Status Report for May, 2025
Jun. 2nd, 2025 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tuftearsRe: my last report, I wound up with Trader Joe's chicken enchiladas for Cinco de Mayo, but made myself a BBQ cheeseburger for Memorial Day which was good, though I should perhaps have gotten some french fries or onion rings from TJ's as well. I'll have to keep that in mind for July 4th and Labor Day. For June, it's the usual home cooking; I'll be doing a Korean-themed menu for the first two weeks, then my usual Chinese-themed menu for the second two weeks, in preparation for an American themed menu in the first two weeks of July.
Physical exam went fine. My cholesterol is a bit high but less high than it was the previous year, so that is a positive trend.
HVAC checkup. I've agreed to have them replace the filters and add a purifier to the heat pump itself, which sounds like a boost for overall house air quality.
I wound up writing a 9k word "heistcute" to test out my ideas for the Scofflaw Villainess. The couple of first readers who have peered at it seemed to enjoy it, so on we go! I wrote 22,429 words in the novel itself, tentatively titled "The Chameleon Rose Takes Nova Paree."
I did some further inking on the Treasure Island picture. Maybe I'll get it done sometimes in June? We'll see. I've been focusing on the writing.
I reread Timecrossed Engineer to make sure it's still holding up, then sent it off toarchangelbeth to be another first reader.
I also poked at my website a bit to try and get things in order so I can put shorter stories that I've decided to make free there. You can see that here. There are a couple of short stories in the writing section now if you're interested!
The newer short stories (Last of Her Kind, Two Bucks and a Soul, the Chameleon Rose and the Firebrand) I might try and shop around to magazines, we'll see how it goes.
Physical exam went fine. My cholesterol is a bit high but less high than it was the previous year, so that is a positive trend.
HVAC checkup. I've agreed to have them replace the filters and add a purifier to the heat pump itself, which sounds like a boost for overall house air quality.
I wound up writing a 9k word "heistcute" to test out my ideas for the Scofflaw Villainess. The couple of first readers who have peered at it seemed to enjoy it, so on we go! I wrote 22,429 words in the novel itself, tentatively titled "The Chameleon Rose Takes Nova Paree."
I did some further inking on the Treasure Island picture. Maybe I'll get it done sometimes in June? We'll see. I've been focusing on the writing.
I reread Timecrossed Engineer to make sure it's still holding up, then sent it off to
archangelbeth to be another first reader.I also poked at my website a bit to try and get things in order so I can put shorter stories that I've decided to make free there. You can see that here. There are a couple of short stories in the writing section now if you're interested!
The newer short stories (Last of Her Kind, Two Bucks and a Soul, the Chameleon Rose and the Firebrand) I might try and shop around to magazines, we'll see how it goes.
