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Submitted ch 17 for posting.

Working on first revision for ch 18.

re-submitted ch 16 for corrections.

just sent second revision of ch 17 to editors for final check. It looks really good to me, but then I seem to miss a lot.

Started work on ch 18. Got most of it written out on paper, so only gotta type it up before sending to editors.

Just getting over a cold, but this cough I have is driving me nuts. It's not an itchy throat like normal, but phlem draining from my nose down the back of my throat and I start coughing until I either spit it up or pass out. Okay, I suppose it IS an itching issue, but not like a normal cough-cough.

TD

I know, I know. I haven't posted chapter 16 yet, but that's because I wanted to make sure the end of the final revision worked with the beginning of chapter 17. Unfortunately, RL has continued to throw me one curve ball after another (really, I need a bigger bat). Anyway, I'm polishing 16 for posting - probably sometime later today - and just sent 17 to editors for their red inks.

TD

edit: Chapter 16 has been submitted for posting.

I've been struggling with chapter 16 for several different reasons (not the least of which has been real life), but I've just sent a version to my editors to go over. Depending on their responses, I could be posting it as early as this weekend. Should the current version stand, then the next couple of chapters are only waiting to be typed up and polished. If I have to revise 16 again, I'm not sure what'll happen in the next chapters (yet).

Crossing my fingers, hoping for good news.

TD

I talked to CPS this morning. It turns out they weren't pulling the twins from their mother, but because of the original situation (that I was notified of by the twins older sister), they don't trust that my ex has the twins best interests in mind - which is contrary to everything I know about her.

To be honest, we haven't lived together in over ten years. I'm sure there are things about her I don't know, but when anything regarding the twins comes up, neither of us hold back any information. The call I got yesterday from CPS was for me to convince her to let me have the kids, but not because they were getting involved directly. The agent I spoke to said though that if they do get involved, I would receive a call immediately from them.

Basically, CPS hasn't decided what to do, and that is causing me stress only because I feel like I could get a call from them at any time and I hate being kept on edge like this. If they were to make a decision and act, that would be one thing, but that's not the case.

As it stands, donations have come in, my targeted goal has been reached. Thank you to everyone both who donated and who offered their sympathy. That money is going to sit tight in case I have to take off on this trip, even at a moment's notice.

TechnicDragon