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Vacation Booklets, Pens Wanted and Writing

My mom always goes to Triple A to get booklets on the places she's planning to visit. The booklets are free and you can also request a map.  That said, w e went to Triple A to get a book on Colorado since that's going to be our next big vacation spot; however, the workers couldn't hand out the booklets due to the quarantine. They were unable to say why, just that it was the rules they'd been given. Instead, I got two pens.  The writer in me is all over it screaming "Yes! Yes! Yes! We need pens. We need them soooo badly...."  (Yes, my inner voice always sounds like it's enjoying a non-sexual situation way too much) The more logical side of me is saying; "Yeah, but we came in for the booklet. We didn't get the booklet so it's not a win." Phfft. The writer is saying it's a win. I'm using said pen right now to map out a storyline, so maybe my writer soul knows. Emory is pretty sure our Colorado trip will be a go for 2021. ...

British Slang, My Beach Bunny Cousin and Writing

I started calling tea "cuppa" after watching all the BBC Sherlock Holmes. Eventually, I turned to Emory and said, "I'm not even sure I'm using the word cuppa right." I looked it up on the internet and there was a list of English slang terms and what fun! I had to see if I used any of them: 10 Unique British Slang Terms Donkey's Years : Nope, never used it. Bob's your uncle : yes, since I was a kid. I could be wrong, but I feel like I heard this term used in cartoons, but they'd have to be American cartoons because I feel like I'd remember hearing British accents Cracking : I don't think, given the definition, that I used this term. We've said, "What's crack'in," but the definition is different Daft : lol. I've heard of this, but don't think I've used it. I think I've heard it used in cartoons... Bugs Bunny? Anyone have a similar memory in America? I'm easy : lol. Emory says this all the...

Ready for Classes, Neighborhood Social and Writing

I keep filtering between three major things I want to accomplish this year; acting, impro and comedy classes. I've finally narrowed down what I want to do first and it's improv. I feel like it would help with both acting and comedy. One of the paths we learned in stand up is that you have to be willing to go off script. Talking with the audience has a lot of comedy in itself, but you have to be ready for any answers thrown at you. La Brea Tar Pits in November Things aren't opening out here in California yet, so it might be months before I can take any classes. Truthfully, having my life on hold is making me miserable. It doesn't take much to make my brain feel like I'm spinning my wheels and getting nowhere. I can practically smell the burnt rubber as I'm stuck in park. I need to go! We went to a very small neighborhood social, with less than ten people. Everyone stayed within their household groups, so the four of us stuck together, except my aunt and ...

Alligator Lizard, Early Mother Gifts and Writing

Got home from the grocery store and this massive guy was standing guard of the gate. At first I thought we had a baby dragon.... (lol, my aunt says I live in a fantasy world. I write fantasy for a living, of course my head is in the clouds) Okay, so besides the dragon, har har har , I actually thought it was a snake at first glance. I've never seen a lizard this big in the city. Not saying they don't exist, obviously, I just never saw it myself. San Francisco Alligator Lizard? Maybe? Sent the picture to my mom and she said the same thing; what is it doing in the city? Good question. I can tell you what it was doing by our gate: HIDING FROM THE LARGE BIRD WAITING FOR IT. He's beautiful. I was so intrigued and the darn thing wasn't scared of us at all. He allowed me to get pretty close to take a picture, but I didn't touch him, obviously. He was already concerned about the bird. I didn't want him to freak out over us. He's not my dinner, so I took my ...

Broken Toe, Allergy Shots and Writing

I broke my toe on my eight pound weights. I thought I'd just managed to stub it badly. I took a nap and when I woke up, it was still hurting and my pinky toe wouldn't bend. The inside of the toe is bruised, almost black. So I taped my toes together and that made it worse. I haven't done this since elementary so I feel like someone should stick eight candles in a cake and call it my birthday. If you can't tell, I'm super bummed about this. Even though it's just the pinkie toe, it hurts to walk on it. It puts a damper on my pushups for obvious reasons. Coach and I have been doing pushups every 15 minutes until we can get 8 to 10 sets finished. I started at 3 pushups per set. Now I'm barely up to 4 per set, but could only do 8 sets a night. I can now do 10 sets per night, so it's time to move up to 5 pushups at 8 sets again. I'm getting pretty muscular. I'm throwing a mean punch when I do boxing exercises with Emory. I've been exercising ...