Delayed Time Table

My original goal was to have my book finished by the end of Christmas--or at least the new year. I am not sure if I ever would have reached that, but I might have been close. Until I slammed my pinkie finger in the wash machine, that is. It is the same one I broke so long ago on the trampoline and there has always been a bump and the fingernail has never grown back the same. Now it's swollen and very bruised, on both sides. Boy, does it hurt! Typing is pretty much a 9-finger thing now, which is so much slower than I'm used to that I'm getting frustrated. Today at work, Kamil built me a splint out of Velcro and some soft stuff to help protect it, which I fully appreciate. It makes it feel much better. I am also discovering that the letter 'a' is in a lot of words...and having to use the tab key and the shift key are a pain in the behind when you don't have a pinkie finger. And so, I doubt that my book will be finished when I thought. I am getting close, though! I have the ending pretty much mapped out, I just have to get there and coast through it! And hopefully my finger heals soon.

Christmas

This Christmas was pretty wonderful, I must say.

I think my favorite part has been all the time off work! I don't go back until tomorrow, and then only for one day before we go into New Year's vacation.

Here are some pictures of Kaelan, one before we started opening what Santa brought and then one today, playing with the Moon Sand. We made an entire herd of crocadoggles.

Mighty Flour Warriors

Kaelan and I were helping make dinner the other night, and that pretty much entitled us to paint our faces to show off our skills. After we put the flour on, Kaelan said we should go hunt crocadoggles, so we decided that necessitated a fierce scowl picture to document our crocadoggle prowess.

Ambitions

There is nothing happening today at work. In fact, I'm the only one here. Kamil is gone for the weekend and Tiff is mom-sitting, as her mother just had knee surgery. I have decided that since there is nothing going on--I did everything yesterday, just so I could have all of Friday to relax--I am going to start reading The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie. I'm pretty excited about it. It's only been sitting on my bookshelf for a year or better. Sheesh.
I also just heard an ad on the radio saying that for 40 bucks you get a one-hour snowboarding lesson plus all your rental equipment and lift ticket for the day at Hogodon on Saturday. Hmmm...I have always wanted to do that, as well. My knee is feeling good these days, strong. I should give it a go. I'll have to see what's going on. Weekends are too short lately, have you noticed that?
We have cocoa dusted Belgian truffles sitting on the counter here. My goal is to not eat the entire box. Those things are amazing!
I just received some sad news--Charlotte, my camp 'mom', fellow GL, and very dear friend, is not coming back for summer 2008. I'm pretty saddened by that. Heather already won't be there, so I was counting on Charlotte. Now I'll be all alone! My new ambition, in light of this tragic news, is to have a wonderful summer anyway!
I have encountered a snag in my book. I called my friend Caryn up and she helped me brainstorm last night, but ultimately, I think I'm just going to have to let it sit for a couple days until I can get things straightened out and look at it with fresh eyes.

Pirates, Matey!

Arrr!!!! We be Pirates!

It's Winter!

I had to stay late on Friday at work, due to an overly ambitious Christmas card project my boss set for us--and guess who conveniently had to leave work early that day? Yeah. So Tiffany, the other receptionist, and I were there until 7 getting them all ready to be mailed out. Needless to say, I am not a fan of the 10 hour work day. Unless it's at Bryn Mawr, in which case I don't really notice it as much.
We are in the midst of winter! I took Kaelan to the store this morning to buy doughnuts, and had to dig out the Jeep. It was fun, though, kicking through snowdrifts. I like snow, overall. I may not ski anymore, but I still am a fan.
I'm still working away on my book. I think it just might be nearing completion--although I don't necessarily have any ideas on how it will end, I'm sure that will come soon enough. I've already got all these ideas as to what is going to happen.