The days do get away from me. How is it possible I haven't posted anything since the 1st?

My daily log is a thing of beauty and it's nice to see how I spend my days. Does wonders for my self-esteem, even if I haven't made a penny. I'd still like to make a few pennies, though...

Tiny additions have made their ways into both TTJ: Returning and Verdandi. I got some very helpful advice from my writer's group on Returning, which has just about cleared up how to start the book. I'm also figuring out ways to sneak in the infodumps about the previous book. The reader doesn't need to know much about what happened in Shipbuilder, but a little information is necessary. It's always better if this information is - ummm - interesting.

Also, I did one (1!) crit over at OWW.  Now, I'm not a whiz with statistics, but I think that makes me a hundred percent ahead of what I did the week before (and the week before that).

Go me.

We had a quiet holiday, meaning we didn't do anything, 'cept see Transformers. We watched Virtuosity over at Lulu.com, (thanks for the shoutout, Jarucia) and decided we liked it. It'd be nice if it gets picked up and we can see a few seasons of it. We also watched two DS9 episodes. The fun never stops 'round here.

But! Yesterday we did go to a BBQ at a friend's house. Lots of nice people that we only see a couple times a year, and lots of interesting conversation and a few debates. Rick and I especially enjoyed our chat with our friend's neighbor, who has been through many kinds of illnesses and is a strong health advocate for the public. We didn't know whether to cry or argue when she started in on all the local health problems caused by the Chevron refinery. The poor lady had no idea that Rick has worked for a certain company for 34 years.

Not that that means Chevron is totally innocent or anything. But it does give us a wider perspective on things.

We both silently elected to not inform our new friend of the toe she'd stepped on. Rick already knows that everyone in this group (it's my group of friends from my Berkeley days), is A) Liberal, B) Environmentally active, and C) slightly anti-corporation.

Rick is A and B, too, but not C, so much. He wants to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

Anyway, it was a nice party. We just about closed the place and got home with just enough to time to take out the trash and get to bed at a decent hour.

Today, I'm busy with childbirth education. I have to assemble a database of local resources for pregnant parents. I'm a little curious about how LARGE this has to be, given that I live in an area with a few million people. There are lots of resources around here. I also have more reading to do and will settle back shortly to do some of that. Book reports are due on each book I read for this course.

Yes, I am keeping out of trouble...