Thoughts on a Lunch Break, VII

- Final draft is done, mind is still melting out of my ears, but the whole of it is off to my betas for evisceration. And then whatever additional editing it needs. Or cutting my losses and drawering it for the time being - but I must admit, I really would rather cut off my own hand at this point than do that, which just goes to show I need a few more days worth of space and distance.

- I pushed past a roadblock in my weightlifting on Saturday and I'm still pretty jazzed about it. I'd been stuck at 180-185 and two reps for a while now, unable to push through or make that weight feel any lighter, no matter at what point I tried to lift that weight (i.e., when I'm fresh vs when I'm tired at the end of a session - no more than two reps!). Then I got six. !

- Snow on the mountains! There was rain all yesterday and coming home from work you could just spot the peaks poking out of the clouds. So beautiful.

- I don't know what to write next. :/

- I know I need to work on my query letter (esp if I'm going to achieve my goal of 50 rejections by the end of the year - or, of course, an offer, but let's be reasonable), but it's so hard to draw back from everything and see where the core of the story now lies. I had the hardest time just summing it up for my betas last night, let alone for a perky and fun query. That's all right. I have until... March?

- I need to practice ukulele. I need something non-writing related to do for a bit.

- Three day weekend coming up! Trying to see if we can get peeps together for a big ol' hike on Sunday. I need to get out of the city and into the wilderness!

- Cats. Cats cats cats.

- I suppose that's about it. That last draft really did take over my life for a while there. <3