Right now I am...

Waiting on the bottles so I can make the next round of nail polish and maybe make some income to help me Do Life Things.

Restarting a novel I was 12k words into, when I thought I was more like 3k.

Trying to decide what color I'll paint my nails today, because they've been naked for, like, two weeks since I peeled off my graduation color at the end-of-Rez party.

Feeling kind of crappy today because the weather is shifting again, storms coming from the other direction this time, and the air pressure getting all crackly in my ears.

Wishing I could afford a new bangle--it's been over a year since I could afford one!

Trying to figure out what new things I can put dirt into so I can grow some fall veggies in my porch garden.

Marvelling at how well that milk-crate compost thing works. It's been going for a little over a month, I just switched the top and middle crates, and it's already pretty gone to dirt on the bottom of the crate! And I didn't even chicken-wire it or cover it or anything.

Excited about the Tor.com Five Years of Stories ebook they're letting people download. Five years' worth of every story published on Tor.com. Brilliant! Some of my favorite shorts have come from there.

Avoiding cleaning my room.

Wishing I was napping with the cat.

Debating making some tea even though it's stupid-hot.

Wishing for fall, but knowing it'll be another month and a half, at least, before the heat breaks.

Looking forward to BLTs for dinner.

How about you?

Right now:

• I just took a very unsatisfactory shower (the thing broke and they only got it half fixed before the holiday), but I feel better anyway
• I have a horrible cold--sore throat, coughing, mucus, the whole deal
• I broke my favorite teacup while I was busy not sleeping last night because my arm was just enough asleep (when the rest of me wasn't) to affect my grip
• Mom replaced it with her antique Chinese tea cup from when we lived overseas, and it's lovely, but now I'm afraid I'm going to break that one, too
• Nasal irrigation is really gross when you have a head cold, but it helps so much
• I wish City of Bones was out already so that I can go see it right now
• Making nail polish has made my synaesthesia more noticeable; I'm always concerned about what color things are now, and it's a little weird, but also feels like I'm using my brain for the right things for the first time in a long time
• I had no less than five ideas for middle-grade stories series the other day; I've never written middle-grade. Now I feel the need to read a bunch of it to refresh my mind on how it works.
• I'm suddenly in love with the Rubaiyat poem structure; lets see if anything comes of it
• My feet are cold, but there's tea in my belly
• I've been having a melancholy week; this holiday season is off to a great start, mentally and emotionally (sarcasm mark)
• I can't wait until I get all my books up here and out of storage; I'm dying to reread some of them

Right Now

drinking water, even though I'd rather tea
appreciating being done babysitting for the day
watching Conan with Jennifer Garner and Tilly and the Wall
laughing because of Conan--he always gets me
eating Almond Joys
willing the day to last long enough for me to get rest before tomorrow!
waiting to go to the postoffice and mail my first sold nail polish set!
prepping to make more nail polish and launch a new line
opening to the wisdom of the Universe because I've been too closed off
sleeping hardly at all
remembering the ToDo list
brainstorming serials I could write for the writing blog
wearing tanktop and skirt, the at-home uniform
considering going to sleep early
making a mess with my micas
feeling headachy from the weather changing
getting tired!
loving life a little more every day I get to do something I like
having less than I need but more than I had
listening to the TV over my shoulder
crying no more
turning to look at the Cloud Atlas trailer
acknowledging that I still have a lot to learn--about everything
flipping my hair
enjoying possibilities I didn't have before
thankful for those same possibilities
joining the world again

(Taken from one of Elise Blaha's "Currently" posts, with much appreciation!)