The state of the Rolanni

[rolanni]

The second round of antibiotics will be done on Sunday, whereupon I will be cured.

So, I decree, and so shall it be.

(Betting pool is now open:  Am I the Empress of the Universe, or am I not?)

Things -- THINGS -- that had been let to slide are slowly getting caught up.  For instance, while we were ill, any-and-everything that wasn't A-List (by which I mean -- business, bill paying, cat caring), and wasn't clearly Z-List (adverts from the Dish Network, solicitations for new credit cards, life insurance pitches, &c) got set aside in a pile -- PILE.  The PILE had reached rather alarming proportions by the time either one of us was feeling well enough to cope, and the first idea was -- let's just swoop all of that stuff right into the trash.

Well, on the day that plan occurred, there wasn't enough energy between us to implement it, which was probably a good thing.  The second plan -- which we are calling Plan B -- is to go through a few things every day and so winnow the PILE down responsibly, in case there should actually be something that was, oh B, or even C-List and needed personal attention.

So, that's what we've been doing there.

We've also been slowly catching up on non-A-List housekeeping, and laundry and whatnot.  Today, I vacuumed the house, chopped up onions for freezing, finished up the laundry, did the dishes (note to self: teach Boopsie the Wise to do dishes).

Also, over the last week or so, I've been communing with Alliance of Equals, and all the leftover notes from the previous book, handling things, reading (but not editing), and just slowly sinking back into the story and the characters, after our long separation.

I'm feeling confident that I am now well enough, and well enough in tune with the story, to start adding new material without breaking anything.  There are, thank ghod, nice, clear hooks set in -- In that regard, at least, this is no Dragon in Exile.

And, yes, I am still bitter that we had to ask for an extension on this one.  It had all been going together so nicely. . .

Well.

Tomorrow morning, I have a dentist appointment, and some errands to run.  Tomorrow evening, I intend to open a new file in Alliance, and get writing.

Also, sometime soon, but probably not until after the antibiotics are finished, and I've given the cough time to come back, if it's gonna -- I need to find a new gym, and also a group, or a book club, or a volunteer gig (though not, I think, at the hospital) to add into the schedule.

And that?  Is all I've got.

How's the new year treating you guys?

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

I think of that process of sinking back into a project as wrapping my head around it, and only when I've completely incorporated the project can I feel good about sallying forth to do battle. It's harder having been absent from a project for some time, too. It's also harder when I'm trying to keep too many balls in the air at once - a particular failing of mine, and one that typically results in the loss of all horizontal open space ;)

And my solution to the problem of needing more horizontal space is ... Card Table! The only downside is that now that I've expanded onto the card table, I can't seem to get rid of the damn thing. I think that's one of Parkinson's Laws - Work Expands To Fit The Space Available ;/

[reedrover]

How's the new year treating you guys?

The new year is going pretty ok so far. I continue to not be nearly as sick as in previous years, so can celebrate my allergy shots actually showing measurable results. Last week, I lost another pet goat to the inevitable ending of old age. Last weekend, I went to Arisia in Boston and was pleasantly surprised by diversity of costumes and the non-miserable weather.

[catherine kelleher (from livejournal.com)]

How are things going? Well, Western Colorado is going through the mildest winter I can remember in quite a while. Which means I need to get out 200 feet of hoses and drag them around to water a bunch of newish trees and shrubs I put in last fall. I've been healthy, but I've been helping my 91 year old father with a bunch of appointments and health issues. But we are making progress on helping him feel better and there is nothing immediately fatal on the horizon. I've started taking ukulele lessons with my oldest daughter and I'm really missing the way I could memorize things easily when I was younger....I always thought having a good memory was just part of my personal qualities. Now I know it was just a biochemical reaction subject to change.

[margotinez.livejournal.com]

I'm swimming a mile almost every day. That's my A-list. Everything else piles up, but even more so if I don't swim. On reviewing your activities, I bow before the Empress of the Universe!

[thewol.livejournal.com]

I hope you get to feeling better and can get back to writing soon. You will, I hope, pardon the tiny ulterior motive in my well-wishing you. I can understand how it must have been in the old days when mail so long to get to its recipient, and having to wait months or even years (perish forbid!) for letters to find out how people you care about are doing and what's happening to them. We don't mean to be stern task masters, but it's really your own fault. If you (plural) didn't write such good books, we Liad lovers wouldn't be seriously jonesing for more of the goings and doings of Clan Korval, et. al. What can I say?

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

Ohh, I'm sorry about your goat ....*offers hugs*

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

New Year's been okay so far, with no major disasters ....

And I vote for Rolanni as Empress of the Universe!

[reedrover]

Thank you kindly. It is an unfortunate part of the pet-owning cycle. Fortunately, I have good friends and good books to comfort me.