Downsizing, Fall Festivals and Writing

Drinking: White Chocolate Coffee

Watching: Take Charge of My Heart <--- super cute

Sue came over and helped me organize my kitchen. I think we cleaned and threw away so many things. I didn't realize I had a plastic problem. I have way too much plastic, thinking "I'll use that for Thanksliving" and yeah, I just collected like it was going out of style. 

I have a LOT of coffee mugs, and Ann said they break their's all the time, so I'm sending my Disney mugs to her and keeping my Halloween mugs that I love so much. Sue scrubbed out the coffee stains. Didn't realize coffee stains could be scrubbed out. 

Anyways, I do have a "collector's" problem with my things. I do need to downsize a lot considering it's only the two of us and our little pack of dogs. 

The only thing that I really don't know about is moving things around so much. My mind has a system. I think I'm chaotic-organized. I'm artistic. But also, I can't explain why I need things in a certain order. I don't know if I just got used to working around the chaos that I live in, but Sue is ready to do a super deep clean and I'm anxious. It feels like everyone is with her on this. I'm outnumbered. So I guess I'll see where life takes me on this journey that I obviously should say "yes" to. Because maybe people are seeing something I'm not. 

We went out to eat, but we skipped the Fall Festival Fair this weekend, both at the church and the downtown event. So sad. I would like to have kept up that tradition, but Sue didn't want to do the event downtown. She said it was boring. And both Emory and I agreed to skip the church carnival because they raise money for things that we are not in alignment with. 

Guess what we found! Vegan Egg-Nog! So we obviously had to buy it. It's so tasty. 

Writing Update:

Worked on N.F. and realized it is a nightmare. I have no idea what I've been trying to edit for a month now. I cut all the pieces into chapters again instead of all one big document. Some of the chapters are super small and some are extremely long. I combined some of the chapters to make it a little more consistant in length. I have rewritten some of the characters. One of them is a famous olympian from BC so there isn't much about him. It's a little fun writing a history for someone that is famous but has no real records. I'm having fun with this story.... but I'm also frustrated. I keep going back and forth on just dropping it.

So far this might be DADDY KINK, because I swear, as I was writing this, I aged up my two dominant male characters. I was just working on their character sheets and realized that given the era, and what not, they would be older, established gentlemen. I'm going to have to write this and see if I'm actually going to put it out. 

I started working on fluff-cember stories with a flair of kink-tober. I don't know what I want to do with these projects yet. One is so freaking good that I was thinking about submitting it to a anthology. By "good," I mean I'm super excited by the outcome of the dialogue and the story. It is practically writing itself. 

My writing buddy and I met on Tuesday to do a writing session. She worked on outlines and I worked on character sheets. I'm thinking I might need to work on an outline too. I feel like when I wrote this story, I had no real direction so cleaning it up now is very difficult. 

Jack-o-Lantern Night, Witchy Girl Trips and Writing

I had such a beautiful day. 

Sue and I went to Barnes and Noble and read the back of books. So many books to chose from. She got four books that she promised I could read after her. I got two, but they aren't her style. She likes horror/thriller. I think she also likes strong woman point of views. I asked her, but she got confused by what I meant and then the moment was gone and we were just there picking up books again. 

The two books I got were romance and capers. I love a really good caper. I just watched Now You See Me 3 and WOW! was that deliciously fun!

I drank so much coffee that it had me shaking. I really don't know why if does that, but it's the only thing that really works when my Attenion Deficit Disorder is really kicking my butt. 

It's supposed to rain, but the skies look fairly clear. Arizona got rain. 

We went to Magic of the Jack-o-Lantern. We don't know if they were real carved pumpkins because there were so many and pumpkins do rot. The designs were awesome. Someone took so much care in carving them, fake or not. The drive was a little long, but everything in California is when you have events everywhere. 

We want to do the POE event. It's the retelling of Poe stories on stage and it's matched with drinks to go with the show. So much to do, so little time.

The High Priestess has invited me on a girl trip with another member of her coven. I'm super excited and I want to get some pampering things to take for all of us. Any suggestions on how to make a girl trip fun? I am way too excited. Also, maybe a little witchy too. Maybe I should bring my tarot and some crystals? 

Writing Update:

BL: This is best friends to enemies to lovers-ish. I say "ish" because I'm not really sure if a scene is really lovers as of yet. I'd call this story pretty dark given the themes. Alpha/Beta/Omega story line.

F.C. I have 60 subscribers! I am so excited to see that so many people were interested in this story. I need to finish it, but I feel like it might be more complicated than just slapping an ending. I need to really think about the characters emotions and the possible fallout. 

Zombies, Communes and Writing

Watching anime horror and it got me thinking about zombies....

Would zombies splatter blood if the blood is congealed? and if there is no new blood, what happens to the old blood for days, weeks, months..... and if they are walking around without a heartbeat to circulate the blood, would it all pool to their legs and feet? 

I wonder because when you feel like you're going to faint, you're supposed to put your feet up on the couch to help the blood flow towards your brain.... what happens at that point? Did we just stop circulating blood ever so briefly? Our hearts slowed down.... But imagine if a heart just stopped?  

I don't think zombies look like you'd think in horror movies. I also think the hottest states would be the safest because the zombies would dry out pretty quickly in heat. Also think there might be no splatter. Goddess, I close my eyes and see something I really don't want to see in this. 

Just thoughts.

It's been a pretty slow week for me. We haven't done anything for ourselves that we usually like doing. No puzzling. Very little writing. We've been running back and forth from the commune.

We went over to the commune for the best tofu dinner. It was delicious and the ginger rice was perfect! Then we had to take two people to the airport. I'm currently getting text messages from them and they are across the seas. Everyone travels so much. It's so fun to see pictures and hear about the adventures. I made a group chat for something. I don't remember now and everyone uses it like a Facebook wall. It's really fun. 

Writing:

B.L. I don't know if I want to keep this title. I'm now on chapter 9 in editing. I do NOT like chapter 10 so I'm probably going to cut it completely or rewrite it completely. I'm sort of dreading tearing this chapter apart. I'm going to let Emory read it before I do some major editing. 

Sort of looked at my other stories but they frustrate me at the moment. I have so much editing to do. 

Hugging Comedians, Medical Teas and Writing

What a fun and busy week! It almost feels like a blur.

We had dinner at the commune which is always fun. I did resist the urge to have a glass of wine with dinner though it had been offered. What can I say, we're a commune who likes wine with dinner.

It's weird going on vacation and then being back to the grind. My mind still feels like it's on hiatus. 

Ann went on a duffy ride while I was at home trying to get some chapters edited on my novels and to get new videos edited. I still need to download all the photos off my phone. I'm really dragging my feet here.

Ann called and told me they had a spot for me at the Country Club. What a weird thing to say, right? So, I was like, okay.....

I went and it ended up being really fun watching comedians do standup. I did this once and it's a really hard thing to do when people aren't laughing. The audience last night was super responsive, clapping and laughing and hackling. The comedians took it like champs. They rolled with the punches and came out funny and made even the hacklers part of the show. It was really entertaining..... 

But I did have two glasses of red wine and when I drink.... oh boy! So I told Emory, in my head, I was like "Don't be an idiot." but at the end of the show, I told the people I went with that I needed to just go talk to the comedians for a second. I know the people I was with were in a hurry so I made my comments to each comedian short. 

I thanked them for the show. I told them I really loved what they did.... AND THEN I GAVE THEM A HUG!!! Yes, what an idiot! Like, people probably don't want to be touched, but I get so into my "feels" when I drink more than 1 glass of wine so I was REALLY feeling my emotions. 

All the comedians were so friendly and accepted the emotional burst and yes, they gave me a hug. Yikes right? Hugging a stranger? But I didn't make it last. It was just a friendly "goodbye and thank you" type of hug. 

Anyways, I have no idea how I got back upstairs to my apartment. No, I didn't drive. I was picked up and dropped off, but a little of that is a blur. Exhaustion and liquor kicked in. I fell asleep on the couch in my dress and didn't wake up until Emory got home. 

Remember folks! Never Drink and Drive! 

I'm so careful. I don't drink at all if I know I'm driving somewhere, but that night, I had a driver that only drinks tea. Also, I try not to drink too much because I get so hyper happy. Like super happy and huggy and it ANNOYS the heck out of Sue. 

Emory got sick. Good thing I bought the medical tea. He will be the first to try it. I have a little sore throat, but I don't get sick like he does. I am a little interested in the tea the herblist made. Like how effective will it be with clearing the mucus? It's got some plants we learned about in Colorado that are good for clearing the lungs. 

Writing Update:

F.C. Working on chapter 13 to try and get this little project finished. I think where I am at could end the story or maybe a chapter or two more and it will be done.

C. So much to still do on this project. Someone left me a really good review and I feel like I should really try to keep posting. Part of me feels like I might have lost my path on this. I just reread the lastest chapter and it's pretty damn good. I'm excited so I do need to try and just get this done. 

I have a meeting with the High Priestess to talk about my writing projects. 

Flagstaff, Tombstone and Bisbee Tours

We finally got to see the Grand Canyon and I'm floored by the beauty of the rock colors. I couldn't believe how hot it was too. We did the sunset tour and boy was it so romantic. We did get a lot of information about the tribes that live in the area. We got to go to a "Trade Post" which I was hoping for more interesting foodie things but they had tons of art that was just amazing! I think we did end up buying Prickle Pear Cotton Candy. We also got ourselves some drinks for that night. 

Emory did not feel so great in the morning with as much drinking as he'd done. I had a much smaller headache. We had a hotel in Flagstaff so that was really nice. We did an underground tour and then a ghost tour. I love Flagstaff because it was such a hippie community when I went to university there. That was a LONG time ago. I did buy some medical tea from an herbalist this time.

No ghosts on the Flagstaff tours, but we learned a lot about the red light district and the saloons and the tunnels that brought in liquor during prohibition. 

We made it back to Phoenix for two reasons: Motley Crue concert. (It rained on us but boy was the whole thing a blast!) And to see the High Priestess and to get her blessings. 

We left for Tuscon which was also pretty hot. We did a cave tour in the middle of nowhere. You'd think caves would be pretty chilly. Not this cave. It stayed a comfortable and muggy 71 degrees. Very warm. We had so much fun with that. 

Next tour was a walking tour of downtown. We got EMFs and walked around watching the world light up. Arizona has a very interesting history. 

Our next stop was Tombstone and Bisbee. Both were amazing. 

Tombstone seems like a fairly small town. The people are so friendly. We had such a great time dressing up for photos, seeing the largest rose bush and doing a little shopping. 

Bisbee is a hippy town. We were right next to the Mexico boarder where a lot of hippies ran to get away from the draft "way back when". That was a long time ago. Now, there is a stupid partial wall to keep Mexicans out, but I personally think it's to keep U.S.A. citizens from running. I won't go into my personal thoughts about it....

So Bisbee used to be an active copper mine. We went into buildings that had copper doors, copper light fixtures and copper mirrors! The Copper Queen hotel is said to be pretty haunted. Steven is taking his girlfriend there for a few nights. I'm so excited! I think they'll have a really good time. The food is so good. There are coffee shops, you can still take a tour in the mine and best of all!!! It's such an artist town that everything you look at is just creative.  

We headed back to Phoenix, picked up Ann and brought her out here to the Calfornia commune.