I forgot to categorize it. Might mean something. Probably doesn’t.
Maybe. Because I’ve got a significant one to report. Yay!! Today as I finish up, the word count for Keen is 10,288 words. That’s 1700 words of progress! I love being in the glow of a book. Poor Bly, though. She has no idea her roommate is about to vanish, leaving nothing but an empty […]
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Today was Hope’s very first time left alone at the Boys and Girls Club. So naturally when I went to pick her up, I couldn’t find her. I wasn’t supposed to have to get her. She was supposed to come to my office after lunch. She didn’t. I gave her plenty of time, then I
So 170 pages into editing (we only got as far as page 199 during the drive) I decide Bly isn’t necessarily right about the commas. In fact, I really hope she isn’t, because the way she wants me to use commas will drive me insane. Ah. Must be time for research. Yay! So I went
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Swimming is very good for exhausting children. Unfortunately it’s awfully good for wearing out adults, too. I have free time, the kid is quiet and happy and probably about to fall asleep at her desk–and I got nothing. Except that I’m about to fall asleep at my desk. Why? Because what I’m doing is boring.
And what the hell did I do today? Some stuff. Honest! Umm…I wrote. I did that. Think I cooked some food at some point. Got a load of laundry done. I hope tomorrow is more productive.
I got through three and a half drawers today. yay me. Somehow, though, I have come to passionately hate filing. I had Hope with me for the afternoon, Thomas had an appt. She behaved pretty well, but she wouldn’t keep her shoes on. I warned her several times, then she lost our after-work planned adventure.
You know how for a really major cleaning, things must get worse before they get better? My office looks like a couple file cabinets exploded. It’s improving, but I’m never gonna get it done. Never, never, never. But for a hoot–my office manager had the same problem. So after they stopped paying her (I have