BH: 0

I am so freakin’ tired, it’s not even funny. But although the day isn’t going much like we planned, I’m doing okay. You just can’t let the little things get you down.

I had trouble sleeping last night, which didn’t help matters much. Was up at 5:45. Having several bodily annoyances (of which I’ll kindly spare you the details). Got to the airport on time (about an hour before my flight). The security line was long (although it moved steadily) and I had just enough time to go potty before promptly boarding the plane. The flight to San Francisco was uneventful and quick. When I arrived, I knew I had about an hour before Ken’s flight from Portland showed, up, so I pottied and sauntered to an Arrivals screen.

Cancelled by Air Traffic Control, it said.

EXCUSE ME?! I pulled out my cell phone and called Ken, but got his voice mail. After I hung up, the phone beeped that I had a message, and it was from him. Yup. They rerouted him through Chicago and he’d be arriving in Baltimore about half an hour before I would.

Well, hell. So much for our assignation in San Francisco and pleasant flight together. But, it was dealt with, and I was grateful for having a cell phone so I knew what was going on. I got myself a tuna sandwich on an onion bagel, and copies of People and Us, and munched and read and waited for my flight.

This flight proved to be delayed for various reasons. Suffice to say that now (perhaps half an hour before we land) we’ll be arriving about 45 minutes late. By the time we got on the plane I was headachey from lack of sleep and my eyes hurt. So I ate lunch (pasta shells), took out my contacts, put on my sleep mask, and tried to sleep. I was semi-successful; I know I dozed, and I did feel better afterwards. Not better enough to actually haul out the laptop and work, alas. I wanted to, but the mere thought made the headache flare up. So I read (People, Us, the latest RT BookClub, and most of the latest Tournaments Illuminated), and that’s been about it.

I just want to see my love and give him a big hug and kiss, you know?

Oh, although I haven’t written, I did have an epiphany about another novel I’ve been tossing around in my head. Another paranormal suspense romance in the style of What Beck’ning Ghost, my first romance. (Thus, if I sell WBG, I can immediately pitch a second book. Hee hee!) It’s still in the concept stages, but I have the backstory, the setting, and four of the major characters. A childhood kidnapping that the heroine has suppressed the memory of…a huge old house on Lake Champlain with hidden rooms once used as part of the Underground Railroad…a hero plagued all his life by psychic visions of the heroine…

Yeah, yeah, I know. Get BH written first. And AETW. And Night Music (the Blaze that Sarah and I are going to write). And Jewel Tones… I shall never suffer from a dearth of ideas, at least.