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The timing of things
Thursday, March 08, 2007Last Friday I awoke with a fever, and then for four days thereafter I was really sick. I'm still worn through, (and a little sick) and i wonder if i will ever feel rested again. It's good in some ways, rather than being able to concentrate too much on my book and how it's doing, I've been sleeping. Rule one: Never watch part of the Revenger's Tragedy because you need something to watch while you're eating. I put it on, watched it for awhile, then went to sleep, and in my fever ridden, could clouded mind Christopher Eccleston ran around spouting verse. Which, in itself, isn't bad, but the dreams were odd and murky, like the movie itself, but then, any movie where you have Derek Jacoby with long white hair and purple lipstick (to match his fingernails, darling) is a leetle loopy. Rule two: Do not force yourself to go grocery shopping on the Saturday when you are feeling ill. No amounts of guilt, self inflicted or not, are worth getting this sick for. Especially if you're going to follow this trip by going to McDonald's for fries, and you get stuck in line for ever and ever because someone rear ended someone else in the drive through. The nice thing about being sick is that, like I said, I've not had time to worry about the book much. It's doing alright, but is, by no means, guaranteed to make it through. I think it's chance of making it through the first round is about 65%. If you haven't voted, I beg you, pretty please, do. http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976920515 I think if I was healthy, I'd obsess over this to the point of madness. Now I just want my life to get back to normal. I want to track down my friends on MSN and start commenting on journals. Maybe next week, over spring break, I'll get better at all this. i have received some really amazing feedback over my story. The only real frustration I feel, the only real shame, is that because of the contest rules, each chapter has to be at least 2,000 words long, which meant that I had to skip some chapter breaks. It makes my story look smooshed together, which is really sad. if each letter was allowed to indicate the beginning of a new chapter, i think that it would read better. Ah, well. There is still so much wonderful support...sometimes from unexpected places...that I feel really blessed. *hugs her flist* You guys are really amazing. Forgive me for the spacey randomness of this. I wanted to write something a bit more grateful and a lot less whiny, but really, all i can think of is sleep! Pity there's still an hour left of work... Labels: chocolatier Permalink Cindy scribed this at 2:59 PM 0 comments |