Tooth's Out—Finally!

Well, the kid's tooth finally came out today while she was at school. She said that she worked it back and forth until it finally came out. I'm certainly glad it's over for the moment. I told her yesterday I didn't want to deal with a major mental meltdown over every single tooth that gets loose.

I forgot to take my journal along with me today. I felt naked without it. Somehow, I had set it down on the couch, put my shoes on, and then forgot to pick it up to put in my bag before heading out the door to work.

I usually spend some time on my lunch break writing a few notes or whatever strikes my fancy. The pages add up that way. So of course, today, without the journal, I really wanted to write something, but couldn't. If I had my journal with me, I may or may not have even written in it. But you know how it is: when you don't have something, you would like to have it that much more.

I didn't write last night. I was really tired for some reason. I very nearly fell asleep on the couch, but managed not to. Then I went upstairs to bed and read for awhile. I'm reading a book called "Labyrinth" by Kate Mosse. It's a book about the search for the Holy Grail. I've had it checked out from the library for a couple of months now; I keep renewing it. However, I need to get it read. I'm sick of looking at it. I also have two other books that I've renewed a lot of times. I doubt I finish them all this week, but it would be nice to get through two of them, if I can.

This month is almost over. I'm glad. For some reason, I have been less motivated to write here at the end of the month. At the same time, I am not ready for November to be over yet. The time has really flown. I can hardly believe Nanowrimo is over. Last night, I was pondering what work-in-progress I might attack next. I hope to spend some time revising my Nano 2006 story so that I can get my free copy from lulu.com. It is definitely NOT printer-ready the way it is. One entry is mostly nothing but rambling. One entire chapter needs to be completely rewritten; otherwise, my main character cannot possibly get pregnant--which that is a key plot point in the later chapters. I have bracketed notes throughout the entries, about stuff I need to look up or reconcile, or change. All that stuff will have to be gone through and reworked. So it's not just a matter of uploading the manuscript I have written now. Work, work, and rework some more. Isn't that how it always goes?