A short update on the lady from the car accident from last year. She is doing ok; she hurts pretty bad still, and may never completely recover from the injuries in her neck. But she always has a smile when she sees us. We ran into her at teriyaki and she introduced me to a friend of hers as the first responder at her car accident.
We had lunch with her recently, and it turns out she is a huge scifi/fantasy reader. We like a lot of the same stuff, and I think we'll start exchanging some books. She was interested in reading my book, which was pretty sweet (but shoot, she'll figure out that I'm crazy, heh).
She works in the same building as my husband, so we run into her once in a while. She's a really great lady, I'm hoping for a good recovery for her. Still a lot of appointments, but she's working full time and getting by.
Monday, September 07, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Maybe I should change that, post a little more in my little more anon corner of the intarwebs.
Everything is going ok. Work got a little crazy a few weeks ago, prompting a bit of anxiety that I didn't really need (and really making me wish I was getting bled on by strangers instead), but it cooled down once I ran around kicking ass for a few days.
I went on a 22 mile bike ride yesterday, which was pretty darned good by my standards and the fact that I'm a little gimpy on the bike. I got a sunburn which hurts like hell but I think it'll be fine. I also went to my dad's yesterday and spent the afternoon with him and my mom (well, my stepmom actually). We paddled around the lake in boats and sat by the fire pit drinking wine.
I don't talk much about my family here, mainly as this blog was oroginally a place that I just ranted about work where no one would notice. But I will say, my dad is pretty awesome. We're a lot alike, and were both pretty gung-ho to run out into the lake yesterday (my husband looked a little tired, but I told him that he didn't have to paddle, just sit there and enjoy the day). It's good to hang out with my dad.
I have been working on editing the novel a bit lately. It's a little bit of a pain in the butt. It's a lot of material, and that's hard to figure out. My husband suggested I pass it on to my dad to read, and my first thought was "oh hell no, this thing is a disaster!" It's just too much stuff. And hard to cut because I get so attached to the characters that I don't want to cut out interesting stuff regarding them. Trying to tell myself "it's interesting stuff for the next book, really, just put it there". Plus I have a very active imagination and it's always plotting. I find plots everywhere.
My husband is suffering one of the more annoying parts of raising a teenager this weekend, boiling down to "Teenager drives almost 300 miles away after we tell him the car can't make it, then calls to say the car broke down and we have to go get him." Yes, that's 16-ish hours with stops and towing a car that my husband will not get back (my sunburn made it too hard for me to sit in a car all day, so I stayed here and mowed the lawn).
With that, I'm back to the editing, at least until hunger gets the best of me. Maybe I will drum after that if there's time (although I'm not sure I want to drum given that my arms and shoulders are so burnt, might stretch things a little farther than is comfortable). But I think editing will keep me busy for a while. 113 pages down, 800-ish to go.
Everything is going ok. Work got a little crazy a few weeks ago, prompting a bit of anxiety that I didn't really need (and really making me wish I was getting bled on by strangers instead), but it cooled down once I ran around kicking ass for a few days.
I went on a 22 mile bike ride yesterday, which was pretty darned good by my standards and the fact that I'm a little gimpy on the bike. I got a sunburn which hurts like hell but I think it'll be fine. I also went to my dad's yesterday and spent the afternoon with him and my mom (well, my stepmom actually). We paddled around the lake in boats and sat by the fire pit drinking wine.
I don't talk much about my family here, mainly as this blog was oroginally a place that I just ranted about work where no one would notice. But I will say, my dad is pretty awesome. We're a lot alike, and were both pretty gung-ho to run out into the lake yesterday (my husband looked a little tired, but I told him that he didn't have to paddle, just sit there and enjoy the day). It's good to hang out with my dad.
I have been working on editing the novel a bit lately. It's a little bit of a pain in the butt. It's a lot of material, and that's hard to figure out. My husband suggested I pass it on to my dad to read, and my first thought was "oh hell no, this thing is a disaster!" It's just too much stuff. And hard to cut because I get so attached to the characters that I don't want to cut out interesting stuff regarding them. Trying to tell myself "it's interesting stuff for the next book, really, just put it there". Plus I have a very active imagination and it's always plotting. I find plots everywhere.
My husband is suffering one of the more annoying parts of raising a teenager this weekend, boiling down to "Teenager drives almost 300 miles away after we tell him the car can't make it, then calls to say the car broke down and we have to go get him." Yes, that's 16-ish hours with stops and towing a car that my husband will not get back (my sunburn made it too hard for me to sit in a car all day, so I stayed here and mowed the lawn).
With that, I'm back to the editing, at least until hunger gets the best of me. Maybe I will drum after that if there's time (although I'm not sure I want to drum given that my arms and shoulders are so burnt, might stretch things a little farther than is comfortable). But I think editing will keep me busy for a while. 113 pages down, 800-ish to go.
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