All about me, me, me

I can’t really articulate the ways in which it was energizing to spend a day at Eastercon and then an evening at the Clarke, but it was definitely a charge.  Just seeing so many people whom I hadn’t seen in years and years was fabulous.  I loved meeting new people, too.  I met Patrick Ness and his publicist and his agent--she is lovely and apparently has read this blog.  That really made me think: oh, my.  Who else drops in here?  I tend to babble quite happily in my obscurity, confident that the blog gets very little traffic.  I hope I haven’t become too relaxed.  I don’t think I’m posting about my family’s toilet habits or anything.

Well, anyway.  It was good for me to get an airing.

Right now I’m gearing up to send the kids back to school on Tuesday.  They have been home far too much in April.  ‘Back to your cages!’ I’ve told them.  Tyrone had the grace to laugh.  I just really need to get things done.

After a horrible winter of feeling ick and watching my fitness fall off, I’m finally back in reasonable shape for running and stuff.  Not great shape, but I’m at a baseline I can deal with.  I’ve cut out a lot of the caffeine and chocolate that I was living on all winter, and I feel better for it.  Also virtuous.  Not that I’m particularly invested in feeling virtuous.

I’m doing 90 credits of entry-level math and science with the OU.  I guess I’m approaching the halfway-point of the courses, and there’s definitely a sense of wear-and-tear on me.  The work is not particularly difficult, but it takes a lot of time and organization.  Neither of which are strong points in my life right now.  And while I’ve been adjusting to the workload I’ve had nearly two months off serious writing, which is too long.

The other day I was looking through my files and I found an awful lot of projects that I’d started but hadn’t finished.  I think there’s something important about finishing.  I need to do more of it.  Naturally, finishing is exponentially more difficult than starting.  But I’m going to make it a point for the next while to finish things that I’ve begun.

The first thing will be a short story I’ve promised for an anthology.  And after that, we’ll see. 

Also: I bought a Kindle that we can ill-afford but I feel that I need it.  I need to find a way to start reading again.  I haven’t really read in nine years.  I’m hoping the Kindle will help me do that.