It’s been a month since I arrived in Texas, and I am pleased to announce that all the boxes have been unpacked. There’s still art to hang on the walls, little piles of things that haven’t found a home, and various other apartment-set-up activities, but we’ve got the furniture mostly where it goes and there are no more boxes. Yay!
After a very long day of traveling yesterday, I’m now back in Austin. I’ll be making several posts about the trip as soon as I’ve had a chance to sort through some of the accompanying pictures.
I’m massively jet-lagged. I woke up about an hour ago (after having slept 12 hours) and I really want to go back to bed and sleep. Hopefully I’ll be able to distract myself by unpacking the last of the boxes (Peter did lots of unpacking before I got back, mostly only the kitchen boxes are left) and sorting out the photos I took in …
I’ve been in Texas for a week, and am still only partially unpacked, but tomorrow I’m off to Japan for Worldcon. My husband and I are sightseeing in Tokyo and Kyoto beforehand, which I’m quite excited about. I’ve never been to Japan before (or anywhere in Asia, for that matter).
Added to my list of things I’ve learned this week:
– lifting heavy things is not good for people with wrist problems
– crickets, in addition to being icky, are noisy
– brand new mattresses are really really comfy
We’re still not unpacked enough for the apartment to …
Well, after several long days of driving, I arrived in Austin on Monday night. Here’s what I’ve learned so far:
– Texas is HOT.
– The speed limit from El Paso to Austin is mostly 80 mph. You can make pretty good time driving across Texas.
– If you’re trying to get somewhere in Austin, go in the opposite direction, then make a U-turn. It is impossible to go somewhere by moving toward your destination.
– Tacos here are cheap and tasty.
– Airconditioning is good.
– Giant swarms of crickets are icky.
– …
Today:
1500 words
4 boxes packed
1 submission sent
and an email rejection from The Town Drunk.
So today we finally got started on packing. The problem with packing is not so much the actual packing of items into boxes (I like that part, it’s a bit like 3d tetris) but the sorting. Do we really want to move this book/stack of papers/thingamajiggit, or can we recycle/donate/etc it? Does this need to come with us on our drive, or does it go into boxes for the moving pods? *sigh* I do feel better that we’ve at least …
Well, after a bout of productivity early on in week 4, resulting in the completion of chapter 4, my novel-writing stalled out. I’m not to worried about it, as part of the delay was due to me wanting to revise and ship out the flash story I wrote last week. The first couple days of this week I’ve been more-or-less back on track, and I’m now about 1500 words into chapter 5. Which means I’ve got about a chapter and a half more to meet my goal.
Upcoming distractions: my husband defends his dissertation (tomorrow) and we’re moving (end of …
