A Happy Weekend was This! :)

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Such a nice weekend here in North Texas--beautiful and sunny though the temps were colder, which I appreciated actually. I am not ready for winter to end here, thanks. Plus I got to spend lots of time with Nick. :) I always love that!

Okay so what did I accomplish this last week. Let me think...



Writing

Really went well this last week. I spent way too much time on my worldbuilding of my fantasy, but that's okay--got a great map out of all that effort, lol. Pretty, isn't it?



I know, I know, WAY too much time on that. But I MISS maps! I can't help myself. But, I have all kinds of things figured out and tucked into a spot I can quick-reference (the amazing and wonderful OneNote) and am now moving forward, mostly because my newest person to join in my lj told me I had to. Okay, she's right, and right about too many kings...what was I thinking? That's been fixed. I swear. Now on to the antagonist! Woo!

Other fic-wise, i.e. Splash Page is moving on wonderfully! I participated in a whole bunch of timed writings (WORD WARS!) with folks from paperpushers and boy do I love those things. When I was a member of getyourwordsout (gosh, is that the right name even? there, that fixed it I think) I discovered just how competitive I can be when it comes to accumulation of words within a set time period. GYWO turned me into a monster. For these, we did 30 minute sessions, and silly me, over six of these things, ended up with 8,340 new words. WOOT! I've got a good start on it, and am incredibly bouncy about that. I'm going to stick to weekends to work on this story, and during the week for the fantasy--think that is really going to work out well. I need to calm down though--my right arm is TIRED! Maybe do one, sit out on one, do another. LOL. It was nice too meeting some other people I hadn't before. That is the side-benefit to these things!

Just really very pleased with the writing these days.

Diet Fun

A week or so ago I decided that I felt really blah and tired and blah, and I needed to get cracking and get off 15 lbs. I've got a good start, having at least got myself back on track with good eating. That was harder than I thought! And I might've had a few cracker-attacks along the way this week, but the weight is starting to shift, am feeling lighter, stomach tighter, and most importantly--knee is getting better. Will get back to YMCA this week! I swear!

Job Fun

I admit I did not look very hard last week. I KNOW I am baaaad and really starting to enjoy myself way too much. *bites nails* So this week, I have to get serious again. Unemployment benefits won't last forever and the last thing I want is to run through every bit available to me. Sigh. But dang it, it would be so awesome to just write full time... But of course, I have no insurance, no dental, hello thank you USA for taking care of me and mine. Not. So the risk is a great one that one of us could get sick or hurt and then where would I be? Yeah. Exactly.

Guess that is it for the moment. The daughter leaves on Friday for a week in Minnesota, Nick leaves on Friday for a weekend in London, so it will be a quiet weekend. Maybe I will treat myself to something awesome after Warrior Writers on Saturday. NOT food-related, but go to a museum or something. Or the zoo! Okay museum would be better, definitely. Nick is seeing all these plays and I am started to feel a distinct lack of culture running through my veins, so yeah. I should poke around these here parts and see what there is to offer that I could take advantage during the weekdays while I am off.

Crash time now (sleep kind of crash) as I hope to stay on track with the early to bed, early to rise, be all productive and all that crap, and get to Barnes and Noble before all the good plugs are taken. Stupid B&N near me is seriously lacking in plugs, and comfy wooden chairs. But I should be able to get both, and be productive in the morning instead of lazing around until Tiff leaves for TCU.

Nite all!

Comments

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Interesting map. I hope the rulers of Wyntar have strong allies. Things could get nasty in that part of the world.

As for the Barnes and Noble: take a power strip?

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

LOL! Exactly, and why I am rethinking everything about the whole darn map. NOT an excuse to do a new one, I swear! Really! :)

I do now have a power strip! They are very handy to have in one's backpack.

[blue-fjords.livejournal.com]

You made a map! That's so cool. :)

And I'm sorry to be sending a wrench in the diet plan, but one a day shouldn't be too terrible, yes?

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Never apologize for cupcakes, Blue! They are so awesome, and I like them frozen lol, (weirdo me?) that they last nicely so I can have one every couple of days. Heaven in a paper cup!

There. Right icon now.

[syldath.livejournal.com]

Wanna come over to my house once a week for Wii Fit? I know I could use a kick in the pants to lose weight, too!

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

I would love to try that out sometime! No Wii in this house though I have been thinking about getting one!

[syldath.livejournal.com]

gimme a call in 10 minutes!

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

LOL! Not today punkin... I've got chores to do and such, and the boyfriend will be home soon. I did go read up about Wii Fit and might just have to get one of these things. My son has one he is babysitting that is a friend of his who didnt' want to take it to college, and didn't want to leave it at home for his brother to kill, so I could have this all to myself in my room. Whee!

[syldath.livejournal.com]

I don't mean COME OVER today... I just mean call so we can plot for ten to fifteen minutes!

[duikermeisie.livejournal.com]

Good on ya with the eating. I started up WW online, on the determination that I would NOT leave this ship wearing a larger size trousers than I went in. Down nearly 10lbs so far and I still have 3 weeks to go. I would love to go on my vacation 20lbs lighter than when I got on this ship.

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Surveyor-Woman wishes to point out to you that such a geologic structure (ocean, immediate mountains) is common in areas where two plate boundaries meet and thus the following are likely to be true:

1. There is a rainshadow desert or semi-desert to landward of the large mountain chain, although lake effect precipitation may occur (especially in winter)...think Chile or Turkey or Tibet. Rivers and river flats would be fed primarily by runoff or snowmelt from the mountains.

2. Such a region will be hugely susceptible to earthquakes.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

AHA!!!! I actually used Turkey (if you squint you can see it) as the amazing variety of everything fascinates me. Earthquakes, I like it! I added the mountains though so that is good to know, definitely. I have to redo the political structure as I was overzealous with that but oh well, that is the fun thing about worldbuilding--playing the goddess role.

YAY for WW working! I actually started gaining weight when I joined my daughter in her vegetarian world. It just does not work for me. I am, alas, a carnivore at heart, and when I went back to that and cut out all the bad carbs I started to lose weight again, and absolutely feel better. So that is that for me. I still make vegetarian dishes, like tonight we will have tofu stir fry which I love, but yeah, gotta do what works for you. ;)

Going anywhere cool for vacation this time?

[duikermeisie.livejournal.com]

Mozambique.

Come on to google and chat with me.....I'll tell you all.

[duikermeisie.livejournal.com]

Didn't need to squint, I could see the resemblance to Turkey right away.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

LOL!!! Awesome. MOZAMBIQUE! I will be around later and keep an eye on chat for when you are around. :)