Finished!

I finally finished the short story for the workshop last night and put it in the mail to the workshop leaders. It came in (after cutting out the housekeeper and her pat-the-puppy scenes) at about 7,600 words. Writing the last couple of scenes really took it out of me, and the last couple of days were some hard writing just because of the emotional issues attached to the action. But it's done, the story is off, and I'm already thinking about the next one.

Yay!

Tuesday

The Weather: As my Northwest compatriots on LJ all attest tonight, today's weather was freakishly schizo: Cool and grey this morning; thundering, lightning and raining this afternoon; hail from the skies; Lake Washington a maelstrom; the winds upwards of 50 knots and more, knocking down trees and powerlines; the evening overcast but calm, with an astonishing sunbreak about an hour before sunset. Now, things are back to foreboding, heavy overcast. I suspect things will be violently stormy tonight...unless they're not. Welcome to Seattle.

Goose Watch: Mama and Papa goose were nowhere to be seen for a couple of days. Today they were back, much to my—and apparently everyone else's—relief. I'm bringing my binocs back to work tomorrow to survey the situation and see if I can determine the state of the nest. I did see a couple of mallards paddling around in the same pond as the geese. It's looking downright social out there, for the avians anyway.

Politics and Babylon 5: If you have B5 on tape or disc, go back and watch the third-season episode called "Voices of Authority." The political officer would fit right into the Bush/Cheney administration in ways too scary to contemplate. The whole episode made me uncomfortable, far more so than it did when it was first aired. It's discomfittingly prescient. Watch it again, then tell your friends to do the same. When the PO labels someone unpatriotic, it gives me the willies.

Pre-trip: Must start cleaning the house and preparing the kitties for my absence. Must do another chunk of freelance job. (Hah! When?) Must read more of the assigned reading. (Hah! When?)

In short...busy busy busy....