I imagine I should be out right now, having a wonderful time in the Halloween snow.

Welcome to Idaho.

Rice is gaming with his friends. Winter is going through an obnoxious phase. J-Spot is being sick. And we won't go into the rest of what's up with him.

Avadore is watching a kid's Halloween movie, and I'm here, typing away.

Tonight I made a Thai chicken soup and some pumpkin cake with a cream cheese glaze. I made enough glaze so that it can be poured over the entire cake (well, both cakes) instead of just catching a bit here and there. The boys will, of course, dig this.

Does anyone know anything about arthritis? My left arm has been aching, a bone deep ache, since the weather turned. It's something that's come, on and off, with a turn towards cold weather, for a few years now, but nothing this painful or consistent. I'm not sure what else it could be. Maybe time to dig into my osteological training books. I know arthritis is something we usually associate with older people, but my grandmother was diagnosed with arthritis when she was about eight.

Of course, I've also been typing a lot lately. No carpal tunnel sensations or aches at this point. Could it be related to that?

Tomorrow NaNoWriMo starts. I'm kind of excited. I had a great time last year. I just hope I don't end up typing one handed :).

I've been a little torn about participating this year. The novel I produced wasn't as good as it would have been if I'd taken more than a month to work on it. It needs some heavy editing to be worth anything. Could this month be better spent? Writing short stories, for example? Or should I say, "The heck with it. It's just one month out of the year. Have fun with it." It's not like I'm getting paid to do this, not like I'd be missing some deadline or putting off some sort of real work. It'd be done in my spare time, like all my writing is.

Perhaps I could do both. Sort of a Bradbury-type thing. A novel constructed of short stories, intertwined to make a larger whole.

I still haven't decided what I'll start writing tomorrow. Maybe that's something to think about tonight before I start tomorrow :). I have several novels in my head, and not sure which one wants to be written, or is ready, the most.

Anyone else participating?