One Dream After Another

OMG, I can't remember the last time I dreamed as much as I did last night. It was amazing, astounding...the good kind of dreams that make your sleep deep and restful and makes your brain wake up with a million ideas and the exciting, exhilerating feeling of being alive again. (Or, maybe almost alive, cause I did sleep a little late and I'm having trouble actually waking up.)

I had so many. No bad ones. All quite pleasant and intriguing.

THREE about characters from my novels, which is a surprise in and of itself. All revolving around the same basic theme, but from different POV's and with slightly different results.

The kinda cool part is that, while it didn't really mimic what I've been writing, the basic theme of the dreams was a result of what I'd been writing a few days ago.

Wow, brain's slow if it was just now picking up on it, huh?

I dreamed of having a house with FIVE bedrooms, too. Man, I could certainly live with that!

There were more, some I remember, some I can only see snatches of.

But, the results are positive. Usually, nights like that help some with recharging my dying brain cells.

If only I had a few more days off work, I might be a real person again. :)

At least this reassures me that my brain probably CAN be recharged and isn't a lost cause after all.

Do you folks ever have dream nights like that?

What was the last really GREAT dream you had?

Pleasantly Surprised

I decided to go back and add up my word counts for the weekend. I didn't have a gangbusters weekend, but by the end of last night, I felt that maybe I was working my way back into a normal place.

I discovered that, for the entire weekend, from Friday night through last night, I wrote 7,783 words, which is actually more than I expected.

True, I used to write than many in one day, but I'm feeling pretty good today, so maybe those days aren't far away.

Granted, it's really, really hard to get in a massive amount of words with the commute and the current job, but at least I'm going to make my word count goal for the month. After not making it for three months in a row, I think it is, that's going to please me lots.

I even have a few words written this morning. But, I really have to go now, or I'm going to be late to work.

Sometimes...

I'm confused and useless and filled with dreams that will never come true.

Sometimes, I have many questions, but no answers.

Sometimes, I want to talk, but there's no one there.

Sometimes, I wonder...why?

HUGE

And hauling ass!

BIG spider.

Runs down the wall.

Kitty Kero really wants it.

Oldest son taking it outside.

BIG spider!

BIG.

Ick.

Aw, Man...

Bug in my soda. :(

It's that time of year.

It's hot outside and the bugs move indoors.

Bleh.

Words Without Whining

Kids have let me whine. Daughter has given me a hug.

No more whining for tonight.

But, I do have crappy words. (Ooops...I said no more whining.)

Out of the Darkness

1,039 words today

146,627 / 125,000 (117.3%)

Monthly Word Count Goal Progress:

30,640 / 31,000 (98.8%)

2006 Word Count Goal Progress:

259,404 / 1,000,000 (25.9%)

So...unless something drastic happens tomorrow, it looks like I'll make my monthly word count goal.

No comment on the annual one. I'm still cautiously optimistic that I'll get my groove back...at some point. (Please let me get my groove back at some point!)