I'm not really going anywhere. (I can't afford a true vacation.) But it's a quiet time at the office so I thought I'd hang around at home, reorganize my closet, work on some writing stuff. My goal for the nineteen days is to, at least, get an outline for one of my ideas done. (The original thought was a first draft but that's just crazy talk. That can be my goal for December.)

While watching Supernatural another centipede went racing across the floor.

Gah. That's beyond not cool.

The last one was big enough that I heard it when it fell off the wall.

Ouch. I hope they both will go away together.

I'm not really going anywhere.

Frankly, it sounds like a wonderful vacation plan, in my opinion - get some rest, some things that never-get-done out of the way, and do things you enjoy and want, like the writing. Sometines all you have to do in order to have a wonderful time is just to be home.

Whenever I say that the best plan I have in mind for a vacation day is to cuddle in bed with a good book and not fall asleep after the first couple of pages, a jigsaw puzzle or just hang around with friends, I get a few responses of "but don't you want to do something? to go somewhere?". And sometimes, I definitely do, but there's also charm and fun to be had in other things, at least to me.

Yes, exactly. And, honestly, thanks to the class that I'm taking, I'm so excited about all these things I want to write that spending money on a trip to Bora Bora or Vienna or wherever would be a waste. I'd probably spend the entire trip inside my room, working. Trixie and I can work just as well at the Bean for several hundred dollars less a day.

Bora Bora and the stack of books can happen next year.

ETA: And speaking of resting...I totally need to go to bed. Night!

And, honestly, thanks to the class that I'm taking, I'm so excited about all these things I want to write

Oh, that's wonderful to read. I love it when a class can create excitement in a person. How long is the class?

I'd probably spend the entire trip inside my room, working.

So definitely not the time to travel, then, but it sounds like the pefect time to stop with the everyday running-around and focus on this. I'm glad the schedule of the class and the quiet time in the office match this way.

[Edit: ah, an x-post. Night, Kristen!]

Blargh. Can't sleep. Need to. On the other hand, Hi Nilly!

Perkins!

Hmm, now this is a dilemma. On the one hand, I didn't get to post with you in a while, and I wonder how you're doing. On the other, I think (see a few posts above, re: Jewish mom) that sleep will be better for you than posting with me, so I feel morally obligated to at least try to convince you to get back to bed. What to do, what to do?

[Edit: my post # has the even digits, and in only a slightly confused order. It's like somebody woke them up in the middle of the night and asked them to stand in line, and they were so tired and sleepy that they messed it up. Poor little digits.]

Sorry you can't sleep Perkins.

Hi Nilly.

As usual I'm up in the middle of the night working. Tonight I'm editing music for an upcoming production of A Christmas Carol.

I know. It is hard to decide. I've been okay. Nothing very exciting, but nothing bad either.

How are you?

eta: Okay, that was annoying. My cable and internet just cut out for 5 minutes. I wonder if it always does that this time of the morning.

Hi, ND. Long time no post-together.

This morning really has a night shift.

an upcoming production of A Christmas Carol.

Do they have any sort of twist on the story, or play it like the original?

My cable just cut out for 5 minutes. I wonder if it always does that this time of the morning.

It reminds me the way Sara from "A Little Princess" was playing at wondering whether the toys do other things when she's not looking, and was jumping inside a room in order to catch them in the act. Only, you know, with cable and waking up and without any closed doors, so I'm not even sure why it reminded me of that, at all.

And now I wonder what your cats are doing when you're away. Threatening the cable not to cut out again, probably.

I firmly believe that the toys come out to play while we aren't looking. I also believe that the cats just sit in one place and shed while I am not here.

I think I am going to try the sleep thing again. I may "see" you when I wake up.