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. 

Kayak, Casinos and Writing

The drive to Arizona felt incredibly long with our two new dogs. We left Mr. Mozie with the commune out here in CA since he's old and needs more care. Watson tried to play ball in the car. I think if we had the windows open, all the toys we brought would have been thrown out. 

We went to a baseball game. It was a children's game so it was a lot of base walking. I don't know baseball as well as I know soccer. My brother played baseball for a little bit, but I spent most of my time at the snack bar and I sat on the bleachers long enough to be super annoying. Now, the kids have their own "walk" song. My nephew's walk up song was "California Girls" which I asked why, and I guess it was a dare from my niece (his sister). He's such a freaking cutie. 

We went to Cottonwood to kayak. I was hoping we would have a shared kayak, so imagine Emory's relief when he realized he wasn't responsible for my lazy butt. Some of the little currents got a little scary, but they were so minute! Honestly, Emory got stuck on a rock and the stream kept carrying me away. He caught up. It was so fun. I was soaking wet.

Emory saw the tiny sign that marked the path we needed to go. It was a little scary because it was super tiny. It reminded me of the crossroads where one path is sunny and perfect and the other is dark and overgrown with brush and trees. Yep, that dark path was OUR road. So we went down it. We saw some really awesome birds. Does Arizona have exotic wetland birds? We couldn't name any of them, but I've seen birds like this in Florida.

Afterwards, we went to listen to live music while we tried a wine tasting. I went with all reds except one white called "Sex on the Beach" which tasted super fruity and perfect. 

Cliff Castle Casino was our hotel choice. We were right next to the pool and at first, we were the only two people in the vast pool area. Then others came in and we sat on a chair to dry off. Emory won back all the money he gambled with and actually had enough to tip the people that cash out the papers. He didn't win more than $3.00 more than what he spent.

Writing Update:

Editing/writing B.L. I still don't know what I want to do with this.