Weekend Wrap Up

Mother Nature still isn't cooperating. She's hateful and mean. I know it's only mid-March and things are always fickle at this time, but I also know I'm not the only one devastated by the fact it was so nice for a few days and now it's gloomy and cold again. 

Anyway. 

It's been a mostly productive weekend. 

We had a nice dinner and conversation with friends last night. 

The snowmen/winter stuff has been removed from my front porch. The Easter egg order has been submitted for K5. Some plants have been cleaned up. Shopping, car part ordering, laundry, sheet washing, blah blah blah, have been done. 

I also took a nap. 

And wrote. 

Though I did not sleep in. I tried. But weird dreams and an old dog who didn't want to stay in bed prevented that. (hence the nap)

Breakfast for dinner tonight. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's been craving pancakes! 

We do have some plants popping up outside. That's a happy sight. 

And that is all... Tomorrow we're back to the grind. Joy. 

Behave! 

Feel Good Friday

I guess? 

Let's see if we can cobble together a list...

1. The weekend. Honestly, I've been away the past two weekends, so a weekend mostly at home sounds lovely. We do have plans but nothing too dramatic. 

2. With #1 comes sleeping in. Or at least I hope so. 

3. My dryer is fixed. 

4. The few nice days we had. But now...yuck. Mother Nature is off her meds...

That's all I have at the moment...

Behave! 

Too Much Chaos...

I wish this week would end already... I know tomorrow is Friday so we're close, but I just want to pull the covers over my head and hide in my warm bed.

Writing has sucked this week. It's been one thing after another but mostly my own fault for being tired, sad, and tired. 

Everything just feels so chaotic. Everything. Everywhere. All the time. 

Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with some kind of Feel Good post...

Behave! 

Beautiful Monday!

Oh my goodness! It's gorgeous outside! The sun is back and it's warm! 

I do hate the time change though. I mean...

That Man and I had a lovely weekend away. We had lunch before checking in, hit the grocery store, and immediately changed into our comfy pants upon arrival. And we stayed like that all weekend. It was gloomy and a little chilly, but we had a fire and the creek was amazing to watch. 

We kept our phones on silent and away from us and just enjoyed. I didn't take my computer or anything. We had a wonderful dinner Saturday night and watched a ton of movies. Some we'd seen before and others we hadn't. 

Like I said, it was a good weekend. 

Then back to the grind. My dryer is down again. The belt broke. That Man wrote it down somewhere but I think I might have tossed the paper at some point, so now he has to take it apart to get the number. Our clothes are drying on a rack in the dining room. Yay. Ha! 

Our old gal isn't doing so hot. I don't think it's time yet, but think it won't be too long. She still has her spark, but it's dimming. I hope she tells us when she's done. The thought of her suffering is too much to bear, but so is the thought of her not being around anymore. Our hearts are going to break into a million pieces. She's the best dog ever. 

Behave! 

Mid-Week Slump

Man, it's gross outside! I'm yearning for some sun! 

Temps are supposed to go up this weekend though! I'm so looking forward to it. 

Coming off retreat is often difficult to navigate. You go from doing nothing but taking care of your own personal needs and writing, to being slammed back into reality. Usually it takes a few days to find your balance again. 

I think I'm doing okay though this time. I always take Monday's off from writing. It's just my thing. Last night, I managed words and came to the conclusion that I'm starting this story in the wrong place. Or maybe I'm just thinking too hard about it. Not sure yet but I'm still on a good track. 

That Man and I are going away just the two of us this weekend. Just a quick little weekend getaway, which is so needed and very much looked forward to. We were going to do this for our anniversary but the timing never worked out. I'm not sure how we got it to work out for this weekend, but we did and it even worked out for the housemates taking care of the home front without issue, so yay us. 

And that's all I have...

Stay dry and...

Behave! 

Retreat: Day Three: PM

Well, this is it. 

My last retreat post. Once I'm done here, I'll be packing up my gear in preparation to leave in the morning. I highly doubt you'll hear from me tomorrow. 

It's been an epic time. Though today went way, way too fast. So fast that even though I got up at six-thirty thinking it was eight-thirty, I didn't eat dinner until after seven. I planned to take a nap and the next thing I knew it was almost four. 

I am confident in what I'm doing on many fronts now. I'm still excited for this story even though I spent a lot of time writing just brain barf. But that's okay. That's usually what I do anyway. I have a better handle on my characters and how I want things to go down. So it's a total win. I achieved an epic word count and I needed to write those words to know things. 

We did find out that this house won't be available going forward. Something with the town and something something something. I don't know. It's sad because this is the perfect layout and size for us. The only thing that's not sad is I won't miss my bed here. I remember saying my bed sucked last time, but it was hard to know for sure because I was dealing with my hip at the same time. 

I can say without pause that my bed here is horrible. I woke up with leg pain, back pain, side pain, and shoulder pain. So good riddance to that. We're looking for new houses, but since I'm not sure what our schedule is going to look like in the month we're planning, I have to wait to commit. 

And that's a wrap. 

Behave! 

Retreat: Day Three: AM

It was a mostly crappy night's sleep. 

I solved my light pollution issue, but not the comfort issue. I think the bed is just not comfortable. Especially since I woke up with pains. One more night and then I'll be back in my comfy bed. I also rolled over thinking it was after eight. Uuhhh...it wasn't even seven. 

That's okay. I had to pee and I kept questioning my word count from yesterday. I was correct with my tally. I can take a nap later if I want. But it's supposed to be close to sixty today and I don't know if I want to miss that. 

All I know is that I'm going to be cranking out the words.

And that is all...

Behave!

Retreat: Day Two: PM

And I'm still rolling. I'm in danger of breaking my brain though. 

I've netted about 12k words so far today. I'm debating whether to continue or let my brain rest and goof off the rest of the evening. 

I will have to do some heavy edits. My stream of thought turned into revealing backstory, which is completely fine and needs to be done, just maybe not in the huge chunks I've been putting on the page.

I'm at one with this story so even with the backstory puking out of me, I'm not faltering anymore and that is epic. It's been a hot minute.  

It's been a lovely day. I only got one work call which is fantastic. I've been in my comfy clothes all day. I have played musical chairs with the sitting surfaces here and finally went back to my regular spot after fortifying it with pillows. (This couch is very well worn and the cushions slouch into the back making your back hurt) I even managed to hit my step goal for the day. 

I think I'm leaning towards the goofing off at this point, but that might change. We'll see. 

And that is all for now...

Behave! 

Retreat: Day Two: AM

The view from my writing spot is glorious. And I still feel as obnoxious as I did yesterday, so there's that. I'm keeping it to myself. Mostly. Ha!

I slept in a bit. Which I don't think counts because it took me forever to fall asleep last night. It was light pollution, struggling to find a comfortable position, a wee bit of anxiety of things that aren't within my control - you know, the usual. 

I'm in my writing spot with my document open and maybe 75 words written. Ha! I have a full cup of coffee (my second) and I'm getting back to the manuscript now. 

Behave!