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Woke up at 6:00 A. M. again. Without an alarm. Woke up with the book clear in my head, and ready to go. There are days when I think a little longingly of dog walkers, nannies, and personal chefs. But I can’t imagine giving that much of my life away to other people. So let the dogs out, make tea, breakfast, get the kid up. Then off to work some mornings I’ve made it by 8:30, if I give up Pip’s morning walk. (He caught an infection, so since he’s been under the weather he hasn’t minded. We’re close to a well Pip, though, so I’ll either have to get up earlier or be at work at 9:00 instead. Thirty minutes to make my dog so happy, not a bad deal.) I’ve had a tremendously productive week. Twelve pages is the least I’ve done, and twenty-eight the most. Very cool.
Usually I have to sort of ease into work in the morning with softer music, but the last few days I’ve been able to start with Seether. Though later in the day today I did get out a musicial, back to 1776, because I really haven’t found a musical for this Anita book. But I think I have found the Christmas music for it. A VERY SCARY SOLSTICE from the H.P.Lovecraft Historical Society. It takes traditional carols and some modern ones and redoes them to Lovecraft themes. Some sample song titles are; I’m Dreaming of a Dead City, Here Comes Yog-Sothoth, Little Rare Book Room, Away in a Madhouse, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fish-Men. You get the idea. The album combines two of my most favorite holidays, Christmas and Halloween. I have always loved either scary Christmas stuff, or cute Halloween stuff, and if you can combine it so that it’s cute, creepy, disturbing, and fun, well, you can’t beat it with a stick.
Good night and pleasant dreams.