If I find any motivation around here, I'm going to hug it and squeeze it and call it George. I'm certainly not going to let it out of the house.

But I promise to send it back home! I just need it for a few hours ...

Okay. I am settled on the couch with the laptop, the notebook that has the half-a-draft in it (writing on the bus actually works for me, surprise!), a glass of water, and a glass of tonic and rose liqueur over ice. I just need to decide what pretty eye-candy movie to have on in the background, and then I swear, SWEAR, that I will start writing.

Right after I get done browsing eBay for wine velvet blazers, that is ...

Half a draft could be a GDoc. Like a Choose Your Own Goth Adventure for your betas.

Well first I have to get it into a GDoc, because right now it is scribbly handwriting in a notebook.

My motivation is ... not the motivation you are looking for.

Ditto here. You'd be locked out of the online tools you need for your wacky creative projects, and reformulating the soup after you started cooking because you didn't have half the ingredients you thought you always kept around the house.

I have dented the cleaning that really needs to happen. But a nap might need to happen befor e more cleaning

In others words, there was motivation, but it left

My motivation is ... not the motivation you are looking for.

Well dammit. I thought you people were supposed to keep the spare motivation?

What eye-candy movie do I want on in the background? Marie Antoinette? Bram Stoker's Dracula? Dangerous Liaisons? Valmont? The Prestige? I can't decide.

Dangerous Liaisons, for the pretty.

Well dammit. I thought you people were supposed to keep the spare motivation?

Clearly you have me confused with ... anyone else. I have fed myself and managed to keep tea around. This is a win for the day.

Dangerous Liaisons, for the pretty

Well, now I'm waffling between that and the first PotC movie. Because pretty AND undead pirates! Yaaaaar!

Jilli, you can have my motivation. I seem to have gotten a spurt, and really? I've been up since 4am. I'd like to go to bed about now!

Timelies, all. Great news, vw bug! I'm so glad you've made it to happy and healthy. Also, your mom's amazing, Shir. I hope everything goes well for her at the clinic.

I'm back home after a weekend in Kernersville and Winston-Salem. Dad's still in the hospital, but he is doing better. The doctor wants him to go to a rehab facility for a while before going home, and I agree that that's a good idea. Leifur did really well with the traveling. He got a little vocal about half-way through the 75 minute drive, but talking back to him seemed to reassure him. Once he was settled in Dad's apartment he seemed to enjoy exploring and getting cuddles. As I may be spending more weekends this way, I'm glad I'll be able to take my cat with me.

I should be using my motivation on working right now, but I don't wanna. Quick, take the motivation before I change my mind.