Happenings and Whatnots in My Life
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lydamorehouse It's been a day.
I started by working on Unjust Cause, something I've pledged to do every morning before Mason wakes up. I got words in and am weaving things back into some semblance of a story, but I was very stymied by a profound lack of good pictures of downtown Pierre, South Dakota.
The Loft contacted me for another manuscript critique job, which is perfect timing as, just last night, I had my meeting with the previous client at Quixotic Coffee. As part of the deal, you get a detailed critique from me as well as one hour of my time for follow-up questions, comments, (or, with luck, squee) via in-person meeting, web or phone chat. I usually hang out with the author much longer than strictly an hour, but this client was very, "Whelp, that's my time!" which was fine.
When Mason woke up this morning, I gave up on Pierre and the "fun" began. We are doing a lot of DIY projects around the house this summer. The first thing we decided to tackle was to put in a stone pathway for the mail carrier on the side of our house where the pine tree was before the storm took it down. We dug the trench on Monday and today I foolishly thought we could finish everything. Ha! Menards took FOREVER, and, of course, once we FINALLY got home, we discovered that we'd underestimated how much gravel we were going to need. We _might_ go back tomorrow. Or, we'll take a day off and tackle everything Thursday. Mason works at the Science Museum tomorrow at 1 pm, and I work at White Bear Lake Library at 4 pm. So, we might just decide to let everything "settle," as it were.
It's a nice enough evening that we could have pushed through and tried to get more done on it tonight, but I just dropped Mason off at his first Minnesota Environmental Quality Board meeting. I'm anxious to hear how it goes. I noticed a number of teens headed into the building as I was leaving, so there must be a strong contingent of what they call the EEL program (Emerging Environmental Leaders).
Mason also got himself an appointment to take the CLEP test for Calc I. That'll be next Monday at noon.
The rest of this week is crazy-busy again--again, for reasons unknown, Shawn and I have decided to be social this year. So, tomorrow night, I work, but Thursday we are having our across the street neighbors over for dessert and coffee. Cheryl Lynn and Jonas (I may be misspelling her name.) We've been over to theirs a number of times; we even house sat their cat when they were in Sweden (where Jonas is from.) But, this will be their first time at ours. I would panic about all the cleaning, but I guess I've decided that if they judge us, I don't care? The food will be delicious, so they can put up with a few dust bunnies.
Then, Friday is Summer Solstice. Summer Solstice is not typically a big holiday for Shawn and me, but, again, in a kind of weirdly spontaneously social move, Shawn invited her friend Maria (who is Pagan curious) over for something casual in the backyard. We will eat dessert and read a poem, likely. Big Magic, for sure.
I was supposed to game withbcholmes and jiawen on Saturday, but our GM had to cancel. It's a bummer. I've been really enjoying our sessions, and we might not be able to play again until August.
I started by working on Unjust Cause, something I've pledged to do every morning before Mason wakes up. I got words in and am weaving things back into some semblance of a story, but I was very stymied by a profound lack of good pictures of downtown Pierre, South Dakota.
The Loft contacted me for another manuscript critique job, which is perfect timing as, just last night, I had my meeting with the previous client at Quixotic Coffee. As part of the deal, you get a detailed critique from me as well as one hour of my time for follow-up questions, comments, (or, with luck, squee) via in-person meeting, web or phone chat. I usually hang out with the author much longer than strictly an hour, but this client was very, "Whelp, that's my time!" which was fine.
When Mason woke up this morning, I gave up on Pierre and the "fun" began. We are doing a lot of DIY projects around the house this summer. The first thing we decided to tackle was to put in a stone pathway for the mail carrier on the side of our house where the pine tree was before the storm took it down. We dug the trench on Monday and today I foolishly thought we could finish everything. Ha! Menards took FOREVER, and, of course, once we FINALLY got home, we discovered that we'd underestimated how much gravel we were going to need. We _might_ go back tomorrow. Or, we'll take a day off and tackle everything Thursday. Mason works at the Science Museum tomorrow at 1 pm, and I work at White Bear Lake Library at 4 pm. So, we might just decide to let everything "settle," as it were.
It's a nice enough evening that we could have pushed through and tried to get more done on it tonight, but I just dropped Mason off at his first Minnesota Environmental Quality Board meeting. I'm anxious to hear how it goes. I noticed a number of teens headed into the building as I was leaving, so there must be a strong contingent of what they call the EEL program (Emerging Environmental Leaders).
Mason also got himself an appointment to take the CLEP test for Calc I. That'll be next Monday at noon.
The rest of this week is crazy-busy again--again, for reasons unknown, Shawn and I have decided to be social this year. So, tomorrow night, I work, but Thursday we are having our across the street neighbors over for dessert and coffee. Cheryl Lynn and Jonas (I may be misspelling her name.) We've been over to theirs a number of times; we even house sat their cat when they were in Sweden (where Jonas is from.) But, this will be their first time at ours. I would panic about all the cleaning, but I guess I've decided that if they judge us, I don't care? The food will be delicious, so they can put up with a few dust bunnies.
Then, Friday is Summer Solstice. Summer Solstice is not typically a big holiday for Shawn and me, but, again, in a kind of weirdly spontaneously social move, Shawn invited her friend Maria (who is Pagan curious) over for something casual in the backyard. We will eat dessert and read a poem, likely. Big Magic, for sure.
I was supposed to game with
bcholmes and jiawen on Saturday, but our GM had to cancel. It's a bummer. I've been really enjoying our sessions, and we might not be able to play again until August. Oh, the other thing that seems to be happening is that I'm going to be doing a podcast with an online friend about yaoi. Currently we're calling it: "Boys' Love Power Hour," which kind of makes me happy. We're in the planning stages, but when I get back from our road trip, we're going to start recording in earnest. I will let you know what (if anything) comes of all that.
Man, there's a lot going on right now....
Pierre
Date: 2019-06-21 09:23 pm (UTC)We're enjoying doing one less show in June, which lets me be a little more relaxed preparing for the one we do have. Having a really good firing doesn't hurt either.