The whole world's still covered in snow but we haven't got any. I'm feeling a little cheated. There's some up the mountains but that's not the point. I want it on the ground when we walk Daisy. It's not fair. As if to rub it in, yesterday, on the way into town, we passed a snow plough headed up to the hills as we drove in and then again as we drove out. Bah. One day we'll get some.
Well, the book's coming on. The first draft of the outline is now done which is a good milestone to achieve. All that needs doing now is annotating it for the publishers and then sending it off with a couple of the completed chapters. I can't believe I made such a stupid mistake with the submission guidelines by reading the phrase "complete with notes" as "with complete notes" which cost me about a month. Still, never mind, lesson learned and it's all back on track. It's at an interesting stage where I've been adding bits that I was never sure of myself but have now researched and learned fully which fills in gaps in my mind. It's a lovely feeling when that happens and you get that penny-drops "Oooooohhhhhh, that's why that happens" kind of a feeling.
In other areas of life, my toe seems to be getting better which means that I can start getting back into doing some exercise. I suppose the lack of snow isn't all bad as the weather is currently cold but with bright blue skies and brilliant sun. This means that we can do much longer dog walks.
So, still trying to keep up my New Years Resolution of positive thinking (despite moaning about lack of snow!). This has proved to be challenging in the face of the wave of negativity that has reached us again from Sussex. It's so hard trying to ignore the gossip that is being spread about us by 1, possibly 2, poisonous little reptiles there. Quite how someone can tell everyone that you're their friend and can send a Christmas with comments like "Would love to meet up" and then tell the whole world made up stories like we've thrown our lives away, we've bankrupted ourselves (we haven't), we can't afford to use the phone (we can), and now the one that's made me really angry, we're not happy together (we are) and have relationship problems (we don't). It's very hard trying to be all Buddhist about it and remain calm and forgiving and I know I should really wish them kindness and light because they're clearly troubled. The trouble is, even though I've never been violent towards anyone, ever, the most satisfying way I can think of dealing with this is to go to the UK and smash a house brick in each of their faces. Its' all very well ignoring them and wiping them from our lives but it's not satisfying because they don't know they're being ignored. House brick is a much better solution.
Well, the book's coming on. The first draft of the outline is now done which is a good milestone to achieve. All that needs doing now is annotating it for the publishers and then sending it off with a couple of the completed chapters. I can't believe I made such a stupid mistake with the submission guidelines by reading the phrase "complete with notes" as "with complete notes" which cost me about a month. Still, never mind, lesson learned and it's all back on track. It's at an interesting stage where I've been adding bits that I was never sure of myself but have now researched and learned fully which fills in gaps in my mind. It's a lovely feeling when that happens and you get that penny-drops "Oooooohhhhhh, that's why that happens" kind of a feeling.
In other areas of life, my toe seems to be getting better which means that I can start getting back into doing some exercise. I suppose the lack of snow isn't all bad as the weather is currently cold but with bright blue skies and brilliant sun. This means that we can do much longer dog walks.
So, still trying to keep up my New Years Resolution of positive thinking (despite moaning about lack of snow!). This has proved to be challenging in the face of the wave of negativity that has reached us again from Sussex. It's so hard trying to ignore the gossip that is being spread about us by 1, possibly 2, poisonous little reptiles there. Quite how someone can tell everyone that you're their friend and can send a Christmas with comments like "Would love to meet up" and then tell the whole world made up stories like we've thrown our lives away, we've bankrupted ourselves (we haven't), we can't afford to use the phone (we can), and now the one that's made me really angry, we're not happy together (we are) and have relationship problems (we don't). It's very hard trying to be all Buddhist about it and remain calm and forgiving and I know I should really wish them kindness and light because they're clearly troubled. The trouble is, even though I've never been violent towards anyone, ever, the most satisfying way I can think of dealing with this is to go to the UK and smash a house brick in each of their faces. Its' all very well ignoring them and wiping them from our lives but it's not satisfying because they don't know they're being ignored. House brick is a much better solution.
