Working on...

Been working on an early draft if a new story idea called: Running Home to You. I thought it would get my mind back into writing mode and I can get back onto the books I'm supposed to be finishing. So I have set myself up a new working station in my bedroom away from all distractions. I got 3.5K written today.

I know I won't get anything down tomorrow as I have to look after my granddaughter, Grace, while her mother is at antenatal at the hospital she only has a few weeks to go until little Harper is born. So for me, tomorrow is a date of having a Toy Story Marathon... I was hoping she'd pick the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but she shut me down. our last Marathon was all musicals.

Still alive & it got me thinking...

Who else is bored out of their brains with staying home?

I know I have a lot of stuff I need to get done, but seriously my mind just doesn't seem to want to cooperate with any plan where real work is involved. I mean I've done a few edits since being in lockdown but no actual writing.

I've been in major declutter mode again. I need to get rid of some more junk I have collected over the past year or so. It's just collecting dust, so it will be better off at a second-hand shop where someone else can buy it and take it home.

I fell over in the garden this morning and hurt my hip. So now I'm back on my pain killers. I misjudged my step and landed awkwardly on a stump and went arse over tea kettle. Luckily no one else saw me, or they would have gotten a good chuckle from it all. At least I didn't land on the wet ground or any of the plants.

I may not have been writing, but I have been making notes on some new story ideas. Just so I don't forget them by the time I do get around to writing them. Which, let's face it, with me it could happen. I have a memory like a bloody sieve some days.

Some people are still crazy shopping and making it difficult for normal people to do a weekly grocery shop. I feel sorry for the families who have more than two people in the house now that we have limits on certain food and shopping items that we can buy. I know what t's like having two cats... I pity the people with dogs who would eat a hell of a lot more than my cats do in a week. I wish I could make people understand this panic buying is doing more harm than it is good. BUT they will do what they will.

I'm actually now learning to order some things online. I would never have done that before. I'm one of those people who usually prefer to go out and look at the thing I want to buy. Yesterday I ordered a casserole dish... I'll let you know how my buying experience went, and if it arrives intact. I have round ones. I just wanted a square one for some of the dishes I make. Fingers crossed I actually get what I ordered.

On that note, I will away for today and do some more cleaning in the house... today's mission is the ceiling fans. I need to pull the ladder out and wipe them down. I'll probably do it this afternoon, but if my back is still playing up it might have to wait until tomorrow morning.

Worrying Times...

With such a scary disease running rampant through the world, the whole human populace seems to have gone nuts. Maybe I'm one of those rare people, who just doesn't get the whole hoarding and stockpiling thing that's going on. I get that we may need o eventually ration what we have if we get placed into lockdown in our houses, but the ay people (some not all) are having physical fights in shopping centres over food and toilet paper (of all things) just blows my mind.

Instead of carrying on like pork chops, shouldn't we be caring about each other and make sure we all get through this... Hell, I've seen the Stand━I know how this ends. We need to pull together as a community and not tear each other apart. We should be firstly making sure our elderly get what they need to survive this. We need to do everything we can to make this easier on everybody.

I guess the best I can do right now is check in on my family and friends and hope you are all doing well wherever you are in your part of the world. If you can check in with me on Facebook and let me know you're still alive... Everybody here and in my family in the Gatton and  Regency Downs areas are all okay at present. Emily's pregnancy is thus far going well (13weeks to go). If things change I'll keep you all updated.

For us, we haven't hit even winter yet when I'm assuming Covid-19 is going to spiral out of control for Australia, just like it has in the rest of the world. I know the Doctors in Brisbane have discovered two drugs that seem to be working on the disease, but for how long I don't know. They have predicted that the worst-case scenario for us will be 96,000 deaths in Australia... God, I hope that doesn't happen.

Our borders are closing to try and get ahead of the disease. Even our internal borders are cracking down. if you cross them you have to self-quarantine for 14 days to make sure you don't have the disease. I don't think we are going to get through this without the death toll rising. It saddens me how many families are going to be affected by this.

We all need to start practising social distancing...  Heck, I'll even have to ring the hospital to see if my specialist appointment is still going ahead on April 3rd. Seeing as they don't want us all going where a lot of people will be, again I'll let you know when I find out.

I hope you all are doing well, and your families are all in the clear. Please stay safe in these trying times, and take care of yourselves, and all of those around you.

Looks like...

Looks like we are in for another humid day today, they are predicting we'll hit around 36° here but will feel a lot hotter━thank god for aircon, that's all I can say. We are supposed to get a bit of a storm later on and some rain, but at the moment it's all blue sky and hot.

The heat is playing havoc with my head... I've had a constant bloody headache. All I can say is roll on winter and let's hope it lasts longer than last years did. I swear they get shorter every damn year.

Just because I can I have started watching Haven again. Now I've read Stephen King's: The Colorado Kid and I have no clue how this is based on that... other than the murder of James. But in saying that I do love the series so I'm not complaining. There are some really good episodes in it. 

I also need to buy some stakes for my garden to hold my jade plants up. For some reason, they have all started falling over like they are top-heavy. Now it could be just the heat. But I'll be happier when I help them to stand upright again as I don't want them growing like a ground cover.

My brain is on overload.

I know what I should be working on, yet so many other stories are fighting to be put first. so right now instead f forcing myself to work on one story I'm just working on whichever one takes my fancy on any given day. Though I'm limiting myself to five on the go at once, any more than that and it might get confusing. 

That's not counting the ones I'm currently doing edits on for my publishers. So I'll be constantly busy. Here is the list of five, and you can keep track of the wordage on the left-hand side of my blog.

1) The Connelly Chronicles 3: Because of You (MM)

2) Lancaster's Way 3: Pre-loved (MM)

3) Experimentals 3: Messages from the Dead (MM)

4) Mountain Made 1: Haylee's Mountain Man (MF)

5) Cotter's Girls 1: Tash (MF)

Working on now...

1) Today I have a few things I have to do... I need to run downtown and do some errands→ I'm not looking forward to that. I really don't feel like leaving the house.

2) I have to do the washing. I have two loads to do and hang out to dry→ no clothes drier in this house.

3) I have to mow the yard before we get any more rain because we might have more showers this afternoon. Though more rain is always better than the fires we have been having, I just hope it doesn't go the other way and turn into major flooding.

4) I also have to catch up on the housework I missed yesterday due to watching the 10hr bushfire concert. It was an awesome event and hopefully raised a lot of money for the cause.

5) I'm also working on Cotter's Girls 1: Tash. I'm 21K into it. I'm not sure how long this one will be I'll aim for 40K, but I think this one may well and truly go over that mark.

6) It's my mum's 88th birthday so I get to spend time with her... Happy birthday Mum→ LOVE YA!

Getting back on track.

Okay, I'm finally getting back on track, I've had some family distractions that have kept me from the computer for the last couple of weeks. It's been raining on and off here for the last month. At least it seems to be putting out the fires going on all over the country. It's all overcast again today, so we might get another shower.

I got over my virus, though I still seem to have the lingering headache hanging on from it. Hopefully, it will bugger off soon.

Even though I have been away from the computer, it doesn't mean I haven't been working on other things in my writing world. I've been going through my notes on my back burner books and seeing which ones that need tweaking, which ones are total crap and can be gotten rid of, which ones are worth keeping and moving into my WIPS list. I didn't realise just how many pieces of scribbled on bits of paper I actually had, I haven't finished going through it all yet, but I'm getting there.

With the wet weather, I've also been doing another house clean. I can tell you I don't understand where the dust fricken comes from. I seem to wipe down one day and the next day it seems to come back double the amount. It's driving me nuts. And the weather is playing havoc on my shoes, it's making them peel, but I think that had more to do with the major heatwave we just went through than the rain we have now.

I did have another scan of my spine→this time m upper spine, and apparently, it's just as screwed up as my lower spine. I just can't win. So, I have to be a little more careful, but it's manageable with the exercises, and diet for the moment. I still have to get down to 75kg (165.34lbs)... 11kg (24.25lbs) to go. Wish me luck.