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One more day off from school for the kiddo. Apparently, her school is having trouble digging out its parking lot and sidewalks and stuff. I'm not sure if it's as much a problem of actually digging things out, or a problem of having no place to pile the extra snow. There isn't a lot of extra room at her school. The parking lot is small, and the school is basically at the end of a very narrow little road. It's a nice, protected location normally. But, when you're talking about moving 55-59 inches of snow somewhere ... well, it doesn't leave a lot of space for making big 'ol snow piles. Heck, at this point, it doesn't matter if they take an extra day off or not. We already have to make up so many days it's ridiculous. I think, right now, we're at least a week in the hole for snow days. I'm not sure when they will make up that time, so it'll be interesting to find out. And I don't necessarily mean "interesting" in a good way, either.
Still stuck in GS Cookie H-E-Double-Toothpicks. I can't wait for this whole stupid cookie thing to be over and done with. I managed to find someone to pick up the cookies for me, as I can't be available to get them -- stupid scheduling conflict. And my vehicle wasn't big enough to hold all the cases, anyhow. The person who will pick them up has a cargo van, luckily, so putting the whole order into one vehicle shouldn't be much of a problem. We are supposed to do two booth sales, but I'm having the hardest time getting people to actually sign up for both sales. I mean, it's not rocket science, you know? We have a small troop. That means EVERYONE HAS TO DO BOTH SALES. Otherwise, there's no way we can fill all the slots. So far, I have some people not wanting to do anything for the booth sale ... some people who want to do one booth sale and not the other ... and then the very few who are actually stepping up, realizing that a small troop means everyone has to participate, and signing up for their share -- and even more. I guess that's the way it always is in any group: a few end up doing the bulk of the work for everyone else. That's always been my experience, anyhow ... but it never fails to irritate me. Someone mentioned possibly having a third sale in order to donate the proceeds to charity, and I had to tell them I didn't think it would work because I can't get everyone to sign up for the two they knew about, all along. I don't have high hopes of getting anyone to sign up for a third one. I'm sooo not doing this cookie thing next year. As it is, I just have to hang on and get through March. And maybe part of April. Then, I can be done.
Hubby got me a surprise Valentine's Day gift: an awesome new keyboard for my computer! (And, on a funny side note: Apparently, it was supposed to come on Friday via Fedex. But, of course, our street was "Crime Central" on Friday, which meant the driver couldn't get here. We got it on Saturday, and found a note attached: "Road blocked by cops." Totally made me LOL. ) I know ... it doesn't sound very romantic, but I love it. I hated the keyboard that came with the new computer, although I was willing to live with it for as long as I had to. I used to use the diNovo Edge on my PC, and I missed it so much. It is the best keyboard I've ever used -- at least, I think so. Anyhow, he got me an Edge for my Mac. I'm such a happy camper now! I just love how this thing feels, and typing on it is so much easier. Now, if only my muses would cooperate, so that I could write up a storm. Woot! (Hear that, muses?? Huh? Huh? *pokes them*)
I finally have a bit of direction on my novel, editing-wise. My hubby has a lawyer friend, and she volunteered her husband to read the book. I've totally failed at getting most everyone else interested in it, so I was pretty unsure about sending it to him, especially because I don't know him at all. I think I've only met him once. But he actually read it. And he sent me some really helpful feedback and commentary on it. For the first time in quite a while, I feel like I might be able to tackle this darn thing and actually edit it for real. Which would be so great. Considering that I pretty much couldn't pay anyone to read it, I don't foresee it ever being published. But it would just be a good feeling to know I had really and truly finished it. Right now, that's pretty much all I'm working toward. Just that feeling of being "done" for real.
Other than that, things are ... eh. I've been feeling kind of under the weather for the past couple of weeks. Just draggy, tired, and a little achy in general. Along with an occasional slight fever. I'm not sure what's going on -- if anything. It could be that I'm just kind of burned out on my life, in general. Things have been pretty tough at home for a while now. Hubby is super busy at work, so I'm basically doing the single-parent thing. As well as trying to bring some kind of cohesive order to the house by cleaning out stuff we don't need. And all the cooking and cleaning and laundry I usually do. Toss in the whole lack of activity by my writing muses and ... yeah ... I have not been a happy camper, overall. In fact, I think I'm going to head to bed here in about ten minutes or so. Oh yeah ... I'm pitiful. >.O
One more day off from school for the kiddo. Apparently, her school is having trouble digging out its parking lot and sidewalks and stuff. I'm not sure if it's as much a problem of actually digging things out, or a problem of having no place to pile the extra snow. There isn't a lot of extra room at her school. The parking lot is small, and the school is basically at the end of a very narrow little road. It's a nice, protected location normally. But, when you're talking about moving 55-59 inches of snow somewhere ... well, it doesn't leave a lot of space for making big 'ol snow piles. Heck, at this point, it doesn't matter if they take an extra day off or not. We already have to make up so many days it's ridiculous. I think, right now, we're at least a week in the hole for snow days. I'm not sure when they will make up that time, so it'll be interesting to find out. And I don't necessarily mean "interesting" in a good way, either.
Still stuck in GS Cookie H-E-Double-Toothpicks. I can't wait for this whole stupid cookie thing to be over and done with. I managed to find someone to pick up the cookies for me, as I can't be available to get them -- stupid scheduling conflict. And my vehicle wasn't big enough to hold all the cases, anyhow. The person who will pick them up has a cargo van, luckily, so putting the whole order into one vehicle shouldn't be much of a problem. We are supposed to do two booth sales, but I'm having the hardest time getting people to actually sign up for both sales. I mean, it's not rocket science, you know? We have a small troop. That means EVERYONE HAS TO DO BOTH SALES. Otherwise, there's no way we can fill all the slots. So far, I have some people not wanting to do anything for the booth sale ... some people who want to do one booth sale and not the other ... and then the very few who are actually stepping up, realizing that a small troop means everyone has to participate, and signing up for their share -- and even more. I guess that's the way it always is in any group: a few end up doing the bulk of the work for everyone else. That's always been my experience, anyhow ... but it never fails to irritate me. Someone mentioned possibly having a third sale in order to donate the proceeds to charity, and I had to tell them I didn't think it would work because I can't get everyone to sign up for the two they knew about, all along. I don't have high hopes of getting anyone to sign up for a third one. I'm sooo not doing this cookie thing next year. As it is, I just have to hang on and get through March. And maybe part of April. Then, I can be done.
Hubby got me a surprise Valentine's Day gift: an awesome new keyboard for my computer! (And, on a funny side note: Apparently, it was supposed to come on Friday via Fedex. But, of course, our street was "Crime Central" on Friday, which meant the driver couldn't get here. We got it on Saturday, and found a note attached: "Road blocked by cops." Totally made me LOL. ) I know ... it doesn't sound very romantic, but I love it. I hated the keyboard that came with the new computer, although I was willing to live with it for as long as I had to. I used to use the diNovo Edge on my PC, and I missed it so much. It is the best keyboard I've ever used -- at least, I think so. Anyhow, he got me an Edge for my Mac. I'm such a happy camper now! I just love how this thing feels, and typing on it is so much easier. Now, if only my muses would cooperate, so that I could write up a storm. Woot! (Hear that, muses?? Huh? Huh? *pokes them*)
I finally have a bit of direction on my novel, editing-wise. My hubby has a lawyer friend, and she volunteered her husband to read the book. I've totally failed at getting most everyone else interested in it, so I was pretty unsure about sending it to him, especially because I don't know him at all. I think I've only met him once. But he actually read it. And he sent me some really helpful feedback and commentary on it. For the first time in quite a while, I feel like I might be able to tackle this darn thing and actually edit it for real. Which would be so great. Considering that I pretty much couldn't pay anyone to read it, I don't foresee it ever being published. But it would just be a good feeling to know I had really and truly finished it. Right now, that's pretty much all I'm working toward. Just that feeling of being "done" for real.
Other than that, things are ... eh. I've been feeling kind of under the weather for the past couple of weeks. Just draggy, tired, and a little achy in general. Along with an occasional slight fever. I'm not sure what's going on -- if anything. It could be that I'm just kind of burned out on my life, in general. Things have been pretty tough at home for a while now. Hubby is super busy at work, so I'm basically doing the single-parent thing. As well as trying to bring some kind of cohesive order to the house by cleaning out stuff we don't need. And all the cooking and cleaning and laundry I usually do. Toss in the whole lack of activity by my writing muses and ... yeah ... I have not been a happy camper, overall. In fact, I think I'm going to head to bed here in about ten minutes or so. Oh yeah ... I'm pitiful. >.O