Oh my dear LJ, I miss you so

OMG, two weeks with at least two more days or so at the Railroad has really left me starved for contact with my peeps, and writing time. If not for Nick and those four kind souls willing to let me rant at them via my BNSF email, and my beloved ipod, I would be DYING!!!

So much going on work-wise that I get all worn-out brain-wise by the time I can leave, and evenings are spent recovering, doing general chores, feeding puppies, feeding self, cleaning up, talking with Nick (who at 9:48 p.m. on this night, is still up and yes it is almost 5 a.m. in Germany...slightly screwed up is his schedule, yes? Okay, he just went to bed. Good boy, even though I know he'll be dreaming of GDL and not CER, lol).

Nick made me read a 'chapter' (rolls eyes) of a Gwen-bashing fic after we discussed Amandr's post about that horrid community created by those creatures. It made me nauseous. Seriously. Such hate, such bad writing, such... I just don't get it. I don't, I don't.

One good thing has come of me going over to the railroad to work...I grabbed my old thumb drive to transport my files and spreadsheets back and forth and was shocked and delighted to realize that all the fics and pictures and research stuff I thought I'd lost to that little bastard thief who broke into our house, was actually on there. I discovered another thing--I have alot of first chapters to books. Like, 6-7... Hmmm. Two or three of them I was thrilled to see again, however. A couple dating back 6 or so years ago. Huh. Hmmm.

We'll see what if anything I do about those fics. Mystery and fantasy mostly. It has my original copy of my published mystery, but not the second book I wrote in the series, sad to say. Too bad as I was going to offer it to gypsylady since she was kind enough to say nice things about HOME after snagging it from her library. But alas, that book is gone, which really really makes me sad.

Nick and I want to go back to Wales. Sooner rather than later, but too much is up in the air re: his uni for us to be able to settle on exact plans. We'll get there though. So much more to see. And...we just miss it.

It is all smirnoffmule's fault, and probably amand_r's, but I signed up for the hp_darkfest fest. Also to blame was running across the start to a Draco fic from two years ago that was hidden away in my BNSF email--THAT is how long it has been since I've done a project there. Wowzer. Anyway, a whole fic burst into my head, and then Smirnoff posted about that fest, and then I started to read Amandr's Snarry fic (still enjoying it, it is long and funny and entertaining and I love how she handles the characterization of her characters...Jenny is awesome lol and FRED LIVES!)...and next thing I knew? Signed up. Crazy.

Porn battle this weekend being hosted by Foxy and Nick, over at cyus. I'll be working on my other stuff but will be reading what I can.

writerinadrawer also continues. Now that Nick got booted so untimely (sigh, grrr) I am voting. I enjoyed it last round, but am less excited about it this week mostly because I have had so little time (aka none)for my own writing, I really don't feel very enthusiastic about taking the time to read other writing when I am aching so deeply to work on my own.

Ballet boy--I finally figured out what the hell to do with my oops, I-wrote-myself into-a-wall problem. Not that I have the brain to address it. Without having lunchtime to write right now, nothing is going to happen. Hopefully, I'll be done with this project by, sigh, next Wednesday.

And travel posts. OMG, that is another thing I want to work on this weekend, truly badly...the next travel post. I want to work on them every evening but there is just no time, no way to do it all, and I am frankly feeling like bawling over that in frustration. Maybe this weekend, along with everything else I want to do. Yeah, sorry folks, I just don't see wiad happening for me this week.

And while I am looking forward to being back in my cube, WITH INTERNET THANK THE STARS, I am not looking so forward to having to deal with our admin again. She has been annoying me highly...no reason to get into that but frankly? The chick is downright weird, and I've made the effort for a long time to get along with her, because that is easier than not, but it is wearing me down. She wants to talk at me, and I don't want to. I AM BUSY!!!!

What else? Guess that is it for the moment, other than thanks to copperbadge I want one of these:




Should be able to find bento boxes locally, as we have a huge Asian population in this area. Daughter wants one, has seen those around, so we'll take a look.

That is all--kids start back to school next week, son a senior in high school, daughter a junior at TCU. Have to go buy son pants tomorrow night--they wear uniforms and we have everything else but those, and socks.

Too much to do, and not enough me. I shall go to bed now I suppose--I need to recharge!