Wednesday already

[ksmith]

Once again, we have gone from early spring directly to midsummer. Temps have hit 85-90F for the last few days, and the humidity has climbed steadily. Luckily I live close to the lake, so there's some cooling, and a nice breeze in the evening.

The skeeters are out in force, however. Mowed the backyard this evening, and have a nice bloodstain on the leg of my better khakis at the spot where some bloodsucker met with Death of Mosquitoes.



Writing semi-steadily. A momentous event has occurred in Jani 5, and I am giving it its due, which means it is playing out over 5-6 chapters and 3 POVs. Tricky dialogue. Going back over previous books to see what was said and how certain things were done so that Consistency is Maintained.

Business changes have occurred. Playing it coy for now, but I think I made a good decision.

Made the first of the dreaded annual appointments for the usual checkups/screenings. Running a few months late, and finally decided that as much as I wish I could forget all about it, my penchant for preventative maintenance really should extend to cover self. Damn it.

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[amyirene-40.livejournal.com]

It has been miserably hot here, too. No rain, so I've been out every evening carting the watering can back to the garden. That's the problem with a big yard; even with two hoses attached together, it still comes up about 50 feet short, so it's fill the can up, trudge to garden, water a couple of rows, walk back to the hose, and repeat.

I'm past due for my annual appointment, but I don't dare go to one now. According to my *last* annual appointment, I'm 100% healthy, which means I don't have any pre-existing conditions to mess up my potential entry onto a new employer's health plan. The last thing I can afford right now is to get a check-up that turns up a problem.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

A hundred feet of hose covers the back. Forgot whether I have a fifty or a hundred in the front.

Lugging water is a pain, but I do it sometimes when I don't feel like reeling out/in the hose.

[hoosier-red.livejournal.com]

Writing, even semi-steadily, is good. And the fact that you're bothering with continuity and not relying on armwaving and YATIs to explain paradoxes is appreciated, believe me.

As for the preventative maintenance, yup, it sucks. But it's also good for you, like liver and regular reading of the BBC website, so go do it.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

YATIs??

Hate going to the doctor. With a purple passion. Turning an Eeyore writer's imagination loose on whatever aches and pains happen to crop up just isn't pretty.

[hoosier-red.livejournal.com]

YATI -- Yet Another Trek Inconsistency.

As for the Eeyore tendencies, true, that makes evaluating any potential problems even more fraught. But the relief when you find out it's just a cold/flu/nothing important is nice. And if it ever does turn out to be something major, then you've caught it early, which is half the battle.

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

Once again, we have gone from early spring directly to midsummer. Temps have hit 85-90F for the last few days, and the humidity has climbed steadily. Luckily I live close to the lake, so there's some cooling, and a nice breeze in the evening.

And, it is, ummm, ?raining? in San Francisco. Which, while unusual isn't anywhere near as bad as 90F and humid with mosquitos.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Normally we should have temps in the mid-hi 70s right now, so we're way out of whack. At least we got a little rain yesterday thanks to an afternoon t-storm. Thought we'd get the same today, but it squirted south instead. That was the big reason why I cut the back today--they're predicting possible afternoon storms for the next 4-5 days, and today's storms didn't materialize.