Making lemons
When life hands you a ginormous bowl of rotten lemons (hey, I *like* lemons, so just being handed one isn't cause for despair!) – sometimes you just have to bow to the inevitable and coast along for the ride until its over.
And boy, howdy, did we all get handed rotten lemons this past week! First there was the Thundersneet*, followed by rain, followed by an all too brief respite, followed by heavy wet snow. Followed by, you guessed it, power outage for more than 400,000 people in the DC metro area. Yup, I was one of those people.
It doesn't take long after an unexpected power outage to make a person thankful and thoughtful.
Thoughtful first:
* I really, really am an internet/tech junkie.
* I really, really need to buy matches.**
* I really, really HATE being cold.
Thankful:
* I really, really LOVE my iPad & iPhone & NookColor.***
* Down comforters are awesome.
* DeerPark water dispenser systems: also awesome.
* Wild Planet sustainably caught tinned tuna: very, very good out of the can. 
* Beef jerky: also good (great source of lean protein)
* My UPS driver is AWESOME & delivered much needed cat litter in the middle of the outage.
All in all, a bummer of two full days (45 hours) without power in less than freezing temps. I couldn't do what I'd intended to do which was (a) work for my office job on Thursday and (b) work Wednesday night & all day Friday on revisions for BLOOD SACRIFICE. That said, the 2 days away from the computer made me think some things through and I've worked that into my revisions.
Work continues apace with the book and it shall be turned back in to Mme. Editrix soonest. Then, I can work on the really awesome sparkly shiny idea that came to me early this morning…basically, where to take the series next. Not that I have a contract or anything, but before I can get that I need a proposal.
Hoping that you all keep warm (or cool if you're in the lower half of the globe) and that Mother Nature is kinder to you than she's been to our area this past 12 months or more.
TTFN!
* Thundersneet: aka wintry mix, aka sleet snowy rain
** Matches: those things you used to be able to pick up for free that come in real handy to say, light a candle or perhaps even the gas stove/oven when said stove/oven has electric starter and there's no electricity.
*** I survived by reading, tweeting, emailing on the iPad & iPhone and being able to read real books on the NookColor was priceless.
