My 'weekend' is here!

[ostarella]

I have Thursday, Sunday and Monday nights off, so this is my weeked ;-)  And as usual, I am soooo happy it's here. I've applied for a housekeeping job at the local nursing home - part-time and 20 minutes away - if I walk. :D  They didn't list the pay, so even if I do get called for an interview, or better yet, get offered the job, it would depend on that. I can work very cheap - but I still have to have X amount to accomplish my goals. But the idea of working in town, no driving except in really bad weather... yeah. That's exciting.

Especially after yesterday. I try not to do anything really strenuous on the days I do work, simply because of the physical requirements at work combined with it being graveyard shift. But the brush dump is only open on Wednesday evenings (so I'd have to get up extra early) and the second Saturday of each month. And since we had a ton to haul out (three pickup loads) I had no choice. It took almost 4 hours to get the tree limbs cut to fit in the pickup, and load the trees and brush and then haul it out and unload it again. But it's all gone now, thank God. But I went to bed as soon as we finished, and when that alarm went off - oh gawd, how I wanted to call in sick and go back to sleep! Just grateful it was Saturday night - typically a very easy night because most of the freight is for the "specials" of the coming week, which we don't have to stock.

So today I'm tired but not too terribly sore. A lot of scratches on my arms and hands, though. And one gouge about an inch below my larynx where a branch bit back :p Pretty good bruise around it, as well. So that was a little scary...

My brother isn't here either - he left before I got home this morning to take care of some business. And he won't be down next weekend as he's going on a photo 'safari' for about four days. He and a group of fellow large format enthusiasts are driving out to South Dakota, taking pictures along the way and critiquing them. They're going very close to Webster, where our mom was born, so if he has time he's going to stop in and do a little genealogical research for me :D

So anywhooooo... over my weekend I'm going to get some more yardwork done (much easier with the brush gone) and some (a LOT) of writing. Almost completed the next chapter of Covenant - then only 8-10 more chapters and it should be finished. FINALLY!!!! Although I'm toying with a sequel of sorts - just taking a lot of various scenes from the show and rewriting them to reflect the Covenant history. Could be kinda fun...

And have several characters figured out for my original writing - and how they'll interact. Still don't know precisely what I want the focus of the story to be - what happens that these characters have to deal with. I've had a few ideas but I immediately think of some other book (or movie) that had something that's too similar. I think I'll probably go through some old (like early 1900s) newspapers and see what I can modernize. Things back then weren't so "global" - which, to me, makes them more interesting.

So, with nothing else to say - off to my typing! :D

Comments

[beckyblack]

Interesting how you've got some characters in mind and not really a plot for them yet. It will be sort of like developing a fanfic story, where you have the characters and when you think of a situation to put them in you already know them well enough to know how they'll react and how the plot will develop.

[ostarella.livejournal.com]

Well, one character was easy - he's based on an OC from a fanfic story of mine :D But I had to 'reconfigure' him so it wouldn't be a direct copy. And then I started thinking about what kind of people would be most interesting for him to deal with, either professionally or personally. That book you recommended (Bullies, Bastards and Bitches) has been immensely helpful - as I've been reading through it, it's like "Okay, that could work for A... no, better use that for B, instead. And this won't work for C - but it would be interesting if D... "

But yeah, it is like writing fanfic - a bunch of characters looking for a plot. Such fun! LOL

[billy-shriner.livejournal.com]

You do sound cheerful. Have a good weekend ;-) Good luck with the writing... and the yard work.

[ostarella.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do like having two days off in a row. It's funny, but my son summed it up when he said he's the same way - if there's something 'scheduled' hanging over him, it's like he can't really get into something else until that's over. So with two days to do things, I don't have that scheduled thing hanging over me. Just start with item #1 on my to-do list and work my way through (until it's closer to the scheduled thing LOL).

[billy-shriner.livejournal.com]

I'm like that too. I have a busy week this week... I'm already starting to fret about the logistics of getting to see Dirk :D (But I'm worrying about my hubby's aunt picking up the boys from school and all that!)