Long weekend randomocity

My attempts at drawing are a getting a little better.

Unfortunately, that doesn't mean that they are good--my initial efforts were bloody awful. I did manage to draw a coffee cup just now that kinda sorta looks like a coffee cup. For me, that's a minor triumph.

It's a long weekend for me--Monday is MLK Day, which is a holiday for us, and I'm taking the next day off, too, for a mental health day. I have some minor errands to run but other than that, no plans. I may watch the Inauguration on TV this Monday--I know at least one person who is actually going to be there to see it in person. She's promised to bring me a souvenir.

It's weird, now that I'm not trying to write anything ideas are coming to me again. Ideas I kind of feel excited about, that is. Today I've been thinking a lot about an idea for a fantasy novel that I may try to develop and see where it winds up.

For the record, I'm not a big fan of fantasy--I much prefer science fiction. But I think this is a pretty decent idea that would be worth going against my natural tendencies.

I'm calling it The Sorcerer's Daughter, and I've already attempted it once before and it sort of fizzled out. I didn't really work on developing it first that time, though--maybe now that I'm getting into it again I can come up with enough stuff to keep me interested in it.

And this may be the first of a series. I don't know yet.

For the most part I'm sticking to my new dietary restrictions, too--my glucose has either been right around 120 or so, or just a little high. Also lost some weight--I'm having trouble keeping my pants up. One of those errands I mentioned earlier is to get myself another belt.

Anyways, my life is rocking right along, I guess. Hopefully I'll be able to develop this idea into something I'll actually feel like working on.

Stay tuned!