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1) Cats.
Kona is doing better. She threw up a button later in the day and started eating again on Sunday, albeit only a little. Then both cats decided they no longer wanted to eat anything and I was completely flummoxed. They're acting fine. They still have a ton of energy. But for some reason, they just look at the food and then look at me and then wander off.
I tried wet food and that worked on Kona for a short bit. Darj' would have none of it. Then Lady came home and she suggested this other food someone had given us which we hadn't used because it was adult food, not kitty. So we put some out and they were both very excited and ate it.
But now again this morning Darj' is no longer interested in it. We don't have any other kitty food to try out on her and I'm not even sure if that's the problem. Kona will eat the new food just fine, but now I'm paranoid that tonight or tomorrow she'll change her mind again. Agh! What is this? Is this even normal? Why would they suddenly stop eating for no apparent reason?
2) Jobs
I'm going to call today (since I'm "on call" anyway for this afternoon, wtf right?) and say I can't go in and then gently quit over the phone as best I can. I feel so much better knowing that I'm not going in and knowing I'll have my weekends free for sure, especially since there is so much going on in December. I'm not willing to give that up for the possibility of work. Not when that didn't coalesce. But I've already ranted at length about that, so.
Began applying to other things that look like I can do them. I'm going to try and avoid retail this time around, not because I think I'm above it, but I think I'm mentally done with it. Of course, if it goes months and there's nothing, I absolutely will work retail, but I'd rather not start my focus on it like I did last time. It just sucks so much time for so little work and soon you're stuck and both mentally and physically drained and it just makes it that much harder to find something better. If this job hadn't dropped into my lap, I fear I might still be at Target. Inertia sucks.
I do need something, though. I've applied to a temp agency and I'm trolling craigslist for receptionist/clerical work, part-time. I aim to pick something up part-time and work on getting certified to teach in the next few months so that come May, I can hound the local schools and see if somebody wants a Latin/German teacher. I have no idea if it will go anywhere, but even if I fail, I'll have the certification and I'll have a better insight as to how to go about the whole process in the future. And if I don't do it, I'll never know, will I?
3) Running
So there's this 5k run/walk on December 11th through Winterhaven and you guys in Tucson should totally come with me. It'll be fun! I promise!
4) NaNoWriMo
I have less than 2k left to it 50k and that's what I'm going to do as soon as I finish this post. I'm probably around 5-10k from finishing this story in general, and am so looking forward to tearing it apart and putting it back together. I aim to have it rewritten come March, so all you who are interested in beta reading a high fantasy (with zombie assassins!) should be on the lookout then.
5) Writing in General
You haven't heard me talk about querying in a while because I've tabled what I was querying for now. There's something... off about it, or the way I'm trying to sell it, and I can't quite put my finger on it. It's either the wrong genre or I need to tweak it to the fit the genre I think it is, but either way the market is, ah, thin for that kind of book. So I'm going to let it rest while I push this high fantasy instead, because it definitely fits into that market and I think it might have a better chance of being a first book. It works better that way, anyway, being both standalone and full of action and rife with potential for more in the same universe (I sure hope so, considering it's the sequel to a trilogy that I am not good enough to write yet).
6) Life
It's getting calmer. Now that I'm back down to one job and almost done to zero. I imagine it will be too calm soon and I will go stir crazy. But not yet!
Kona is doing better. She threw up a button later in the day and started eating again on Sunday, albeit only a little. Then both cats decided they no longer wanted to eat anything and I was completely flummoxed. They're acting fine. They still have a ton of energy. But for some reason, they just look at the food and then look at me and then wander off.
I tried wet food and that worked on Kona for a short bit. Darj' would have none of it. Then Lady came home and she suggested this other food someone had given us which we hadn't used because it was adult food, not kitty. So we put some out and they were both very excited and ate it.
But now again this morning Darj' is no longer interested in it. We don't have any other kitty food to try out on her and I'm not even sure if that's the problem. Kona will eat the new food just fine, but now I'm paranoid that tonight or tomorrow she'll change her mind again. Agh! What is this? Is this even normal? Why would they suddenly stop eating for no apparent reason?
2) Jobs
I'm going to call today (since I'm "on call" anyway for this afternoon, wtf right?) and say I can't go in and then gently quit over the phone as best I can. I feel so much better knowing that I'm not going in and knowing I'll have my weekends free for sure, especially since there is so much going on in December. I'm not willing to give that up for the possibility of work. Not when that didn't coalesce. But I've already ranted at length about that, so.
Began applying to other things that look like I can do them. I'm going to try and avoid retail this time around, not because I think I'm above it, but I think I'm mentally done with it. Of course, if it goes months and there's nothing, I absolutely will work retail, but I'd rather not start my focus on it like I did last time. It just sucks so much time for so little work and soon you're stuck and both mentally and physically drained and it just makes it that much harder to find something better. If this job hadn't dropped into my lap, I fear I might still be at Target. Inertia sucks.
I do need something, though. I've applied to a temp agency and I'm trolling craigslist for receptionist/clerical work, part-time. I aim to pick something up part-time and work on getting certified to teach in the next few months so that come May, I can hound the local schools and see if somebody wants a Latin/German teacher. I have no idea if it will go anywhere, but even if I fail, I'll have the certification and I'll have a better insight as to how to go about the whole process in the future. And if I don't do it, I'll never know, will I?
3) Running
So there's this 5k run/walk on December 11th through Winterhaven and you guys in Tucson should totally come with me. It'll be fun! I promise!
4) NaNoWriMo
I have less than 2k left to it 50k and that's what I'm going to do as soon as I finish this post. I'm probably around 5-10k from finishing this story in general, and am so looking forward to tearing it apart and putting it back together. I aim to have it rewritten come March, so all you who are interested in beta reading a high fantasy (with zombie assassins!) should be on the lookout then.
5) Writing in General
You haven't heard me talk about querying in a while because I've tabled what I was querying for now. There's something... off about it, or the way I'm trying to sell it, and I can't quite put my finger on it. It's either the wrong genre or I need to tweak it to the fit the genre I think it is, but either way the market is, ah, thin for that kind of book. So I'm going to let it rest while I push this high fantasy instead, because it definitely fits into that market and I think it might have a better chance of being a first book. It works better that way, anyway, being both standalone and full of action and rife with potential for more in the same universe (I sure hope so, considering it's the sequel to a trilogy that I am not good enough to write yet).
6) Life
It's getting calmer. Now that I'm back down to one job and almost done to zero. I imagine it will be too calm soon and I will go stir crazy. But not yet!
