Just in case you were wondering, the insanity didn’t stop when I went to bed, all my stuff collected, my alarm set for 0400 (ick) and myself calm in knowing I was prepared. Yeah, right. Couldn’t sleep, almost couldn’t get up, got downstairs to let the dog out and my ride to the airport was […]
Have you ever seen one? Well, it’s a pretty freaky sight. Yes, they do actually run around a bit without their heads. Sorta like me today. I fly out tomorrow morning. I’m not ready. Why the hell am I blogging then? Because I gotta do something or I’m gonna start screaming. Hope is still not
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Hey, I got my priorities straight. Now the manuscript is done–now I start working on the house. Eeep. Forgot how much work this not-so-big, not-so-cluttered space could be. And don’t preach Flylady at me, either. I love her, she keeps me sane (so to speak) but the simple fact is I do not work her
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Okay, maybe it was a silly deadline. I mean, 150 pages left to re-write when I had how many days to do it? But, as usual with me and a writing deadline–I’m done. Early. This is why I do deadlines. And the new total is (drumroll please)………………146,858 words! Much more manageable than 256,000, wouldn’t you
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It was a flop, I’m afraid. From her point of view. She only made $3.50. But I’m happy. She sorted out a lot of stuff she really didn’t care for, and as agreed, none of it came home. Everything she didn’t sell she packed into the car for donation. She’s not too disappointed, she earned
Remember that? The simple form was you called someone from the other end of the house or something–the farther they were and the more they had to go through to answer, the better–and when they did answer, the practicioner would yell, “Psych!” It was a brief fad, as most of the practitioners were quickly strangled.
In the grand scheme of things, it’s really not a big deal. But it’s something that has bothered me on and off for years, and I’m going to complain now. When you watched Sister Act (come on, you know you saw it) whose voice caught your attention? Was it Whoopi? Was it the whole choir?