A month of October - October 23rd and 24th and 25th and 26th - Just days...

[byslantedlight]

...and by the time I got to the end of them and thought Oh-I'm-sleepy-but-I-must-post, my next question was but what about...? But here I am at last, so let's see what we've got!

Thursday was Bath day again, the third one, but for some reason it just wasn't happening for me, which was annoying - the writing group, I mean. I was there, but there wasn't much writing going on in my head. I blame myself for checking my email just before I went in, and there being a work email I didn't have time to deal with - I was all distracted... On the bright side, once I'd pottered around for some chores, I decided to go home and work, because I had a place to work at home and it was nice. *g*

Friday was... erm, can't remember. Work of course, and I got it all done, and... nope, it's a blank. Oh, dinner with K and J (landlords)! Very nice and chatty and friendly and all.

Saturday was more shopping than I'd meant to do, and going to try and track down Apparitions in my storage, only to realise that it was in a bag way at the back, underneath the bicycle and the shelves and the suitcase, and the... So maybe I'll have to stick to re-watching LC's Jack the Ripper instead. Although - that did make me think...

Sunday I decided would be an at-home day, a no-spending-money-day (okay, I may have ordered A Death at the Dioysus Club from Wordery online bookshop, but that doesn't really count... *g*) and hopefully a deciding-what-to-write-for-NaNoWriMo day. See, I think that part of the reason NaNo works for me is that for an entire month I'm absolutely allowed to be completely immersed in the world that I'm writing - everything else, work included, has to fit around that. So I'm not sure about my initial idea of finishing things up after all cos I'd be chopping and changing between worlds. But... then I remembered a story that I forgot to include in my list the other day, maybe because I've barely started it (except for the overall plot, which I do have) - my Victorian story!Remember that? I got tangled up in wanting to do lots and lots of research for it, when what I really need to do is write it. So maybe I should do that for NaNoWriMo, right? Plus - (thanks solosundance for posting it, cos I hadn't actually checked it out yet) how well does this year's banner fit a Victorian story?! So... I think maybe...yes. Probably. Cos if I finish Two Go Adventuring Again first, then I'll be not-fresh to start the third Pros story, and although I could have a go at a steampunk-ish original fic I've got bubbling in the back of my brain... well, Kenyon and Cross are rather like Bodie and Doyle in my head, and I figure that might be a good enough cushion to keep me comfortable with trying a historical story... The only thing like that I've done for years was also based on LC's Godley from Jack the Ripper, Towards Home, and I'm not sure that the time it was set comes through at all, really... eep! So I'm still a bit worried it might not work, but if I start getting my Victorian on this week, then by the time we get to the first of November I'll be all ready to go - right? Well, that's the plan... *g*

Okay, I'm rambling now, aren't I? *g* Oh - and my other plan (apart from the whole moving-into-the-annexe-at-the-end-of-November) is that I will rise to a challenge set me by Kiashi - "taking lots of atmospheric photos of all things pertaining to an "English winter". All I have so far is: But that's cos I didn't go anywhere atmospheric, and it's been a bit flat and grey in between the occasional touch of damp rain. It will get better, I promise!

Oh - and they've decided to turn the heating on for a bit in the evening - yeay, it'll hopefully just take the edge off enough! Though we're back up to 16C again tomorrow (my plan is to do laundry, cos the one thing they don't have here are tumble driers!) Right - I shall go and snuggle up with Sergeant Godley, I think... *g* Come to think of it, the book I'm reading for the R.I.P. challenge right now is set in Victorian times - I shall get on with it! And a new Mathey and Lynes book winging it's way here too - more inspiration. Yeay! I can do this, right? Kenyon and Cross for NaNoWriMo!

Comments

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Ooh yes, the banner does rather fit a Victorian story. See, it is written! Well, of course actually it's not (yet) because that's the whole idea but perhaps in a in-the-runes kind of way... /burbles.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yes! It is... almost-will-be-going-to-be-written! *admires burbles which sparkle in the light*

[(Anonymous)]

You made me smile - love the photo - very 'atmospheric' too.. = great start to the challenge. We're expecting 34 degrees today so am thinking I might try and get my daily 10 000 step walk along the foreshore out of the way before it really starts cooking the pavement. Sounds like a lot but I can do the whole thing in about 45 mins and it is all flat ground. I'm about to go home-hunting myself starting today[yay]. Need to move out of Chez-Bedsit and into something with a bit more space; where I can finally unpack and create something that resembles 'home' after a year spent living out of suitcases and boxes. Here's hoping....Kiashi

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It's supposed to be nice here today too - well, not 34, but 16C or so! In fact the sun is out and the birds are playing as I type! Probably the last decent drying day though, so I must try and get some washing done!

10k steps does sound like alot - but in a good way, and especially out by the sea. Bliss...

And house-hunting! Well, you know I've just been there, so I know just how you feel about living from suitcases and boxes (and a storage unit, in my case). Good luck with it - may you find a wonderful home! *g*

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for your kind wishes. As we both know searching for a 'right now' home, never mind a 'forever' home isn't easy. It is interesting that you mentioned having "the last decent drying day" for awhile; as yesterday our weather was perfect for that too. I hand washed a shirt and left it to drip-dry in the scorching sun, and barely two hours later it was done to a toasty turn. Seriously the walking thing is a doddle. The path I use is about to be renamed "Lover's Walk" after a centuary of being called that anyway and it is very popular with all ages and persuasions. I do feel a tad envious of all happy couples I see strolling hand in hand and I often imagine our boys going for a run along there, or a horse ride when the tide is out...[sighs longingly]... Kiashi

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Again, sorry - I've clearly lost all track of replies I should have made!

I think our drying days are long over here - one thing I do rather miss about Australia! I do like your idea of imagining the lads on your walking path, too. *g*

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Does everything stay that green throughout winter, if it doesn't snow? The grass looks quite lush in your photo.

NaNoWriMo is a huge commitment, good luck!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yup, it does! Well, to be fair I've not lived specifically here before, but it's usually pretty green over winter (unless it gets trampled down and turns all muddy, perhaps - but I'm expecting green. *g*)

And thank you! I failed NaNoWriMo last year, so I'm really hoping it goes well this year, because it's fab when you do do it!

[franciskerst.livejournal.com]

I loved staying in Bath thirty years ago. I was invited by an eccentric old bat who didn't know me at all (I met her in the streets, just asking for direction); she kept a very very strange and Dickensian curiosity shop and collected Teddy Bears among many other things of a less common nature. I regret I have lost her name and address. Is the shop still there? If the lady is still alive, she must be a centenarian now.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Sorry - my replies have got further behind again!

You sound like you had quite the adventure in Bath - I'd love to think that the shop is still here, but sadly I suppose not... I'll keep my eyes out, though!