Emory and I wanted to go to Cambria for the weekend, but the hotels are pricy. Maybe it's not too bad for most people, but I can't justify spending that money in our economy right now. I'm so scared, for more reasons than I can count.
So we decided to try Paso Robles. It's cheaper, and there are some cool things to do. We're trying for a dry January, which means we're not drinking, but that's like going to Napa Valley and not drinking. Paso Robles is known for its wineries. Farmer Bill (Scottsdale Commune) and Sue (Porter Commune) said that Paso Robles has really great wine festivals. I think I saw that in November, but I really want to be careful how much I drink in general. I've already thrown up 2x in 2025 from drinking too much.
Jeffrey had surgery to fix a 3-point bone break. He's in good spirits. We laughed because I told him he could never do anything half-assed. He has to go all the way. He said if he's going to do something, he's going to do it right. He's a trooper, and he's always happy. Our conversation went to pirates because I'm reading a pirate book, and he asked if it was true to life. I told him absolutely not! I tried the "true to life" pirate stories, and they turn my stomach worse than American Mary.
That's right! American Mary will forever be my limit on anything I can watch. (And I only watched her for a total of 7 minutes and had to turn the movie off.) I thought John Wick would be in that category, but I can still stomach him.
Our heater is still broken, but it's about 70 degrees in the apartment, so that's not bad. It's chilly to me, so I have no idea how I'm going to do Alaska. Please! Any advice! I'm excited, though.
Writing Update:
B.N.F. What in the world was I thinking, trying to edit this? I think I'm spinning my wheels. I wrote this for NaNoWriMo and actually reached the 50,000 word goal that year. This was almost 20 years ago, and I think that the story needs so much work. I wrote a synopsis for it, which means I was planning on doing something with it. It's so badly written. I have no idea what I was thinking. I'm glad I waited. I don't know if I can save the story or if I should even try. Emory is encouraging me to give it a try.
Untitled Omega/Alpha: I'm on chapter 5, and I'm skipping scenes. I want to get to the meat of the story so I can figure out how the heck I'm going to adjust the chapters.
Untitled Fairy: This was going to be M/M omega/alpha too, but I'm thinking I'm going to make it maybe a soulmates story.
E.W. : This is another one that I feel like I've been editing on FOREVER. I need to read it objectively and see how much really needs editing.
I told myself that I would work on the two stories I have posted and then I'd work on the two stories I plan to publish. That's four novels altogether.... So far, I've been working on more than that. At this rate, I'm going to be lucky if I get anything done.
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