Okay, so I should have hypothetically just taken a really long nap before work last night. Because it was a lot like the seventh circle of hell. And from what the other residents of the seventh circle had to say, it only gets worse from here out with the dreaded 'Back to School' season fast approaching which will hit several sections really hard like boys and girls clothing. Blah, blah, blah. Whatever.
I am hoping that with the whole 'Back to School' season that looking for other jobs will also get easier. I am, of course, still looking, but pickings are slim and my criteria is somewhat specific. We just keep plugging away at it, I suppose. I had honestly forgotten how exhausting retail work can really be and how grateful one should be to have a nice desk job. Ha, ha.
Also, surprisingly, the BF had made a nice comment on how he liked the exposition set up in the first novel. As he is a voracious reader, it made me feel really good --hesitantly, good --but good nonetheless. It kind of made me think of how much the first two books really need a thorough editing and a real focus on the split, which has bothered me for while --it seems so rough. Plus, it so adds to the plot issues of the first, as the conflict really doesn't show up until the first part of the now second book. Sigh. I gotta just really thing about it. Maybe tonight while I mindlessly put things on racks I will focus on a better break for them. Yeah, now we have something positive to focus on. Got it.
The security guard at work is a huge Twilight fan and is loaning me her copy of the first book so I can read it. Which is very nice of her and will give me kind of a backboard to bounce some ideas off of, as well as a comparable writing style and some stylistic examples which are, at this point, popular. So, after taking June off, I need to really jump back in and begin working again. Also, I have several story ideas I had written down that I need to actually start laying down some print on before they get cold and I can't resurrect them. In particular, the plots for the sixth and seventh series novels and that hot time travel plot line I kind of liked. So many ideas....And this does not include all the collages I'm putting together now that I have the materials.
Oh, and I think I'm bowing out of this years anime convention with the kids in November. They seem to have so much more energy and interest in it then I really do. This year D is making sister A --a Transformers kimono. Yeah, you heard me correctly. She has also been gathering things to make herself a steampunk kimono. Both of which I am sure will be splendid looking. Can't wait for the pictures. :)
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