Ah, Tuesday

We had a good thunderstorm here this morning. There's something about summer rain that I just love. Maybe because it's such a nice break from a string of hot, sunny days?

The bad news about the rain is that it definitely Did Not Cool things off outside. It's more humid than ever, and the temperature is climbing into the mid-nineties. I'm very thankful for our air conditioner!

Yesterday I finished up the first draft of The Missing. The first draft is a whopping 300 pages and 53,000 words. I usually turn in a book that's about 340 pages and 61,000 words. I write fast and pretty sparsely, too. So this long first draft is catching me a little off guard. I wonder how long the final book is going to be??

 I'm going to let the book sit for a while and work on a western for the week, then get back to it.

When I'm not writing,  I plan to help my daughter get ready for college, keep my lonely dachshund company (oh, how she misses Phoebe!), and wait for yet another repairman. Our water heater decided to break just this week. sheesh!

What's everyone else doing today or this week? How are you keeping cool?

Shelley