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November 22nd, 2009

12:27 am - Mini NaNoWriMo day 21 I have written every day this month so far!!!!!! I am so proud of myself! Not only that I have never spent so much time working on one story. But the most amazing thing is that for this month I have written 6757 words this month alone!!!!!! And I started daily writing on October 7th. I wasn't so good in October and I have doubted my success at writing the whole month. As long as I can write on Thanks Giving day I think I will be able to do it. Ph and my goal was 6000 words for the month. Now I know that I have not written anything stellar or amazing and I know it won't be done for a while. I am hoping that my faithful reader will not be sad that I will set it aside in December. I think I want to do some silly fluff for a bit. I also need to do some concentration on the food blog I started for the family I really wanted one entry a week from us. I haven't gotten a post done since the 10th. Theya re in my head though. Well it time for all here to go to bed and not fall asleep on the couch. Current Mood: accomplished

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November 19th, 2009

12:03 am - Mini NaNoWriMo Day 18 Gosh I can't remember whn I last posted and I am too tired to look. Any way today was an odd day. Holly was sick, I worked a full day, then picked up Griffin who was tired crabby and there for with out reason, I came home ate fast and went to a school committee meeting. Cam back home chased Griffin to bed and Holly and I watched a little CSI:NY before I managed to chase her to bed. Oddly enough although I am not happy about it I managed to write 337 words. No more silly ninja story right now. May be later. It seems to have stalled out. Well off to bed now. Current Mood: drained

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November 15th, 2009

11:49 pm - Ninjas going where? Or Mini NaNo day 15 Ok I have slowed down with the writing. Anothe slim day at 111. I have jury Duty so I am hoping for some wait time in which I can write. We shall see. ( Do you think this could work? ) Current Mood: contemplative

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November 14th, 2009

10:55 pm - I was Sooo busy... Only 112 words today but It was a busy day. A very good day. I left the house at 8:30Am and got home just a few minutes ago got the littlest one in bed so 14 hours later I got to write.... I wait to post until tomorrow and I have a little more. Current Mood: tired

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November 13th, 2009

11:17 pm - Mini NaNoWriMo Day 13 More of the Ninjas or not First I have to say gee *THANKX* masahide for starting me on a ninja story...They may only be a back drop but...Now I have two stories going! yeah!?! ( Starting with fixing yesterday's ending typo because this isn't going to be porn....sorry? ) I hope I can write tomorrow. I am working, going to lunch and a movie and then playing games and eating pot luck dinner. Current Mood: bouncy

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November 12th, 2009

11:55 pm - Ninjas part 2 or Mini Nano day 12 Today was a day of kvetching and whining. So I didn't get to fun writing until late. Thursdays are no fun as it is. ( Cut for thoes who don't want to read about a corset and motion ) Night All Current Mood: apathetic

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01:01 pm - Thoughts on Health care I have often said I have really good health care. I do but it doesn’t mean that I don’t get frustrated. Today is a prime example. Lets give you a bit of history here. My family gets it care through an HMO. yes that means we need to go to their docs and see them. These docs are salaried not bay patient they have set hours and for the most part are happy with their jobs. This shows in the docs we see they listen take their time and ask questions. They are not afraid to give referrals. They like to. When we need to see a specialist it is at the University of Wisconsin Health centers. These are pretty much all top notch docs. People come from all over the state to see them. and there is the problem. back in July we noticed that Little Griffin’s eyes were crossing unevenly when he was looking at things closely. By that I mead at normal book closeness to much closer. It was dramatic and a bit unnerving. But it didn’t seem to bother him. So since we had a 5-year-old check up scheduled and no other symptoms other than muscle problems were observed we didn’t worry. Or at least tried not to. So Bill took him to his Doctor appointment at the end of August and his primary saw it too and said he needs to see an ophthalmologist but she wasn’t worried. She made the referral. No muss no fuss. That is where the cleanness stopped. We waited for the paper to arrive in the mail. I called the number and discovered they gave me the wrong number. After a few transfers I got the appointment desk at the correct clinic. The soonest we could get in was February. The nice guy on the phone suggest that I call his pediatrician. And that we may get in earlier. So shortly there after (I had to jump through a few hoops to be able to email her). I got an email back from her saying that her nurse was on it and would be calling us shortly. We got a message on our voicemail that she had made an appointment for him for November 11th at 2:10. It was sooner still further out than I wanted but sooner. Skip forward until November 10th. I had the day off. I realized at 4:00 I had not gotten a reminder call from the clinic. I thought that odd as every other clinic we have had a kid at calls 2 days before. So I grabbed the referral that I had written the real number on and called. They looked Griffin up and his appointment was scheduled for 11/11/10. A year off. Someone had messed up. So the nice guy on the phone kept me on the phone while he wrote a long message to the co-ordinator. He asked what number to call and since Bill is the keeper of the kid’s appointment calendar . I had them call him. Meanwhile I was emailing Bill with the details. I was hardly off the phone with them when Bill called me and we talked about it. Shortly after that Bill got a call asking “what happened” (good thing I didn’t wait to tell him. So I was hopeful that we would have resolution and Griffin would have an appointment very quickly it was after all their fuck up. So on November 12th they called back with a January 5th date. each of these three appointment have been scheduled with the same doctor. The did tell Bill that they way over book the doctor and that this was the best they could do and Griffin was on the wait list. Here are my questions. 1. Is there an earlier appointment with a different doctor there are 5 there after all? 2. Since they Fucked up shouldn’t they be working really hard to get him in NOW? 3. Why is it that specialty clinics for pediatrics so over booked? Where are all the Doctors that want to work with kids working? 4. Would it be wise for me to get him into see one of the optometrist fist at this point to check other things out? 5. There is only one other place in the Madison Area that has Pediatric ophthalmologist. Are they just as booked up and can I get in there? Could we get that covered? In the end is this not some of the basic reason that there need to be health care reform? I am not talking Health insurance reform but actual care. ***UPDATE Griffin's Doc had her Nurse call the Ophthalmology clinic and she tried hard to get a change and called me on my cell phone to apologize for not getting a better date. She also left a message on my Home phone. 20 minutes after she left a message on my home phone the Clinic called with an appointment for December 18th! with a different Doc.***** Current Mood: aggravated

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November 11th, 2009

10:57 pm - day 11 of Mini Nano and it's Ninjas! Thanks to masahide and elanurel I took a break tonight. 430 words ofpossible Ninja fun. ( Enjoy if you wish ) Current Mood: chipper

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November 10th, 2009

10:08 pm - Day 10 and I hit a wall and it hurts. So now what? I have no Idea some needs to happen an odd something for all the movers to see but nothing too obvious. Explainable. only 254 words before i hit this wall. OK people I need some hauntingly good ideas of what happens. If you want to see the rough draft up until the writing wall it is here:http://vickiswritingbetaplace.blogspot.com/2009/11/parts-one-and-two.html Current Mood: frustrated

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08:41 am - HAPPY BIRTHDAY To my dear sister yonica Current Mood: chipper

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November 9th, 2009

10:49 pm - day 9 324 words just fell out of me. I had to find a floor plan I think I have one and it helped. When you are writing about a house it is important. I am hoping to get some editing done tomorrow or something like that. Well I need to get to bed. thanks for all the support guys. Current Mood: pleased

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November 8th, 2009

09:43 pm - Mini NaNoWriMo Day 8 I still have a bunch of ideas for my story that I was supposed to be done with rattling around my head. But even writing this is hard. Writing is never "easy" for me I am too much of a perfectionist to like anything I write. Today it it seems worse. It could be the back pain, It could be the 3 hours in a chlorinated room. I could even be that I have not had any tea today. Any way it was hard and so is this. Well I did get 207 words down I don't think it is what I want but I can now use a bit I wrote just for character development. At least there is that. Current Mood: drained

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November 6th, 2009

10:45 pm - Writing..... My head has a million pieces of ideas in it and I can get them out on to the key board and into my computer in any smooth fashion right now. I managed to get 209 words out. Most of my problem is pain and I wont bore you with the details. I am hoping that I will return to my exceeding expectations tomorrow and maybe even do a bit of editing. That would be fab right? I am shortly off to bed. Good night all. Current Mood: tired

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November 3rd, 2009

10:39 pm - MiniNano Day 3 370! - and I kind like this... * OK here is another part to the story one with a bit of the zinger but not too much other action* The morning is chilly for March. We have turned down the heat in the apartment to prepare for the mover to come and get our belongings for the short trek to our house. I am perched on the arm of the couch holding an old mug full of hot tea trying to inhale the steam to warm me. My husband has taken out daughter to daycare for the morning. She didn’t want to go. But we have promised that as soon as the moving truck is at the house we will go get her. But for now I am waiting for them to arrive, alone. I breathe in the steam in soak up the quiet. Surrounded by boxes. I cannot get comfortable or relax. Not that I really want to. I feel the pressure of time right now. I wan to leave this small crowded apartment. The packed and stacked boxes make the feeling more urgent and tight. The time although slowly moves my mug slowly cools and empties. I start to consider what I can stuff into my own car to start the move without needing to wait longer. I slump back into the box behind me and sight loudly to break the silence. “Hello, Ma’am” questions a voice, starling me. It has come from from the other side of the boxes I have slumped against on the couch. I sit up and peer over the box. A large burly man with a hand truck is standing in the open door way. “Ummm Hi?” I enquire back. “I’m Rick I’m from the Ver River Moving Company. You husband let me in. He said he was going down to the storage area. to get the bikes. I take it you were tired of waiting. I didn’t think we were late. My crew is outside.” “Oh, No your not it is just the anticipation” I reply feeling the blush of embarrassment creep up my cheeks, “Ok, everything is labeled. Let me know If you have any questions. You can use the patio door if that will help.” “So you bought ‘The House at the Bottom of the Hill’?” he says conversationally. “I was wondering is anyone would buy that place again.” 370 words! Current Mood: pleased

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12:13 pm - Productive and I napped! MiniNano day 3 So I got the kids to school on time fed and appropriately clothed with very little complaining! I consider this a win since I am usually still in my PJ's chasing Holly out the door at 8:20. (Griffin needs to be in his classroom at 7:45) So I still don't have my car back to today and it looks like I might get it back tomorrow if I am lucky. I got laundry and Dishes done and about 228 productive words written! I hope to write more today but I need to pick up Griffin's meds, work for 4 hours, pick up Griffin, make sure the kids are fed, take Holly to swimming, get food for the rest of the week, and get both kids home and in bed at a reasonable hour (did I mention Holly needs to do some home work). Off I go driving Bill's car...sigh Current Mood: busy

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November 2nd, 2009

10:14 pm - Bigger plans than I could manage today... I made and exceeded my word count 383 word (yeah) but it really did not advance the story. (Boo) It did some good character building (yeah) It wont' be in the story as a whole (boo) Does it matter that I don't like it much? I can fix it when I get distance right? Ok Not posting it. Had hoped to get some editing of the rest of the story done tonight but nope. Kids are not sleeping well for about 3 definite reasons. Current Mood: discontent

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November 1st, 2009

04:24 pm - Day 1 of MiniNaNo.... This is continued from here. The light of the day has dwindled into a pale evening. As we drive up the hill away from our newly purchased house the fine streaks of daylight in their oranges red and purples begin to embrace the sky. The moon is just visible in the grey sky. A full moon. My husband incline his head toward me. “You know there was a couple times that I could have sworn the cats were already in the house today.” he says “What do you mean” “Well I’d see a tail, or something, disappearing around the corner but when the mop bucket tipped over I could have sworn I even heard cats scampering away.” “Really?” Although I had some of the same feelings I don’t admit it. “Well, I bet you are just so used to cats being around that your brain is playing tricks on you. Seeing and hearing what you expect.” We laugh about this and pull into the small parking lot to pick up our daughter. Her sweet 3-year-old face lights up to get both Mommy and Daddy picking her up. “Do I have a backyard now Daddy?” She asks as she jumps up into his arms. “Yes and we will go see it in the morning sweetie now we need to go back to our old place and get ready for the movers to come and get our stuff in the morning.” Our apartment feels small and crowded especially after the large empty house. It is warmer and still feels firmly of home. Tonight is for packing and Pizza very little left to do. The alarm goes off with extra urgency and very loudly. I open my eyes to see it’s face blurred barley 2 inches from the end of my nose. I takes me a moment to realize that I am sleeping on the mattress on the floor as everything else is stacked boxed and dismantled. the small box that the clock sits on is almost the same height as the mattress and I have curled up very close to the edge. I often try and get as close to the alarm clock as I can when the next morning is full of exiting promises. I slap the button on top of the clock giving the My mind races through the day a head the movers are coming. We have so much to do. I can hear my husband still breathing the long relaxed breaths of sleep. The temptation to let him rest and stay in bed for the next hour rises in me but with the excitement of getting our belonging ensconced in out new home triumphs and I sit up putting my feet on the floor. I feel the stiffness that has settled in from yesterday’s hard work. My right hand hurts the most. between washing down everything down and the signing of my name what felt like several hundred times. I massage my right hand relieving some of its ache but adding to the ache of the left. As I switch I marvel at how relieving pain can cause pain else where. 520 words More here. Comments and questions very welcome!(but screened) Current Mood: accomplished

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October 31st, 2009

06:20 pm - Mini NaNoWriMo Back on October 8th I debated joining mini_nanowrimo. I did and so will be doing that this month alone with elanurel, embroiderama and many many others. I have some definite trepidation of my ability to make my goal daily. It is only 200 words a day and this post is 240ish words so it sounds like it should be doable. There is 2 extra obstacles this month though. Starting right away is Bill leaving tomorrow to go to Denver (may be he’ll get to see elanurel and masahide if they are up to it and his schedule and car pooling make it possible). He’ll be gone until Wednesday night (as long as he makes his flight and there is no sneaky weather that stops). So anyway one of the things I will be working on a ghost story that I have written to parts of. I would love your help with direction from this point. I have two parts written roughly they are here and here. At this point I am referring to them as part one and part three. I would love prompts with questions on direction, tone, character and such. This won’t be my only writing I will work on for November this is just one short story. You can comment here, email, or message me through LJ. Unfortunately you won’t be able to comment unless you are one of the privileged few see my October 8th post for details. Thanks in advance! Current Mood: contemplative

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06:19 pm - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to elanurel and masahide Current Mood: nostalgic

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