Yup. This is pretty much me. Sadly, it will pretty much be me until November, unless something stupid happens and we end up permanently on DST. *shudders* Please, just say no! I’m typing this at clock time of 7:25 on Sunday night. I should be starved because I haven’t eaten yet. We normally eat about 7 p.m. Instead, I’m sitting here typing this and thinking Oh, yeah. It’s actually 6:30 and I should probably go fix dinner. But wait! The clock says 7:30 *FLAIL* Yup. Pretty much.

In other news, I’m making progress on both reading and writing. Sort of. I’m listening to BONDED IN DEATH, JD Robb’s latest Eve Dallas novel. It’s pretty good because I can’t just listen to it in the background. I have to pay attention or I miss important info in the plot. This is good for listening/reading. This is bad for doing it regularly because…writing.

Actually, it’s more research. I have an announcement to make. Ariel’s book will be set in Rochester, NY. I have never been to Rochester, nor is it likely that I ever will. If anyone who is reading this is familiar, I’d LOVE to pick your brain. Why Rochester? I’ll try to make a convuluted story straighter. Originally, it was to be set in Seattle. Then stuff happened and I marked Seattle off the list. I needed a semi-Seattle type city–rainy, foggy, lots of spooky places and history. Not necessarily haunted, just spooky. I searched the web for rainiest cities in the US. Rochester came up like number 5 or 6. Then I saw a picture of Rochester with the river and a fall and crazy old buildings lining the river and…and…bingo! I saw a picture of their downtown library. The heroine is a librarian. There is WATER RUNNING UNDER THE LIBRARY that falls into the river! Mind is officially blown. Then, without going into a detailed account, I ended up in a “conversation” with Grok, the AI engine on X. I spent 45 minutes brainstroming with AI and it. Was. AMAZING! Grok even brought up ley lands. Mind now totally blown! There’s this really cool park in Rochester designed by the dude who did Central Park in NYC. They have a yearly Lilac Festival. Half a million people go. *deep breath* Okay. You get the idea. Anyway, the plot is coming together and all sorts of scenes and events and stuff like that there (which are vital to creating and writing a story don’cha know) are swimming in my head. I have to nail a few more things down for the puzzle frame and then I’ll start fitting all the puzzle pieces into place, ie. writing words! To tell Ariel’s story. Are you excited? I am!

In other news, Stormy and his parents went to their first out-of-town, spend-the-night soccer tournament. The team won 2 of 3 matches but didn’t make the championships. Bummer. That said, the team that beat them and played for the championship was undefeated. Stormy played well, had fun and can now say, “Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.” 😉

Not much else going on. No errands or MD appointments today, at least none I have to attend. It’s Monday. I need coffee. After my eyes are more fully open and the brain is semi-functional, I shall begin my real estate search of Rochester, which will be followed by a Google map street view drive to various places. I’m in search of Nyssa’s abode, a coffee shop near the main library, the main library, and the park. Plus pictures of the Lilac Festival. I do love me some lilacs in the springtime.

What about y’all? Anything of import going on? Stuff you need to do? Stuff you want to do? Thoughts on DST vs Standard Time? Later, gators. *wanders off for more coffee* (Knowing this is what I’ll be doing tomorrow/Monday morning if I were…you know…actually typing this early Monday morning. 🤣 )