I’ve made good progress on what I should be working on today and I feel good about that, but I can’t rest on my laurels this evening, the way that I did yesterday. I’ve got a lot to do. I fly up to New York City tomorrow afternoon. So I have laundry to do. I…
I am committed to getting to bed by 8:30 tonight. Today was a long-ass day and tomorrow is going to be another one and I was so tired on the train ride home, that I dozed off right in the middle of a story I was reading in SCIENCE FICTION AGE, Volume 1, Issue 2.…
When I got down to the metro station after leaving work, there were announcements that a train had derailed near Mount Vernon Square. I go through that station and there was no way through. I had to take the Blue line the long way around to Metro Center, switch to the Red line, take that…
I was up at 9 AM, again late for me, but I was up late last night. I just got into the office and I figure I’ll be here until about 4 PM. Hopefully I can finish up what I need to during that time. I’d stay later but I still have a lot of…
At lunch today, rather than my usual nap, I raced to finish up the exciting ending of Jack McDevitt’s book, Chindi. I really enjoyed the book and I’m looking forward to reading its sequel, Omega. Racing to finish got me thinking about a phenomenon that happens to me quite frequently on books that I really…
I treated myself to breakfast at I-Hop, and though the restaurant was pretty crowded, the roads were surprisingly empty. Breakfast was good, except the orange juice, which was not freshly squeezed and which seemed to have more sugar than juice in it. It was sickly-sweet! After breakfast I headed over to the grocery store to…
I did a little bit of writing tonight, but not much. Better than nothing, however. I can sleep in a bit later tomorrow; I don’t have to get up until 5:30 because I’m working out in the afternoon instead of the morning. That means I can get to bed a little later tonight and I’m…
I started a new story this evening. I couldn’t resist, even though I am in the middle of another story. All afternoon, the beginning of the story was running through my head, clear as day, and all I had to do was sit down and dictate what was in my brain. The introductory section was…
This evening I added a neat little feature to my new reading lists. The book that I am currently reading will display the estimated completion date, based on the date that I started the book, and my average pace for similar books in the last calendar year. (The pace is based on a words per…
I took a break a little while ago and did some book shopping. I picked up two more Jack McDevitt books. Based on what I’ve read of Chindi so far, I figured it was worth it to buy a few more of his books. I bought Omega and The Engines of God. I also picked…
We did a lot of walking Saturday afternoon. We started by walking down to 59th and 5th in order to have a late lunch at Mickey Mantle’s. After that, we had an errand to run. Jen had to drop off some keys at her bosses apartment, so we made our way toward West End. On…