Cocooning

The above illustration was created for Illustration Friday. This week's topic: "Communication."

We've had a couple of relatively quiet weekends, which has been wonderful. I've done lots of reading and writing. My novel revision is turning into more of a rewrite than I expected (surprise surprise) so is taking me longer, but I'm very happy with the results so far.

I've been slipping into hermit mode lately; I'm sure it has something to do with the winter. All I want to do is burrow away into my office-cave, cocoon, and write. If I gave in to this tendency, of course, I'd end up as an anemic semi-comatose balloon, so I've been forcing myself to go outside at least once every day. Once I'm at the gym or out on a walk, I'm glad I'm doing it. The challenge is getting myself out the door! But I seem to be succeeding at overcoming my slothful inclinations; I've managed to get to the gym or other cardio-workout at least 4-5 times a week for the past few weeks.

I've gotten hooked on steel-cut oats in the morning lately. Quick-cooking oatmeal is tasteless mush in comparison! Dear lord. The only problem with steel-cut oats is that they take so long to cook, and I'm not the patient type. I've gotten into the habit of soaking them in water overnight, which vastly shortens the cooking time, but this means I have to remember to DO this the night before. It's worth it, though. Any other oatmeal fans out there?

Very much looking forward to our California trip. I'm bringing my laptop so I can do some writing every day, but also plan to do a lot of just hanging out with people. After the convention, Jeff and I be staying with friends (the Bohnhoffs, then Andrew and Jenny). We're also hoping to get together with some other friends (from university days) whom we haven't seen in a while as well. Unfortunately we could only take a week off; we have so many friends on the West coast with whom we would have enjoyed spending more time.

Also looking forward to California weather! It doesn't sound as if it's going to be HUGELY warmer than Toronto, but at least there won't be snow. I love snow, but it's always around this time of year I start getting tired of it. :-)

Link O' The Day

The squirrels in California are getting nastier! Thanks to Bruce for the link! (Bruce is one of the friends we're going to be seeing in California, yay)



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