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Sunny and cold
Jan. 20th, 2014 04:12 pmIt's so pretty and sunny out! I've decided I like snow that stays on the ground until spring because it throws the light around and makes it all much brighter and cheerier than if it all melted in between and was just brown. Of course...we are running out of places to PUT the snow. As I told my husband, we need the berm expansion pack... Unfortunately, the temperature started out around zero today and has been falling ever since, with the most wicked wind chill. I think we're down to -11 real, -36 wc? Brr! It's too bad--it looks so nice outside, and I sure wish we could go skating at the park, especially since today is a holiday and all. Ah, well--better luck in May? :)
Took a friend to the hospital today for a finger amputation. Worried about some old neighbors from Idaho, whose 6YO backed against a stovetop that was cooking, and set his shirt on fire, and now has severe burns on his back. He had skin grafts today, and...ow. The friend with(out) the finger is cause for worry, but she's an adult and hopefully this will prevent something worse. But the little boy, I just can't get out of my mind. He's the youngest of I think six kids, and I'm pretty sure it would be a lot harder to get through this if he didn't have every one of his siblings there to cheer him up and help him out. (And it was the 7YO who raised the alarm and the 12YO who put the fire out in the first place.) He looks a bit like my own 5YO and his next-older sister is a clone of my kids' cousin, so every time I see photos, it hits me like a parent. If you're into sending prayers for random children you don't know, little Cooper could sure use some.
Anyway, I'm very glad that everyone at our house is well (knock on wood!). When not worrying about other people in the hospital, I've been doing a series of critiques and also trying to revise my own stuff. I sent off my last crit today and my head is bubbling with things I've been learning. I think I need to find a book I don't need to crit, though--I need to relax for a moment in a story where I neither have to write nor edit it nor solve any of the plot issues the characters may have created, but rather, sit back and just enjoy someone else figuring it out. :) Then I'll be ready to hop back in and see what else I can do on my own book. I hope I can figure it out soon; I'm eager to write something new!
Took a friend to the hospital today for a finger amputation. Worried about some old neighbors from Idaho, whose 6YO backed against a stovetop that was cooking, and set his shirt on fire, and now has severe burns on his back. He had skin grafts today, and...ow. The friend with(out) the finger is cause for worry, but she's an adult and hopefully this will prevent something worse. But the little boy, I just can't get out of my mind. He's the youngest of I think six kids, and I'm pretty sure it would be a lot harder to get through this if he didn't have every one of his siblings there to cheer him up and help him out. (And it was the 7YO who raised the alarm and the 12YO who put the fire out in the first place.) He looks a bit like my own 5YO and his next-older sister is a clone of my kids' cousin, so every time I see photos, it hits me like a parent. If you're into sending prayers for random children you don't know, little Cooper could sure use some.
Anyway, I'm very glad that everyone at our house is well (knock on wood!). When not worrying about other people in the hospital, I've been doing a series of critiques and also trying to revise my own stuff. I sent off my last crit today and my head is bubbling with things I've been learning. I think I need to find a book I don't need to crit, though--I need to relax for a moment in a story where I neither have to write nor edit it nor solve any of the plot issues the characters may have created, but rather, sit back and just enjoy someone else figuring it out. :) Then I'll be ready to hop back in and see what else I can do on my own book. I hope I can figure it out soon; I'm eager to write something new!
