Posted on Wednesday, 3rd January 2007 by Maritzia
Yay….two updates in a months time. Am I awesome or what *laughs uproariously*
I’m back on the study meds (milnacipran for those interested) and back up to the full dose, so I’m once again feeling well. Well enough, as a matter of fact, to make a 3.5 mile hike on Saturday! Of course, I was done in for the rest of the day, but that’s okay. Besides, it gave me a good excuse for losing miserably at Canasta that night! I do love playing Canasta, and luckily Mark’s mom and sister don’t mind that I’m such an incredribly poor loser.
We had a quiet New Years. Mark’s aforementioned mom and sister came up on Thursday and stayed until Sunday morning. We had a great time with them here. Mark made a nice roast and a huge pot of potato soup, which we just finished off last night. Anja, the sister, brought some wine, which we all enjoyed, and a nice bottle of Bailey’s, which we haven’t opened yet. We like to have the Baileys in a nice cup of hot chocolate, but it hasn’t really been cold enough for that yet. We walked, we talked, we laughed and played with the dogs. All in all, it was a great visit. We were sorry to see them leave.
New Year’s Eve was quiet except for a brief sprut of fireworks. Luckily though, it was wet out, so we didn’t get the sustained racket that we’ve had in years past. Mark played EQ most of the weekend and I watched several Law and Order marathons. I actually saw a few episodes I haven’t seen before.
I’m now working on some research for the rewrite of the book. Wiebke and Anja have read it, and I know Wiebke plans on letting some friends read it, but I’m going to limit it there until I do the rewrite, because I know I can make it better. I’ll still have to take a bit of license with the history of the West Coast Trail, where part of it is set, but that’s okay. I doubt most people will even notice it. And it’s not like more than a handful of people will ever read it. I just want to make it as good as I can. In addition, next years NaNoWriMo is already percolating in my head. It feels good to be really creative again. I’m really enjoying the process of writing. I’m really glad I came across NaNoWriMo. It helped me with the discipline I needed to actually write something.
Work is good, but just a bit stressful at the moment. We had to let two people go, so we’re very short handed. But I’m still loving the job and a little hard work never killed anyone *grins*. At least I don’t think it has. You never know. It’s a good thing I enjoy the work, though.
That’s about all that’s fit to print. I know, I know…I live a very boring life. But at least it’s a life I enjoy *laughs*.
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January 16th, 2007 at 12:23 am
a very late happy new year…have computer back at the house now so i will be stopping by more..sorry i have not been around..but havent been around at anyone’s blog..
when i was a kid, my parents and i would play canasta..and my mother would cheat like crazy..then we all got into and we would all cheat so bad we were falling in the floor laughing at each other..one of my great memories…