Update time.

I finally finished the 1st edits on The Lines of Marsden 4: The Trail of Red Roses, so I have sent them back to the amazing Christie N at MLRPress, and now I'll have to wait for round 2.

I have some beta edits on The Connelly Chronicles 3: Because of You from James A to go through today, before I go back to working on Lancaster's Way 3: Pre-loved.

I also have some errands to run. I have to renew my driver's licence, go to the post office and collect the mail, go to the shops and buy some groceries, and mum's weekly magazines. Then this afternoon I'll have to mow the yard before it starts to look straggly. I already went out in the early morning (5:30am) and did some trimming in the garden. I still have a little more to do but I ran out of room in the bin, so I have to wait until they are emptied tomorrow to finish the rest. I'm still not feeling 100% so it's slow going.

It's my birthday

I turn 51 today... I wish I was feeling like I could party, but sadly I'm still under the weather with my virus.

Today I decided to play for you some of my favourite music, so you can see what's going on inside my head.

PS: I have about 100 pages left to read through on The Lines of Marsden 4: The Trail of Red Roses before I send it back to Christie N at MLRPress.

My favourite David Bowie song.

My Favourite Goo Goo Dolls song.

My favourite Tim Curry song.

My favourite Nickelback song.

My favourite Daughtry song.

These are just some of the many I love listening too.

Today I am...

1) Today I am working through 1st edits on The Lines of Marsden 4: The Trail of Red Roses... Actually, I've already done the edits, but there was a couple of questions my editor had that I couldn't answer, but I couldn't answer because I can't actually remember the story. So today I'm doing a re-read to be able to answer those couple of questions and get the edits back to Christie N at MLRPress.

2) Today I am feeling a little better than I was yesterday. I still have my headache, and for some reason, my forehead is tender to the touch. The good news is my throat is feeling a lot better. No, I haven't been to China, nor do I have the Coronavirus. Just unlucky to get sick at the same time as this is going down. Though, my doctor said I'm not allowed around my daughter who is pregnant or my grandaughter who isn't yet 2.

3) Today the heat is not exactly killing me, but it isn't helping with my low-grade temps or the wicked arse hot flushes I've been having, because yes, at the same time I'm going through menopause... Don't I seem to have all the fricken luck...LOL.

4) Today will be my last day of being 50 years old... Where has the time gone?

I hate being sick.

I went to the doctor on Wednesday... I was feeling like crap because I woke up with a sore throat. It felt like my throat was swollen→ I couldn't swallow without it hurting. It even hurt just to touch my neck... and I felt like I was burning up→ I thought I was having wicked hot flushes.

It turns out I have a viral infection, and a low-grade temperature. So now I'm on even more medication. God, I'm sick of taking medication, but I know I'd feel worse if I didn't take it.

Though the doctor was happy that I've lost 4kg (8.81lbs) this year started at 90kg (198.41lbs) and now I'm 86kg (189.59lbs) only 11kg (24.25lbs) to go until I reach my goal weight 75kg (165.34lbs)... when I started this whole thing 16 months ago I started at 106kg (233.68lbs)... so in that time, I've lost 20kg (44.09lbs).

The good news is I finally got 1st edits on The Lines of Marsden 4: The Trail of Red Roses so I'll be starting on them as soon as my head stops pounding, and I can stand to look at the computer screen for more than five minutes.

Why is it?

1) Why is it when you think you have everything under control something comes along to kick you up the arse and throw a spanner in the works?

2) Why is it when you clean your house (declutter) you always end up with a bigger mess than when you started? And always find things that you have no clue why you even have them?

3) Why is it when you have to do something that's good for you, you procrastinate and always put it off?

4) Why is it that new story ideas suddenly jump into your mind at 3 A.M. and won't leave you alone until you get up and write them down?

5) Why is it you can search and search for something, and the moment you no longer need it you find it sitting right out in the open?

6) Why is it if you have cats in the house they think they are the rulers of the whole household, and we live only to serve them? 5A.M. every morning Robson believes it's time to get up and he needs his breakfast.

7) Why is it when my mum is watching the tennis do they have to screech (not all, but some) every time they hit a ball? That noise drives me bonkers.

8) Why is it that my character in my current WIPS keep changing the storylines on me, making me go back and re-do whole sections?

9) Why is it so hard to reconnect with people on social media? I really need to get back into this so I can work on the whole self-promo thing.

10) Why is it already feeling like 2020 is flying by? We're almost at the end of the first month.

Busy, busy, busy...

This week I have a bloody full schedule ahead of me. It started Sunday. When I finally got the mowing done between rain showers. We aren't getting decent rain, but it keeps drizzling.

Yesterday, I have to go out and do a bit of trimming in the front garden. The clouds are building up again, so I got a little rained on.

Yesterday, I had a visit from my granddaughter this morning and I had to cook her some sausages, apparently, she needed them and a drink of Coke no sugar. So that's what she got. She stands on a chair out in the kitchen with me and helps me cook (and by help, I mean she talks to me while I do all the work→she's not quite 2 after all).

Today, I have to go to the hospital with my daughter as she is having a baby scan where we find out the sex of the baby, and I'm getting the ballon thing done so they can do the baby reveal. As both she and her partner want to be surprised. So I have to get the technician to write it out on a piece of paper for me so Emily doesn't find out.

Tomorrow, I have my weekly appointment/check-up with my doctor to see if they need to make any adjustments with my medication. Hopefully, they don't, it's taken me this long to get used to the dosage I'm on now.

That's it for the busy portion of my week. In and around all of that I have to fit in some writing. I'll get some done. I might not get as much as I would like done this week, but hey some is better than none... still working on Lancaster's Way 3: Pre-loved.

Woke up to this... Need I say more.

 Obviously R.I.P. to the other 5 victims of the helicopter crash