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May. 13th, 2008 07:29 pmOkay, so lots going on.
Supernatural
Well, I've succumbed to the voices and I've written fanfic again. It's Supernatural. I've had it for a little bit, but sitting on it since the only people I thought would like it have already read it. Of course I'd like to have other readers, I just don't know anyone else personally who would enjoy it. Whatever. 'Tis here
Webspace
My sister purchased webspace and was recently kind enough to give me space. The advantage is that I can have my own domain instead of a subdomain, but somebody is now using snowees.net so I had to come up with something else. The second advantage is that I'm leeching off my sister instead of my friend. I sort of feel like I've been taking advantage of friend's kindness so in a way it's good.
The problem is I don't like how the CMS is set up and I can't decide how to categorize my content. The other problem is that the internet here comes and goes and especially goes when I try to work on my webpage so getting things moved is terribly slow.
Writing
More accurately proofreading. I've got quite a bit done of the novel I was working on before this one I was trying to sell. I want to send out queries again, but I don't have access to the disks where I was making notes about agents and we packed away the marketing books so I would have to start researching agents again. It's a lot more tedious process than one realizes...
House
So, they've basically gutted the basement and have removed the carpet and some floor on the main level. Hubby's room is torn up and just about ready for the next step. Now what? I don't know. We saw an electrician at the house last Saturday, but no sign of anything since then. Perhaps they are waiting for the electrician's schedule since I'm pretty sure that has to happen before they can do anything else. I'm just tired of waiting and tired of... this whole situation.
Dad
He's back in the hospital tonight. He's still been having problems and we're all confused because Mom thought he had a biopsy that came back negative only now she says she doesn't know what it was, just a test. Tomorrow morning he's having surgery to remove more tissue to test, we think, but I don't think anyone is perfectly clear anymore. At least, as soon as I think I'm clear on the facts I find out something slightly different. Anyway, I'm just hoping it's good news whatever it is.
Food
At least the food situation has improved greatly. I throw out everything questionable and now that I am here I can keep track of how long things sit in the fridge (and throw them out when no one's looking.) Also, we pretty much go to the store and buy just the stuff we need for the next few meals so I don't have to rely on Mom's storage for ingredients.
Nights
The only thing is the evenings are a bit rough. We've had one nightmare which Toria just said "It wasn't a nightmare, I was just worried," and one sleepwalking incident (her first ever), but other than that the sleep part is fine. It's the getting to sleep that's a problem. It takes her about an hour and a half and I must be in the room or she can't go to sleep. Twice now I've had to miss something I'd like to go do, but I can't leave her with a sitter. I mean, whatever it takes - it's just kind of boring to lose that much time every night where I can't do much of anything. Well, I take that back. Last night she let me read my book while sitting in bed next to her until she fell asleep. If that works I'm okay with it since that's about the only time I've taken to read.
The Unsinkable?
Well, I was impressed. The frog lived through the fire. A few days later a cat got into the room where she was and knocked her cage to the floor. We found her in time and got her back in. Of course we were more diligent about making sure that door was completely closed. Still, about 2 weeks after that, she died. No reason we can imagine. Her water was clean, she was fed and protected. She just died. Toria was, of course, devastated.
Then last Friday she got the flu. She's rarely ill so it was noteworthy. I have to say, I doubt this kid is going to look back on 7 years old as a good year...
Supernatural
Well, I've succumbed to the voices and I've written fanfic again. It's Supernatural. I've had it for a little bit, but sitting on it since the only people I thought would like it have already read it. Of course I'd like to have other readers, I just don't know anyone else personally who would enjoy it. Whatever. 'Tis here
Webspace
My sister purchased webspace and was recently kind enough to give me space. The advantage is that I can have my own domain instead of a subdomain, but somebody is now using snowees.net so I had to come up with something else. The second advantage is that I'm leeching off my sister instead of my friend. I sort of feel like I've been taking advantage of friend's kindness so in a way it's good.
The problem is I don't like how the CMS is set up and I can't decide how to categorize my content. The other problem is that the internet here comes and goes and especially goes when I try to work on my webpage so getting things moved is terribly slow.
Writing
More accurately proofreading. I've got quite a bit done of the novel I was working on before this one I was trying to sell. I want to send out queries again, but I don't have access to the disks where I was making notes about agents and we packed away the marketing books so I would have to start researching agents again. It's a lot more tedious process than one realizes...
House
So, they've basically gutted the basement and have removed the carpet and some floor on the main level. Hubby's room is torn up and just about ready for the next step. Now what? I don't know. We saw an electrician at the house last Saturday, but no sign of anything since then. Perhaps they are waiting for the electrician's schedule since I'm pretty sure that has to happen before they can do anything else. I'm just tired of waiting and tired of... this whole situation.
Dad
He's back in the hospital tonight. He's still been having problems and we're all confused because Mom thought he had a biopsy that came back negative only now she says she doesn't know what it was, just a test. Tomorrow morning he's having surgery to remove more tissue to test, we think, but I don't think anyone is perfectly clear anymore. At least, as soon as I think I'm clear on the facts I find out something slightly different. Anyway, I'm just hoping it's good news whatever it is.
Food
At least the food situation has improved greatly. I throw out everything questionable and now that I am here I can keep track of how long things sit in the fridge (and throw them out when no one's looking.) Also, we pretty much go to the store and buy just the stuff we need for the next few meals so I don't have to rely on Mom's storage for ingredients.
Nights
The only thing is the evenings are a bit rough. We've had one nightmare which Toria just said "It wasn't a nightmare, I was just worried," and one sleepwalking incident (her first ever), but other than that the sleep part is fine. It's the getting to sleep that's a problem. It takes her about an hour and a half and I must be in the room or she can't go to sleep. Twice now I've had to miss something I'd like to go do, but I can't leave her with a sitter. I mean, whatever it takes - it's just kind of boring to lose that much time every night where I can't do much of anything. Well, I take that back. Last night she let me read my book while sitting in bed next to her until she fell asleep. If that works I'm okay with it since that's about the only time I've taken to read.
The Unsinkable?
Well, I was impressed. The frog lived through the fire. A few days later a cat got into the room where she was and knocked her cage to the floor. We found her in time and got her back in. Of course we were more diligent about making sure that door was completely closed. Still, about 2 weeks after that, she died. No reason we can imagine. Her water was clean, she was fed and protected. She just died. Toria was, of course, devastated.
Then last Friday she got the flu. She's rarely ill so it was noteworthy. I have to say, I doubt this kid is going to look back on 7 years old as a good year...
