I really don’t want to
go to work tomorrow. This weekend has been awesome. The weather is perfect and I feel like I’m vacation. Just at home. I’ve been productive, gotten lots of sleep (Yeah, 6 am is going to be harsh and unforgiving tomorrow)… sigh… is summer really over? I’m even packing away my summer clothes. Half of which never fit me anyway.
My poor dad.. the whole time he was here he was complaining that he wasn’t feeling well, then went to the ER, etc. etc. I still thought he was just..you know… old. Turns out he has an advanced form of Lyme disease. Sorry dad! I wonder if they have T-shirts that say “Just because I’m a hypochondriac doesn’t mean I’m not sick”. Ha! Wait, let me check.. No.. darn. Maybe he wouldn’t appreciate that anyway. : ) lol… I kill me. No, but really, I feel bad for him. 3 weeks of antibiotics. ugh.
I got this cool mindmapping software called mindapp. J has looked into all of them and he says this is the best one. It’s only $30 and I just downloaded the free trial for now. i’m mapping out what my book is going to be about. I thought it would help brainstorm, but I have a hard time committing silly ideas to type. I think it’s better for me to scribble on paper and then just throw it away. But it has been useful in getting all the thigns I’ve decided on on paper. Like my characters and their motivations, possible settings. And it made me realize that I have a lot more planned than I had thought. Still need a pesky plot though. grrr… They’re a dime a dozen right? Someone throw me a bone.
I finished Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist in a single sitting last night. What a lovely book. It was the perfect example in a story form of all the stuff I’ve been reading about and yammering about. Loved it! Very inspiring. The premise is bascially to follow your dreams, listen to your heart, listen to the omens, and you’ll reach your destiny. All the people you meet are helping you and all your hardships are helping you along… blah blah blah. Good stuff! I’d like to sort of carry that theme into my book, but more veiled and vague. It’s always more fun that way.
I dyed my hair brown again. I can’t decide whether to do lighter highlights. I kind of like it as is. It’s a little Elvira, but what the hell. If I’m going to be a Wiccan, it would only be fitting. Btw, did you see the story about the Wicca teacher who just won the powerball? How’s that for synchronicity? Omen? hmm…
Worked in the garden all day yesterday, finally getting the weeds (ok, a fraction of the weeds) up. Looks good. Yawn… nap time? I got up at 10 this morning (and yesterday morning and the morning before that). I’m just so not cut out for the 8 to 5 life. I gotta finish planning my california vacation… only 3 weeks! I need to go for a jog..kind of hot though.
