Thurs. Dec. 12, 2024: Maybe Walking in the Storm Wasn’t the Best Idea?

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Thursday, December 12, 2024

Waxing Moon

Chiron, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury Retrograde

Cloudy and cold

You can read the latest about the garden over on Gratitude and Growth.

If you like numerology, today is 12:12, a good day to set intentions and manifest desires (especially paired with the waxing moon, although the retrogrades may slow down the results).

The video call with the potential client was so much fun and exciting. If it works out, I think I would be very happy working with them. I’ll hear back from them again in mid-January, probably. It would be a project-based position for a finite amount of time that sounds like a dream gig for me.

I had a very hard time settling down and “being productive” after, because I was so excited. I sent a thank you email, for the time.

I also found, in about 15 minutes, information I had discussed with the librarian at the Clark on Tuesday afternoon, and sent it off.

I did the marketing rounds per the content calendar. I learned that, since I turned off the scraping tool within Microsoft Word, nothing auto-saves anymore, even if you save to the cloud. Oops. Reminder to go back to manual saving every few minutes.

I worked on the ghostwriting assignment, and am getting into its flow.

Got a notification that the tech glitches for the judging should be sorted out and we can start later today, although I will probably start tomorrow or Monday.

Did I mention my author copy of the BODY BE GONE anthology arrived? I’m so excited. I can’t wait to sit down and read everything (and then follow the authors I don’t already follow on social media). I will probably read it on Christmas Eve, as part of our “book flood” evening.

If you want more details on the anthology and buy links, you can find them here, on the Devon Ellington site.

After lunch, I prepped the chocolate peppermint crinkle dough and the molasses spice dough. I will bake them later today, and maybe start getting platters out the door tomorrow. Monday will be my big delivery day, I think.

Of course, it took longer than I hoped, but at least it got done, and both doughs are really good, and will make good cookies.

It rained hard all day, as the temperatures rose. I think we had about four inches of rain by the end of it. I decided to walk up to the library in the evening for the Tunnel City Writers reading in the rain. After about two blocks, I realized that was not a wise choice, but I was halfway there, so I kept on. Plus, I knew if I drove, it would be difficult to find parking there, and my parking spot at home would be gone.

I knew four of the seven writers reading, and I’m glad I went. There was a good turnout, and it gave me a good idea of things for our Boiler House reading there next year.

I shot out of there fast at the end because the storm picked up even more, raining harder and higher winds. It was rather gothic walking home along Church Street in the night, with the dark tree bark on the old trees twisted and glistening in the rain, the holiday lights warming the windows in the Victorian architecture, and the mist. I enjoyed it, even if I was rather damp by the time I got home. But I’d worn my LL Bean barn coat (which I bought back when I was working locations on TV shows in NYC, that’s how old it is). The coat looked very wet and was heavy with water, but I stayed dry.

Cooked dinner, and started reading the next book for review. Stayed up later than usual, trying to make sure that, when I went to sleep, I slept through the night. Of course, I woke up around 3, but dozed off again and overslept. Tessa Was Not Amused.

On today’s agenda: online meditation group, baking, working on the ghostwriting assignment, working on the books for review, finishing up the newsletter (it will probably go out late in the day). The weather should clear up a bit by tomorrow, although it will still be cold; I’m hoping we can get our Pittsfield-based errands done.

Have a good one!