help improve my craft.  I've got the beginning of Daniel's story sorted out and it will go live on Monday.  I'm only 93% certain of the title, I'm still dithering a little.  But Brub helped me figure it out with his ginormous brain.  I have two other stories bouncing around in my head that are demanding page time.  They have to wait, and they aren't being incredibly patient about it.  But I'm managing for the moment.  

Work's fine, though a bit stressful right now.  Family is good.  Cats and tortoise and fish are all thriving.

Is that all my fronts?  *nods* Yeah, I think so.

And you?  How are your fronts?

Mush

I'm a great big pile of mush.  Thanks for that, Alder.

But I need to focus, right?  Work, then packing, then moving, then settling.  It's a process.

I'll not be around this weekend.  Too much to do.  And even though I thought the first ep of the new story was going to go up on Monday, it doesn't seem like that's a going to happen.  I apologize in advance for that.  I've just got too much going on this weekend to get it finished.  So it'll have to wait. 

I'm going to be a hot mess of tired come Sunday night.  On the upside, there's no doubt I'll sleep well.  

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

Moving

It's a pain in the ass, right?  A great big headache.  And there's packing and schlepping and all sorts of body aches to go along with it.  And then when you get your stuff to where it's going there's unpacking and sorting and arranging...it's really just a hassle.

But the good part about it is that you actually are forced to go through all the stuff you have accumulated and you have the perfect opportunity to get rid of things.  All that stuff that's really trash and you don't know why you've actually hung on to it?  Bin it.  All those clothes you haven't worn in years but are in still pretty good shape?  Off to Goodwill or the Rescue Mission.  

So it's a colossal pain in the bum but it's also a good thing.  You just have to constantly remind yourself that it'll all be worth in in the end when you're finally, finally, done.

That's what I'll be doing for the next week or so.  Packing, schlepping, unpacking, sorting.  
And reminding myself it'll be good once I'm finished.

Nothing

I got nothing.  

I wasn't good and didn't yarn very much on Sis's blanket, so I didn't go shopping and take advantage of the sale.  I'm kicking myself now thinking I should have gone shopping anyway.  I might have to stop over there after work tonight...just to see. (If you believe that I'd just be looking, I have some oceanfront property in Arizona you might be interested in)  

Monday night at 11:30 I did go out to the airport to pick up the BFF who had just gotten back from her trip to Atlanta and Dragon*Con.  She had an awesome time, as per usual.

I'm pretty sure the first episode of the next saga will go up Monday.  Still doesn't have a title by the way.  I'm working on it.

I can't believe it's only Wednesday.  At the exact same time, I can't believe is already Wednesday.  Weird how time is like that, isn't it?  I've got so much I need to do and so much I want to do...that always seems to be the case.  I need to stop whinging about it and just get to it.

Well, I guess there were a few things, but I've got nothing else.  Hope your day is filled with awesome!

September Again

Almost went to the yarn store yesterday.  So close.  I know, right?  Like I need more yarn.  Although I do have to make the BFF's birthday present.  I've only got two and half months and I'd like to have them done and not have to scramble...that was a really nice feeling.  I'd forgotten how good it felt just to have something done and waiting until last Friday when I had to wrap the baby blanket for my coworkers baby shower.  I'm going to aim for that again.  And my LYS is having a great big sale to make room for fall yarns...

Oh, speaking of fall!  It's September!  Yay!  Autumn is my favorite season.  I really love it.  I'm not a fan of the heat and humidity of summer.  And winter is fine, except when we have those blizzards and eight feet of snow.  Spring is often too wet for my liking.  But fall is just about perfect in every way.  And the apples come out and apple picking is one of my favorite weekend activities.  Followed by baking all the delectable apple treats.  

I've been working on Sis's afghan (go me, I really need to get that shit done) and so my goal is to get a lot done today.  If I accomplish my goal, I just may have to reward myself with a trip to the LYS tomorrow.  Take advantage of the sale and get the yarn for the BFF's present and get yarn for fingerless mitts for me.  I've only been intending to make a pair for myself for about five years.  We'll see how well I do.  

Oh, and within the next week or so, I intend to submit another story to Dreamspinner.  Wish me luck!