The next chapter for editing was in 3 parts, several versions of each part and I puzzled over them for a while before realizing that I had already edited these chapters and that they were on my computer. Having already lost precious editing time to stupidity, instead I opened another writing project I hadn’t planned on working on tonight and got a good chunk of that done so while I didn’t do exactly what I said I was going to do, I at least got a little bit done so I am calling it a win and going to bed.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend!

At my gym, they have a large number of motivational posters on the walls. These are usually just general reaching your goal type posters and they also rotate them every few months/weeks (I am unclear on the system) so you aren’t staring at the same ones all the time.

There was one poster, however, that very specifically dealt with weight loss. It said something to the effect of (mind you, this poster hasn’t been up in like a year so I am totally making this up so it will be terrible): “You could be at home sitting on the couch right now but instead you are here working out. You are awesome.” I don’t think it specifically said you were awesome but the couch bit was totally there. Either way, you get the idea. The poster praised you for working out instead of sitting on your butt.

I’m kinda bummed that one got the boot a few rotations ago because I really liked it. Every time I saw it, and they had it right along the wall so you would see it as you were working out, I would say to myself, hell yeah, I am awesome for working out instead of sitting on my butt right now. Then when I was home sitting on my butt and I would debate going to the gym I would say to myself, heck yeah I am going to the gym because I am too awesome to be sitting on the couch like those other slackers.

It was a good motivational poster. It motivated me. I would have let it keep its job if I was the boss of poster rotation. Sadly I am not and I think they threw it out or something.

Either way, that poster is often on my mind in other ways throughout my life and today is one of those days. It is a Friday night. I had a long work week, I played video games all night, my husband is asleep. I could be asleep too.

But I’m not going to bed yet. Instead I am going to work on my book. I could be asleep right now but instead I am working on my book and that makes me awesome.

Heck yeah it does!

Trying to say “They don’t breathe oxygen,” instead I said:
“They don’t smoke English.” -Hillary

Playing Mario Kart:
Steve: He’s a corner cutting rat bastard.
Sam: Did Steve just call me a corn stuffing rat basthead? Is that something I would understand if I read more books?

“I ate so much, rotisserie chicken skin was actually oozing out my pores.” -Sam