buoyancy

i woke early this morning, sneezing, but i took some allergy medicine and i'm all right now. i think my cold is kicked. still, i was awake, so i came upstairs before 6 and worked some more on my story. the writing is going all right (despite my frequent internet distractions), which i admit is surprising to me. the plot is maybe a tad melodramatic, but overall i'm pleased. revision is always a possibility. i've got 4 pages (almost 1500 words) and i'm envisioning a story of 8 or 10 pages. kara's got a bunch of schoolwork to do today, so i might even get a draft done. how about that?

to be honest, i only wrote about a page yesterday, but this morning i'm doing better. i have an ambitious vision of a cycle of stories surrounding the characters i was planning on writing a novel about over the summer, but i'm trying not to get ahead of myself. nor am i going to limit myself to these few characters if i want to write something different in the months to come. my ideas are almost always bigger than what turns out to be plausible, so i'm attempting to keep my ambition in check. still, though, i'm happy about this current story. for now, i'll leave it at that.

the weather was crisply autumnal yesterday, clear, temperature in the 50s. it was gorgeous. i ran my errands efficiently and then spent some time outside with the dogs. they didn't annoy me at all, though i think the weather and my generally buoyant mood had something to do with that. yesterday they were good dogs. i wrote a bit more in the afternoon and did some cleaning around the house.

kara came home from work a bit before 5. we made a simple dinner and relaxed for the evening. as i say, today i think i'll keep on writing for a while, while kara writes her essays for school. when she gets out of bed she'll make us some eggs. i'm not planning on leaving the house, and i like days like this. it's cooler this morning, and a bit foggy. tomorrow i have to work but, again, without leaving the house.