I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! I didn’t do much – I was alone most of the weekend and it was kind of nice. The birthday party went good on Saturday. I sure was tired by the time I got home. I collapsed after the kiddo went with this dad.
I did get some writing done this weekend, which was great. I got in about 1800 words and finished writing chapter 7 and proofing it. I just have to keep the momentum going now. The plot board has helped immensely, even though I’ve already veered off track. Not too much, just a little. It’s nice to see where i’m going all laid out for me. You will note the word meter has moved. 😀
Also got the chapter newsletter out. Now I need to get mine written and set up to send.
Monday was an all day Star Trek: The Next Generation marathon. Yes, I sat and watched it most of the day. I was bad. However, it gave me so many ideas for stories! That’s the wonderful thing about Star Trek. It’s inspirational. And I missed that show quite a bit. It was nice to revisit with the crew of the Enterprise. I don’t know who I love more: Picard or Riker.
I also did manage to get the jungle in the back mowed. It was a beast, too. I pulled a muscle in my back doing it. The grass was still dewy and it kept clogging the mower. I turned it over to get the grass out and then it smoked like crazy. I think some of the oil must have leaked or something. Anyway, there was a big white cloud coming out of it and I had to let it sit for a while before I went back to mowing. Took me over an hour (with two breaks) to get the blasted yard mowed, but I got it done.
Instead of cleaning house this weekend, I wrote. My house is filthy – especially the bathrooms – but I negleted it anyway and opted to write. I figured it could wait at least one or two more days.
Let’s see…what else. I made tremendous hamburgers for dinner on Monday. I broiled them instead of grilling them. They came out good! Kiddo came home with a large box of a Lego Star Wars At-Ap Walker that – guess what? – had to be put together. All 352 pieces of it. I started on it. I have the lower half done but it’s not finished yet. You’d think building stuff with Legos would be fun…
It’s too bad I have to go back to work today. I thoroughly enjoyed my extra day off rattling around the house. Ah well. At least it’s a short week!
Good for you!
Dirt doesn’t go anywhere, but the Muse will check out if not indulged.
Congrats on your progress and all your plot ideas! My guys went fishing on Saturday. I brought my laptop to the trailer and worked on revisions while they fished, then had some time with them. It worked out really well. I’ll do that again.
I have written words with many a dirty bathroom waiting to be cleaned. It can WAIT. Good for you! I need to watch my Star Trek movies!!!
And you are a FABULOUS mom. Whenever my boys get Legos, I give them the instruction book and say “here you go, have fun!”
I loved Star Trek The Next Generation. That show was so good and I used to watch it all the time. Good for you on chosing writing over housework. Why? Because the house will just get dirty again but once you’ve written you no longer have a blank page! 🙂