Anne N. Mouse: Blog

Sometimes I complain about the amount of time I'm working... But I'm really glad to be working, making money, and digging out of the mess I got myself into.
Hopefully things will even out and I will be able to get to the point where I can do some writing (other than my blog here) so that we can all enjoy reading stories together!

3 weeks per month I'm expecting to get at least 48 hours a week. Yes I am putting money aside. It just took me a while to get caught up to the point where every cent I earned was not going out the door on emergencies.
On the writing front, I found one of my flash drives that is still working. It has some of the stuff (not all) that I have been working on for SOL, including an unpublished chapter of It's a Helluva Job, which I don't think I will scrap again, but until I get time to read through it I won't know what is there... :P
Not much other writing going on, though I do have some of the Outpost series downloaded for proofing. Not finding much, but I may repost some of them... Anyway, work is interfering with writing, as well as my drive time to get groceries, etc.

For those wondering, I have been unable to contact or find any info on the status of Kid Wigger. This is sad because his magnus opus Flight of the Code Monkey deserved to be completed. But as someone wisely put it elsewhere, We do not know if we have tomorrow, so it behooves us to do today!

At least, I'll be working 208 hours a month... Putting some back, but if someone kind had not donated a fair chunk this would be going to having teeth pulled. Bleah!!
Still car shopping, but getting closer, I think to at least a beater to drive for a year or so. The main issue? I live in country (or at least work there) that is known to get at least a little snow every year. So for many reasons (including having to be winched out last year...) I'm considering AWD or 4WD a must. This puts most cars out of my reach without getting the bank involved. I'd like to not do that if at all possible... But, I may not have any choice. $5,000 I think I can swing pretty easily, but $8,000? or more? Not so easy... And it would eat all my emergency funds to do it if I did....
So writing? Am I doing any?
Not appreciably. I'm sorry, everyone who is waiting for an update, but given the rate I'm working, and the miles traveled every week? I'm not expecting to start writing at all soon.

Overcoming obstacles can make a good story. That of course is a given. I don't know that I do well at overcoming the issues in my life that stand in my way so far as life success goes... In some ways I've lived by avoiding the struggles involved in overcoming various obstacles...
Sad but true. Mediocrity seems to be my life and name....