Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Good morning, pigeons!

Hello, darlings!

I am so happy (SO happy) to be back!
Yup, I turned the rough draft in yesterday.
I've got a bunch of work yet to smoothe it out, but everything is in place.

Even the backmatter (bibliography etc.) is in shape,
because I used what I learned––the hard way––in college:
KEEP TRACK OF YOUR SOURCES.

It's in shape, but I'm not.
I'm going to the gym this morning for the first time in ages ...and I'm going to step on their scale.
I have a gruesome curiosity to see what the damage is--cd almost be a badge of honor.

There's another lesson:
IF YOU SIT IN A CHAIR FOR 4 MONTHS, YOU WILL TURN INTO A PUDDING.

The thing is, 4 months from now, me and my body are going to hit the Camino in Spain, and it sure will be easier to walk 500 miles if I've moved a bit beforehand.
Just to remind myself how it's done.

I used Facebook while I was writing The Book.
I liked it. For a while.
It was nice to take a break and chat, now and again.
But it began to feel like empty calories. I really missed you, my fellow bloggers, who dish up something more substantive.

Anyway, all these calories and all this inactivity lead me to ask,
"Will My Star Trek Uniform Still Fit?"from The Hostess

Now to bundle up and go outside. My jeans are so tight, I can barely squeeze them on over my long underwear.