Calmly Questioning

I went back for my blood pressure check today, just to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and it was...116/80. How weird is that? I got rather..not upset, but excited, I suppose, and the nurse took it again and it had gone up to 145/90! Just like that, within a minute! So strange. I'm not going to see the doctor for a week, until after the CT scan, but I have to wonder; Is it hypertension if your pressure only goes up when you're excited or anxious? What's up with that? Dammit, I hate not knowing these things. I have no idea what the doc can possibly do about pressure that fluctuates like that. Or if there is any need to do anything at all. Maybe I should start doing Yoga. Or at least learn to stay calm. I'm a pretty 'jump off the walls' kind of person though, so I don't know about that.

So anyway, I don't know just yet whether I should be happy and relieved, or not.

I finally got to watch Shooter tonight, and liked it. I always like those shoot 'em up action movies, so I figured I'd like it.
The Last King of Scotland didn't impress me much, except for the fabulous acting by Whitaker, who I think is just amazing.
I enjoyed Apocalypto, though it was a bit cheesy in parts. I don't mind cheesy, as long as it entertains me and keeps my mind off serious things. That's why I watch movies. Entertainment value! If it's dry and bores me, or is unimaginative, then I don't see the point in wasting my time.
I'm such a sap--I can't even make myself watch Peter Jackson's King Kong because I know how it goes, and I just don't want to see the poor gorilla die! And I have it here, but each time I start to put it in, I'm like...oh, I'll watch it some other time. I don't want to be sad ;)

I didn't write anything at all today; I needed a break and had such a busy day that I figured today would be my day off. Tomorrow, I'll make up for it.

Goodnight, to anyone who might actually read this...

Tests and Novellas

Doctor today; I suddenly have high blood pressure. Doc is sending me for a CT scan. It's weird, my blood pressure has always been textbook perfect, and now this? It wasn't high back in the day when I smoked. I don't drink, do drugs, eat really terrible foods...maybe whatever is making me feel sick lately has pushed up the BP.

Anyway, lots of blood work results to wait on, CT scan probably will be scheduled tomorrow, and I go back tomorrow and Saturday as well to have my pressure checked to see if maybe today was just a fluke. Then back to the doc in a week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I haven't written tonight on the book, but...I have started a novella which I hope to be able to finish in a couple of months along with my book, because there is a contest. So, I'm going to be working on two books simultaneously, because getting my name out is an important thing and I'm not going to pass this chance up.

There hasn't been an opportunity yet for me to get Shooter, so tomorrow night I'm going to get and watch that movie and have Subway while I'm watching. That seems so relaxing to me, a treat.

God knows I need to relax.
I'm turning in early tonight, so...
goodnight everybody.

Logic, or Lack Thereof

Ten pages tonight. I'm happy. It's just a great day when the story is still flowing.
I get scared; Sometimes I'll go through a phase where I cannot possibly ever write another word; I'm dry. And I'm sure that's just the end.
But of course it isn't. I always come out of it.:)

I find the best things to get me going again are putting in music, and just opening up the file and writing. If I make myself write something, then eventually, the good stuff comes and the words flow, once again. Also, writing sites. I enjoy reading writers blogs and tips, as well as reading their 'when I was first published' stories and other things they have to say. :) It gets me in the mood!

Some days I get so beat up emotionally by all the horror in the world that I like nothing better than to lose myself in my book.

Tomorrow I visit my doc for the first time in forever. It's way past time for a checkup and I need to have this dizziness checked out. Even though I know it isn't logical, it seems to me that a visit to the doctor is sure to bring bad news. If I ignore it, it isn't there.

I'm not a medicine taker either, oh my no!! I'd rather chew nails. I had a severe allergic reaction to Penicillin when I was a small child, and I think some part of that traumatic event stuck with me and caused my reluctance to chance that happening again.
But sometimes meds are necessary evils, and I take them. ;) On the plus side, I am so unused to taking anything, even antibiotics or OTC pain relievers that when I do, they really work quickly and well.

I'm thinking of getting a graphics tablet. I saw one recently at slickdeals.com for a great price, but passed it up. Now I regret it. Anyway, I'm keeping my eye out for a good deal on one, and this time, I'm snatching it up.

Well, time to get off here, after I make some last minute rounds.
Goodnight...

Muse and Music

I've been writing off and on nearly all day. The muse is alive and well and so is my mp3 player, which helps me write. I need music when I write.

Speaking of which, for those of you who don't know, Pandora.com is wonderful site. I often plug in to Pandora when I'm writing. I have a few stations there which I've loaded with the types of music I like. It's always different for me. And that's just perfect.

Pandora.com is trying to keep internet radio alive and well so if you'd like to visit and read up on ways you can help, please do so. I would hate to lose sites like Pandora. Wow. I sound like an advertisement.

Shooter is out today. I'll rent it soon, maybe this weekend, because against all thoughts to the contrary, I started to like Mark Wahlberg. He's really a good actor. And I'm due for a good DVD movie:)

I'm going to take a break from writing now to watch Kathy Griffin. Despite the way it sounds, I don't watch a lot of TV, I really don't!

I'm approximately halfway through my book. I'm going to do some drawings of my heroine's world and some of the secondary characters while I'm watching Kathy. I'm also going to start on a pronunciation key. My son has the specifics of my Heroine's world and is making a very nice map for me. I have my own crude map, but the one he is making is amazing and lovely.

Off for now! I may be back later to write about some more stuff, or I may call it a night on the writing front.
Goodnight all ;)

Writing and Watching and Waiting, Oh My!

Feeling good today, but have an appointment with the doctor on Thursday just to be checked out.

I did five good pages tonight! Five pages might not seem like a lot, but I am happy to have gotten that many. Eventually I am sure I will up my daily quota to a lot more than five, but I always do at least three. Every day.

Now I feel like doing nothing other than curling up on the bed and watching those old reruns of Three's Company that are on right now.

I am anxiously looking forward to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Last book. I will miss those books! I'm sure I'll reread them a few times, just as I rewatch 24. I have fallen in love with Kiefer, seriously:) I didn't watch this season of 24 on tv; I wait for the DVD box set, buy them, and watch them in marathon weekends. With lots of pizza and diet coke!

Maybe some of you remember or were fans of La Femme Nikita. I so loved that show, watched it religiously. I was broken hearted when it ended and in such an awful way. Oh don't get me started about that one! I keep waiting for Pita Wilson or Roy Dupuis to make an appearance on 24. Roy was such an incredible Michael.

Anyway, enough talking about TV. Off I go to watch. Or not.
Goodnight, guys.

Dizzy Broad

So yesterday I was ill; I had a headache from hell, nausea, and the thing I hate more than the headache and nausea put together--Dizziness! Ugh.
I am feeling better today, but will go to doctor to check it out anyway. Dizziness is not fun, especially at the level I was experiencing it. Now I'm behind on my book, on emails, and every other thing I didn't get to do yesterday. It's amazing how one...okay, two days out of commission can set a person back.
I'll be fine as long as the dizziness stays away.
Still not feeling like being on the puter, so this is going to be a short one.
I am going to go lie down and watch HGTV.
My life is just one big thrill after the other, I tell you.
G'night.

Getting Things Started

Sigh, after one in the morning already...
When I finally get enough time to sit down and blog, it's late and I'm tired, but so far, although it's only the second night, I do look forward to it!

I didn't get to write much of my book today; I did write a little, but after I finish this blog, I'm going to do more. If I don't, I'll be unhappy. Then, sleep at last. Now that, I look forward to! ;)

I've also decided to put some of my fantasy art online. Maybe it will generate some interest. So many things to do, so little time in which to do them.

My tomato plants have little green tomatoes on them; they aren't looking great, those plants, but they are coming along. I have clay soil and lack a green thumb. I love being in the garden, I'm just not real good at caring for it.

My dad cut me some honeysuckle vines a few days ago when I was at his house. I brought them home and stuck them in a mason jar of water, and they have been giving off the most heavenly scent. I bought a honeysuckle vine of my own to start, from Lowes, and every day I go out there by my privacy fence and urge it to stay healthy. I want honeysuckle in my yard. My dad said that when Fall is here, I can come back and he'll pull up some with roots for me to plant. He is afraid that if he does that right now, they won't grow, it being so hot. So this Fall, I'm going to get a lot of them. I wanted to start a pumpkin patch as well, but it may be way too late for that.

Another thing I want is to get a tree that won't grow very big, to put in my backyard. I don't have a huge backyard, but I do so love trees. I just don't know what kind to get, really. Feel free to clue me in, if you have any ideas.

I'm listening to Damien Rice's 9 Crimes. Love it. Love him. And Lisa Hannigan, who accompanies him, is just excellent.

I'm off then. Goodnight, reader. :)

First Time

I've finally decided to do a blog. I'm not sure what I'll write about, really. I'm sure this will end up being a regular hodge-podge of a blog! I do like to write, after all.

Speaking of which, I've begun yet another book. Have I been published? No. Have I tried to get anything published? Nope. But when I finish this book, I'm going to try.
I do know how hard it is to break into the writing world. I know it's a long, tough road. But why not? I have the time. I have the inclination. I hope I have the talent. So...why not? Writing is something I do.
On this latest effort I am one hundred and thirty eight pages in. I think the hardest part will be the editing of this first draft. I am going to have to learn patience.

I read everything. Well, okay, not everything, but I do read a lot of different things and have since I was a very small child. Back in those days, I adored Nancy Drew. I also read Gone With The Wind in elementary school, and a book about a POW that I've often wondered about but can't remember the name of, or who wrote it.

These days I read, for the most part, Kim Harrison, Laurell K. Hamilton,(and please don't post anything rude about Laurell or her books here. Seriously, there's enough of that online) Kelley Armstrong, Robert McCammon, and Stephen King. Swan Song is my favorite McCammon book, The Stand and the Dark Tower Books are my favorites from King. I loved the Dean Koontz book, Intensity and Sena Jeter Naslund's Ahab's Wife. Variety is the spice and all that.

Goodnight everyone. I enjoyed my first time and hope it was good for you. Or at least, I hope you didn't fall over and crack your nose on the puter when you fell asleep from sheer boredom. ;)