In which Rolanni has enough excitement for one day

[rolanni]

As if almost getting hit by the Big Red SUV at the turn from the China Road onto the Garland Road wasn't exciting enough, this evening I knocked a nearly full glass of water all over my desk, which, at this stage in the Novel Writing Proceedings is covered, and I do mean covered in paper. Also, because the drawer does not fully close, and due to the elderly nature of the desk runs slightly downhill from the place where water was spilt? Right, it flooded. All those business cards, so lovingly collected, gone -- a sudden sodden mess. Postage stamps -- ick! Bits of ribbon. The rug is soaked. And the box where the Mouse and Dragon pages go after they're printed out, red-lined and the electronic text corrected, which happened to be sitting beneath that very same downward-canting drawer? Destroyed.

I mopped and swore and swore and mopped, and -- well, the good news: No water in the computer, or in the keyboard, or in the mouse. I snatched the handwritten notes I'm working from the second the glass went over and hurled them across the room -- a writer's instinct is an awesome thing -- so, barely damp. In fact, dry already. None of the books also piled on the desk got wet. The glass didn't break. And while the box holding all those pages got irredeemably soaked, the pages themselves will survive.

Still. Argh.

Steve is on the road, heading for Points South. I think the cats still expect him back this evening; they're being remarkably mellow. I expect an Official Demand for an Explanation around about 2 a.m.

Progress on Mouse and Dragon

89131 / 120000

Comments

Time to try papier-mâché

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

I wonder if those funny accent marks will come through? Anyway, if you add a little binder to that wet mass of paper -- white glue, even flour in a bind -- you're almost set to make papier-mâché! All you need to do is decide the shape of your creation. Then pat and twist and prod. Let dry. And voila, a greyish slump of paper. Add paint for better results.

Handicrafts can be fun. It says so right on the label. That's why we make little children and people in retirement homes practice them.

Tsunami!

[redpimpernel.livejournal.com]

I would have cried.

Major condolences on water flood. Hopefully all of your DONE pages weren't printed on an inkjet. But if they were destroyed, then they probably were inkjeted. I may cry for you. =(
Too bad cats aren't more absorbent, or you could have used them to help mop up. (kidding)

Hopefully most things can just dry out and be okay? Ironing will take out the wrinkles and make the paper all crispy new-like. Just what you need another chore, ironing that isn't laundry related.

Water water everywhere!

[(Anonymous)]

My desk at work sometimes sounds like your desk. Paper all over the place. I've taken to only putting drinks that can be capped on my desk for just this reason. Amazing how many things can get wet from just one glass of water.

Nathan

Re: Water water everywhere!

[bookmobiler.livejournal.com]

Amazing how many things can get wet from just one glass of water.

I have a nasty habit of knocking glasses over.

As a rough estimate one teaspoon of water is capable of soaking 10 square feet of important papers.

[hapaxnym.livejournal.com]

"In this production, the Person from Porlock will be played by a glass of water."

Scary to think how many such near-catastrophes occur in all our lives.