Hello, Friends!
Well, I did it. I
completed NaNoWriMo! It was a struggle,
of course, to get 50,000 cohesive words written in 30 days, but it was
fun. Some days were amazing! Some days the characters took over and told
their stories and I was just the fingers on the keyboard. Some days… not so much. The story is one I started telling my
daughter when she was little. It’s about
a brave girl who sees that something is wrong in the world and sets out to fix
it. Some of the characters are clearly
family members of ours (including me and Zoe), but most of it is purely
imagination. I haven’t actually finished
the story, however, because 50,000 words were not enough. Well, it may end up being about that length
after editing, but the story itself isn’t finished yet. I will continue working on this project
though because it was interesting, fun, and (mostly) a pleasure to write.
During the last week of the month, I came down with a
wretched cold. A cold so bad that I had
to miss work, which I rarely do. It is
still lingering with a yucky head full of snot and a deep, phlegmy cough. Gross.
We had to push our Thanksgiving dinner back a day because I was just too
tired to prepare anything. Zoe and Rob
came down and it was great to have the help in the kitchen (Zoe, not Rob, obvs). We had seven people for dinner. My dad and the local (crazy) brother came and
my brother brought a friend. Which was a
surprise! My dad called about 15 minutes
before they came over to let me know.
Hey, thanks for the heads up! It
was fine, of course, but I did have to set an extra place and rearrange some of
the dishes and linens. I have six
matching plates but I didn’t want her to feel like she was crashing the party
so I mixed them all up. Oh, the trials
and tribulations, right? Ha!
Besides me coming down with the cold, T picked up a stomach
bug from her mother. The day before
Thanksgiving, her mom had to go to the hospital for rehydration, and thankfully
T was not quite that bad. But, on Friday,
T was up all night puking and was weak and shaky the next day. Naturally, I was afraid that it was food
poisoning, but no one else got sick so I’m pretty sure it was the bug that her
mom had and not my cooking.
While I was sick, I was too tired to even read your
blogs. I’m sorry! I have been catching up little by little and
hope to add my two cents by the end of the week.
That winter holiday is fast approaching. You know, the Solstice. The return of the light. And the other quasi-religious one that superseded
it. We haven’t done any decorating yet,
but the niece is coming over this weekend and I think we’ll get some lights
strung up outside and maybe even put up a tree.
It could happen! Can you believe
that it’s December already?!?! Wow.
I will add one more thing, which is work related. Did I mention that we had hired an awesome gal
to fill that open position? Well, three
weeks into the job she gave her notice.
Said it just wasn’t the right fit for her. Sigh.
So, I’m back to interviewing applicants.
The only ray of sunshine on that front is that the gal who left the job
a year ago to go back to school is between programs right now and called to ask
if we needed any help. YAY! We were able to hire her back as a temp and
that has taken a lot of pressure off the rest of the staff, myself
included. Super thankful for that, o
blessed Universe!
Ok, I guess that’s all the updating I’ve got for the
moment. Thanks for reading! Have a lovely day, all of you lovely people…
Affectionately yours,
e
