I can’t believe it’s September already. Wow, time flies. This will be a quickie post, since I have two deadlines this week:
- Camp Nanowrimo: I did about 10k for this, then was forced to drop out to do copyedits of For Darknesss Shows the Stars, and I never picked it up again, However, I did manage to omplete a great new proposal. so yay.
- Copyedits of FDSTS: I killed these.
- Clean out flower garden and replant. Oops.
- Clean out closet and donate old clothes.
- Write short story #4: Almost done with this one.
- Finish babyproofing. As much as you’re ever really finished. She keeps finding new things to get into.
Blog: I blogged 16 times in August. Plus I guest-blogged twice. Not bad, y’all.
Rio: As the weather’s been more tolerable, Rio’s been getting a lot more long walks, though of course nothing like her pre-baby daily three mile hikes. I don’t know if those are ever coming back, sadly. The most she’s been getting lately are big hikes on the weekend, and shorter daily walks with a lot of ball-retrieving at a local park. Yesterday, we tried to go on a long hike as a family, but those of you who follow me on Twitter know how that turned out. First, it started raining, so we diverted our path from Great Falls to a local walking trail along Rock Creek. But then Q, who used to go on hour long hikes with me and Rio every day as a newborn, suddenly decided she was DONE sitting in her carrier and started screeching and wouldn’t stop until we packed up and went home.
This is how sibling rivalry starts, folks.
Garden: My garden gave up the ghost this month. I’m not sure why. The basil’s still going strong and I have a few peppers left, but although my tomato vines are as viney as ever, they’ve stopped producing tomatoes. I haven’t seen a tomato in weeks. I actually had to buy some from the store. (There are a few blossoms out there now, so I might still get a second harvest. Here’s hoping!)
Quality Time with Sailor Boy: I think this is where we fell down the most in August. We went out twice (once to see Attack the Block, which I highly recommend, and once for dinner for SB’s birthday) but in general, we each got really busy with work. We also started spending a lot more quality time with Queenie than with the two of us alone. We’re having a lot more family dinners now that Q is eating regular food, and we’re spending a few hours in the evening hanging out with her, playing games and reading books and playing music and singing. (She LOVES music and clapping right now.) I guess this is what happens.
For September:
- Get rid of unused furniture.
- Reorganize office.
- Hang up art.
- Take out bush in front yard.
- Plant bulbs.
- Finish short story #4.
- Finish essay.
- Write at least 15k of new book.
- Review and sign new contracts (!!!)
- Plan Q’s first birthday party.
- Buy tickets for NINC trip to Florida.
And the big list:
- Revise/finish my contracted novel.
- Write short story #1
- Write short story #2
- Write short story #3
- Write short story #4
- Write essay #1 (that’s this week)
- Write new proposal #1
- Write new proposal/book #2
- Go to one writing-related conference.
- Walk my dog.
- Plant a garden.
- Make sure I spend quality time with Sailor Boy.
- Do at least two home improvement projects.
- Cut our budget.
- Read at least one new novel per month.
