When I was ready
to go to bed last night, this is what greeted me—a dog happily settled on my
bed and not inclined to move. We sat and loved together for a bit, but when I
started to pull back the covers, she hopped down. Sometimes if I get up in the
night to use the restroom, she hops right into the space I’ve vacated. On rare
nights, she’ll follow my suggestion to get on the other side of the bed, but she
never stays long. And usually just gets down. She’s not really a cuddly girl.
Don’t know what I’d do without her antics to keep me company.
Dinner tonight
with Betty at our standby place, the Tavern. Split a large filet of sole,
mashed potatoes and spinach—barely cooked with a little cooked cabbage and
Parmesan with it. Absolutely delicious. We had Christmas to catch up on, so lots
of chatter. She just had cataract surgery and is doing well, says the surgery lasted
maybe twenty minutes. She encourages me but not much since they say my surgery
will take a maximum of two hours. I would be so grateful to sleep through the
whole thing.
Work piled high on
my desk. Today I got back the copy edits on my next novel. A heads up for those
of you interested—Murder at the Bus
Depot, a Blue Plate Café Mystery starring Kate Chambers and her cast of
friends in Wheeler, Texas is scheduled for May 16, 2018. Fun to go back over
it, fixing things the editor caught and finding a couple on my own. The editor
posed a couple of thorny problems that I must work out, but mostly it’s sort of
tedious work, correcting typos and small usage problems.
And I’m still
moving along well on the untitled Kelly O’Connell Mystery I’m working on, eighth
in that series. Time to reread what I have and figure out where it’s going, but
I already have the next scene in mind—a biggie. And tonight, I promised myself
I’d get back to organizing tax information for my new accountant. Life is busy,
but not necessarily exciting. Then again, the prospect of a new novel is always
exciting, and it’s pretty darn good to work on one where the ideas keep coming.
Ice tomorrow? Tell
me it’s not so. Stay warm and safe.
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