I have sore shins.

It's been a busy couple of weeks again, and I really wish I could be more organized or at least more on top of things. Most days I feel like I've left my head somewhere and my body's stumbling around on auto pilot.

Anyway, here's a (hopefully) short breakdown.

The Good:

• I completed the 5k on Saturday. The hill - going down and coming up - really took a toll on my joints, though. But I DID IT and didn't falter once, even tho I was kinda plodding along on that last climb. I'll get my 5k charm at my WW meeting Thursday! Yay!
• Finished a preliminary synopsis for SLIPPAGE. Three people have read it with consistent 'oh, wow, I'd TOTALLY read this!!' kind of comments, so that's good. Have to make a few tweaks for clarification issues, and I decided to change the antagonist's gender, but I ought to get it out to my agent, assuming she wants it, tomorrow.
• Bill's back is mostly better and he's working on stuff around the house again, which is very, very good for his outlook on life and, therefore, my day to day life. ;)
• I did laundry, grocery shopping, and even balanced the checkbook. However, I forgot to wash Bill's work jeans, didn't pick up paper towels, sinus meds, or diet dinners, and I'm off by about 80 bucks. Somewhere.
• Got a really cute Coach purse ($300 retail, supposedly used once) for $60 from a local 'online garage sale' group. I like it muchly.
• Brain location queries are going straight to voice mail. Hmm.

The Meh:

• Survived my monthly sewing class even though I really didn't have time to take it. Was just me and Tanya (the store owner) so it was very non-stressful and I did get my two blocks sewn, but I spent the rest of the day scrambling to make up the 4 hours I spent in class, about half of which was spent ripping seams out because I kept making newbie mistakes. Which I usually don't make.
• Weight was up (about 3 lbs) mostly because I didn't drink my water. I think. Plus hormone stuff. While I can't do anything about the hormones, I can drink my dang water!!! I also need to track better. I used to be great at tracking, but can't seem to do it lately. Where'd I put my brain, again?
• Steelers lost. Again. Sigh.
• Granddaughter knocked my glass of crystal light over my keyboard and shorted it out. It did not recover. I bought a new pretty-cheapo Windows keyboard and I don't like it much. The Command/Control/Option and Function keys are in the wrong place and I keep boogering up my typing. 
• While I managed to sew my two class blocks, I have not managed to stretch or quilt either quilt. I might need a new address, Wendy, if I can't get it done soon. Sorry!
• No word from New York about SPORE. Lots of waiting when you're a writer.
• It seems like everything in the house is disorganized and I really, really need to scrub floors. It's all because I've misplaced my brain. Maybe it's in the recycling bin??

Crap. Bill took in recycling. Maybe I emailed it to San Diego with my manuscript?? Either that, or TheToddler's stashed it under the couch again.

The Upcoming Week:

• Finish and polish outline so it can go to agent
• Get a couple of chapters of SLIPPAGE written
• Prep for the Lions Club pancake breakfast
• Take Little Miss to AppleFest at the orchard next Saturday
• Keep exercising. Get a loss this week!
• FIND MY BRAIN!!!

{{hugs}}