Spent most of the day yesterday getting a query letter, synopsis, and the first three chapters in the shape this new publisher wanted them in, then I sent it off. Now I have to wait 6 to 12 weeks before I should hear back from them. I'm still getting the manuscript itself all "tightened up".

I just finished working on the manuscript, but I'm not done yet. Kent is working. Heather had a follow up meeting on a job and is now in her Wednesday meetings. She thinks she'll be home around eight and Kent works until ten.

Today is trash day I've gathered some of it and plan to do the rest this evening. Someone can carry it out to the curb for me.

Catch up time again.

Saturday: We (Heather, Mark, and I) went to Sharon Woods for a tram ride and a walk through the park to the pond. We saw flotillas of ducks and geese. Kent was at work. We had invited Mark to stay for dinner since he and Heather had plans for the evening. They were working at the Picnic with the Pops presentation. I didn't get laundry done or much of anything else.

Sunday: Kent went to work. His hours are early (6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.), so most of the time we all get up at 5:30. I am ready for a nap about the time he is getting home from work. I worked on the manuscript that I am getting ready for peddling to another publisher.

Today: I had a real reason for getting up early today besides Kent and Heather getting up. Monday I take a pill for osteoporois. You have to do it on an empty stomach, sit or walk around for at least an hour and drink 8 ounces or more of water. Then I have another pill that must be taken on an empty stomach every day for my thyroid, so an hour after the first pill I take this one. Around nine I take the rest of my morning pills that have to be taken with food.

I worked some more on my manuscript. It's just about ready to throw out there to a publisher.
Heather had a job interview this afternoon. She thinks she'll be hired.

Heather is with some friends of hers for dinner and a jam session. A mutual friend had come to town from Michigan. Kent is home from work and has tomorrow off. Maybe we can sleep in to 7:00 a.m.

It's a little cooler out there today. It's raining which is helping. Being a gloomy day none of us are real gung ho about doing anything.

Birthday boy spent the night with us. We had cake and ice cream here to celebrate his special day last night. I made the cake (from scratch) and Heather made the icing (from scratch) and she decorated it with gum drops. We even had candles that we put on the cake and we sang "Happy Birthday" to him.

Kent is off today and will work tomorrow and Sunday. That's all I know of his schedule at this time. He felt that he did a good job yesterday...his first day at the station.

Kent got to his new job okay. We were all up at 6 a.m. I told the cat it was her fault that we were all up, because she looked confused. Normally she wakes me up so I can feed her and everyone else sleeps on. That was not the case today. She got up on the bed and was standing on me when Kent peeked in on us. Heather got up so she could take him to work. That was when Jane (the cat) looked at me, then Heather, and out in the hall where Kent was. I told her she did a good job getting everyone up and would she please stop standing on me so I could get up. She didn't, of course, so I had to move her. Long story short: Kent got to work, Heather got home and went back to bed, I got up and fed the cat. I am still up.

Want to mention a "Happy Birthday" to Brian! YAY!

It's another hot, muggy, day here with bad air quality...so what else is new? I'm here by myself for a couple of hours.

Heather took Kent to his orientation for the new job. They are planning to go to the library to return books, DVD's, and CD's that they had borrowed. Then Heather has her regular Wednesday evening "thing". Kent and I will be gathering trash, our regular Wednesday chore.

Brian will be over tomorrow for his "date day" with his mom. We're planning on having meatball subs, homemade french fries, and a vegetable of some sort. Tomorrow is his official birthday but the family won't be celebrating until the 18th with a cookout at his other grandparents place.

Saturday: We did our grocery shopping. We went to Big Lots for our non-edible needs (e.g. toilet paper, paper towels, and dishwashing soap. Next we went to WalMart for the majority of our food shopping and last, but not least, we went to GFS for bulk meat. All in all, it wasn't stressful and we accomplished what we set out to do.

Sunday: It was pretty quiet here. Heather brought a friend home with her in the evening to play Rock Band and Mahjong. They had a great time.

Monday: In the evening I became a brat and had a temper tantrum. This morning I realized it for what it was - it was depression. I went to bed after the tantrum (before 10:00 pm and I had just gotten up from a nap) and I slept until 6:30 this morning. This is pretty unusual for me. I just didn't want to do anything.

Today: I apologized to my daughter and grandson for being such a brat. I still am feeling a little depressed, but I'm trying to get out of that rut.

Surprise! A more speedy post.

Yesterday I went out to trim around the back of the mobile home. You should know that the backyard is narrow and sloped and I am not all that steady. I use a cane to get around and in order to do yard work I carry a few things to where I'm working (trash can for waste, bucket with hand tools, and a garden cart (seat). I had just started hand trimming when the neighbor behind me came up and asked me what I was doing. I told him trimming. He said that he would do it for me for nothing. He said he's always working in his yard which is large and it would be nothing for him to weed wack with his trimmer. I thanked him and carted all my stuff back inside. Thirty minutes later he was outside trimming...it took all of twenty minutes for him. I made a point to thank him again.

Heather got up and asked what my plans for the day were and I told her it was yard work but now I'd rather take a walk in the park. She, Brian, and Kent are going downtown tonight to see Red, White, and Boom. I declined because of the crowds and the noise. Anyway Heather and I walked half of the trail that connects Pickerington Park to Blacklick Woods Metro Park. It was a beautiful day and the trail follows Blacklick Creek lined with numerous wild flowers. As it got nearer to noon we returned home because it was getting hotter and begining to get harder for me to breath. Humidity and heat affects me that way.

I made chicken cacciatori for dinner and it was well recieved by the tribe. They all said they would eat it again.

We were all up late watching the movie UP and when it was over we all said we were hungry so a midnight run was made to Taco Bell for a snack. After I devoured my Cruchwrap I went to bed.