Checking in with my word count

Creeping forward, but still not where I need to be.

33349 / 70000 words. 48% done!

Had some excitement yesterday.  The previous evening, our oven wouldn't come on and our burners were kind of sickly. Overnight the furnace didn't kick on. So I called the gas company. Turns out our earthquake sensor had been tripped. Cost $65 to reset it.

The gas company guy said it was probably a garbage truck–or maybe the big car accident that happened in front of our house the previous day. Seems kind of s...