words today: 1008
words total: 18,365

Yesterday was a very slow day. I was so tired. I had two or three hours of energy in the morning, when I paid bills and caught up on e-mail and that sort of thing. Then I had a dr’s appt, and we had to drop of prescriptions, and go food shopping, and pick up prescriptions, and by the time I got home, I was wiped. I assume—and hope—that it was related to the weekend’s indiscretions.

So I wasn’t going to go shopping with Morgana today, despite the Salvation Army’s thrift store 50%-off sale, because I had to get stuff done. But she hadn’t gotten the e-mail about our new phone numbers, and when she couldn’t get hold of me, she came over. We ended up dragging Ken with us. Well. I ended up with two sweaters, two baskets, a pirate board game (actually, Ken found that), a gold filigree tissue holder, a pair of SCA shoes, and a mass of faux pine garland, all for less than $16.

Ken, meanwhile, bought us a sewing machine. A lovely cabinet model, sturdy and in great shape, with all its books and bobbins and tons of extra stuff in the drawers. It does round buttonholes/eyelets, which was what we needed. Most electronic machines that do those cost $200 _more_ than the base model. We got this entire thing for $70. Be still my heart.

I still haven’t gotten any writing done, for various reasons, but I’m going to start now. I so want this novella finished. I mean, I’m enjoying it, but I’m seeing the end in sight and I just want to get there. No word yet from the editor reading the excerpts, or from the readers’ choice contest. But it still must be done. I have other projects to attend to!