"No compulsion in the world is stronger than the urge to edit someone else's document." -H. G. Wells

Yay! We can turn water back on in 20 minutes!

Guys who came to plant stuff outside broke hot water pipe. Joy.

Okay God, trying 2 take it easy. I guess You figured You'd force me to do so with a virus...

Okay head. I thought we got along. Why are you letting a migraine in?

My column for this week - what would you do for fame? http://ping.fm/MfHwD

New blog post: Death of a streak. When taking a break may be badly needed: http://ping.fm/i1uuz

The death of a streak

Well, my streak of writing 500 words a day died after 147 days.

What happened?

Short answer is, life happened.

Longer answer is more complex.

I came off an intensely busy summer - a son who graduated from college, underwent dental surgery, and got married in a matter of weeks; three wonderful but intense back to back workshops; a vacation with Don.

I finished a 90,000 word novel at the end of August. It was intense and somewhat draining.

I've been helping to care for my inlaws and dealing with other issues on the homefront.

The upshot? I think I drained all my reserves - physically, mentally, and most importantly for this post, creatively.

So right now I'm taking some time to recharge. Don, bless his heart, sent me to a local hotel for a couple of days. From now until Monday afternoon, I'm responsible only for myself.

Hopefully, that will get the creative brain up and running again. Yeah, I fell down. But I'll get up and start another streak soon. I did it once - I can do it again.

In a local hotel for a couple days mental and physical health break. Hubby rocks for suggesting this.

Don and I are in Lakeland goofing off for the day. Tough job, but someone has to do it...

My column is online - I vent. Would've posted yesterday but life has been a stressfest: http://ping.fm/HSYSG

Stressed out dealing with health care re: my inlaws...we really want this for the whole country?

Thinking about 9/11....one of those days everyone remembers where they were & what they were doing when they 1st heard the news.

Tech who drew blood said something that cracked me up. Left outpatient lab smiling & giggling. Got strange looks from waiting room.

Just took a pulmonary function test...got to wheeze and cough a lot. Looks like I still have mild asthma. More meds in my future. Sigh.

This week's column is online - don't read if you don't like to hear about silly lawsuits: http://ping.fm/MT8NE

Finished with adventures in babysitting. Now sitting in car waiting for monsoon to let up so I can get to front door without drowning.

Finishing up at eyedoc. Eyes dialated. Dark room in my near future.