Quite A Night Last Night

We had storms tear through here. I don't know if we had tornadoes in our area or not, but there was a ton of rain, lots of lightning and thunder, some small hail. We had some more storms this morning, and a chance of them throughout the day. I don't know when I'll get to take my shower...hopefully after I'm done updating online.

We took my mom down to the E.R. because of a fall she took a few days ago. She noticed some bruising on her foot, and my sister asked that we take her to get looked at. The doctor said she might have a sprain, and said that she should stay off her foot as much as possible. Otherwise, she's fine. Thank God for that!

And as we were getting her in the door last night, the outer door was busted. Actually, it was already busted, but now it's busted more than ever. Jeff took it off it's remaining hinges and Eric put it under the porch.

Jeff and I plan to go to Best Buy tonight, since we weren't able to go last night. I've discovered that the device keeps turning off the USB ports...and it does it at will. I uncheck the box where it says to allow the computer to turn it off to save power, but every time I restart the computer, I have to uncheck it again. I also still have to keep choosing the correct connection profile. This is extremely frustrating, and if they can't figure it out, I'll try to get a different model or another service altogether.

I plan to work on my Immortal Watchdogs: Kalaghata storyline, the Immortal Watchdogs timeline, and, if I'm feeling extraordinarily inspired, my storm story and my screenplay. At some point, I'll resume work on my faerie drawing, too...but not today. ;)

Have an awesome day!

Lois

Wild Weather...Good For Writing?

I could swear I heard some distant thunder this morning. The clouds have moved back in, and we have a flash flood watch. Our current forecast:

Right Now:
At 7:53 AM...National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated scattered showers and thunderstorms advancing east at 35 to 40 miles per hour through northeast Oklahoma. A line of strong thunderstorms extended along a line from Pearsonia to Hominy to Oilton to near Shamrock...which has shown the potential to produce strong winds and large hail. Through 9 AM...the line of storms will spread east into Washington ...Tulsa and eastern creek counties. This line will have the potential to produce damaging winds and large hail. Additional showers and thunderstorms will effect much of the area along and north of Interstate 44 during this time. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 10 AM cdt for a large part of northeast Oklahoma.

Today:
Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds becoming east 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

We don't live in Oklahoma, but we're not far from the Oklahoma border. I'm praying the wild weather will fizzle out before it reaches us!

Jeff and I are planning on going to Best Buy this evening. I hope the weather doesn't interfere!

Maybe all this weather will inspire me as I work on my storm story. ;) I may go back and delete what I've got so far...or I may just forge ahead and edit later. Yeah. That's likely what I'll do. :)

Well, that's pretty much everything that's going on here. It's not much, I know, but at least I can update about it! :P

Have an awesome day!

Lois

Writing Progress:

I worked on my screenplay a little. I only managed about half a page. I guess I just wasn't into it today.

Then I wrote a little in my storm story. I set my timer for half an hour and just started writing. I added 676 words, bringing the total word count to 7,329.

Then I revised my story notes for my Immortal Watchdogs: Kalaghata story. I've worked out Kalaghata's physical appearance, his strengths and weaknesses, where he's from, etc. Then I lined out what I've got of the storyline, so far, and printed it.

I'm about to let Eric use the device so he can update the Zune and do some job hunting. While I'm off here, I plan to work on Kalaghata's storyline some more.

Not too bad, considering I haven't written much of anything in days. :)

Anyway, that's my writing progress for today. Hopefully, I'll have more progress to post tomorrow, too.

Lois

Grrrr!!!

I swear! If my device were bigger, I could probably cook an egg on it! :/

And I think I lost my window of opportunity for an early shower. *sigh* Oh, well. I'll just take one later...as usual. ;)

And now to grab a bite to eat and fix my mom some breakfast...

I'm Back!

...I think...

Jeff and I went to Best Buy last night so I could get a new device. It's running hot just like the last one, and it keeps reverting back to that connection profile that doesn't connect. I'll be calling tech support today. If that doesn't work, we'll go back to Best Buy to see if someone there can fix it. I'm kind of wondering if it's a problem this particular model has with Windows 7.

I haven't been doing any writing or drawing. I've just been taking it easy. It's been nice...except for the many, many times I've wished for Internet access. I'm going to try to keep taking it easy, but I'm going to set a schedule for myself so I can still get some work done without pushing myself too hard like I was before.

I've begun reading Dream Chaser, by Sherrilyn Kenyon, and I absolutely love it! Not everyone would like this. It's modern dark fantasy. But I think it's great. :)

Eric's birthday was this past Friday. Chelsey's is this coming Friday. I don't know what we're doing for that. I'd like to get something for each of them, but I don't know what we can afford. Eric said he didn't want anything, so we didn't get him anything, but I still want to get something. I guess we'll see...

Well, I'd better hurry up and finish online so I can go take a shower. Well...not exactly finish. I still have a lot of e-mails to go through. I just need to finish posting, then I'll shower, eat something, and then finish up online.

Have a great day!

Lois

It's Showtime...At Least I Wish It Was.

Yesterday was so-so. It was cloudy and gray all day, then we had storms last night...or, to put it more accurately, some areas to the north and south of us had storms. The supercell that hit Oklahoma City came to our area, but we were spared the worst of it. Today is supposed to be mostly cloudy, and we have a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Our high is supposed to be 85°.

I finally got my Prince CD! :D I absolutely love it! It was well worth every penny I spent and every day I waited for it. I can't wait until I can order the movie on DVD! :)

I didn't get a lot of writing done, as you know if you read my writing progress post. I doubt I'll get much written today, either, but we'll see.

Jeff has a doctor's appointment this afternoon. It's a follow-up to last week's E.R. visit. I'll be going with him, and I plan to take the laptop in case I stay in the waiting room. I probably won't take the device, so won't connect unless there's Wi-fi there.

Speaking of Wi-fi, I'm seriously considering getting rid of AT&T. The device I have keeps reverting back to a connection profile that can't connect. I have to choose the correct profile every time I open the stupid software. On top of that, the connection is lousy a lot of the time. So, I'll be doing more research on other plans and see what I can come up with. If I disappear at some point this month, it's because I've canceled my plan and didn't have time to post about it (though it shouldn't be a problem to post about it first).

Anyway, that's about all that's going on here. We're all alive and well, and I hope you are, too! ;) Hopefully soon, I'll be able to catch up on my F-List.

Lois

Writing Progress:

Previous Word Count: 5,378
Saturday's Word Count: 420
Today's Word Count: 867
New Total Word Count: 6,665

Today, I've got my characters taking shelter at a motel off the main highway. Another storm is moving in, and it's not pretty.

Next time, I'll reveal who survives, who doesn't, and maybe add some other stuff.

For reference, here are the characters in this very brief excerpt:

Karan Malhotra: My main character, the young photographer
Samanyu Malhotra: Karan's older brother
Aesha Malhotra: Karan and Samanyu's mother
Avanti Chandekar: Karan's love interest (his ex-girlfriend, at this point)

Samanyu sighed. “I hope you know what you're doing.”

“I'll do whatever it takes to keep mom safe,” Karan said. He looked at Aesha and saw that she was watching him, a mixture of pride and sadness written on her face. “I mean it, Mom. Whatever it takes, I'll do it.”

“I know, Karan,” she said sadly. “That's what worries me.”

Karan glanced over at Avanti and saw her looking at Aesha with a look of concern mixed with pity. He watched her until she looked toward him, then he averted his eyes, unable to stop the surge of emotions he felt at the knowledge that she cared about his mother.