Writing In Twilight

You know, the only really surprising thing about the die_carter_die comm is that none of the more rabid Sam-hating Elizabeth-fen of my LJ acquaintance are on it.

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The weather has been extremely windy, but also rather warm lately. I think we've been up in the late teens - certainly, it's not quite a chilly as it was a couple of weeks ago.

Still not getting sleep though.

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For the Americans who fly around their country: what's the cheapest airline, or when's the cheapest time to get tickets? Do travel companies/airlines have periodic sales for flights between specific cities when the prices are reduced? What travel companies/airlines do you recommend?

For instance, in Australia, I can get a return flight to Hobart for around $375USD. On a sale, I can get a return flight to Hobart for $100USD.

Vive la difference!

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I don't know what it is about this area that makes dawn and dusk so spectacular. This morning, in the north, a cloudbank had swept up over the sky, but was feathered along the upper edge to catch the light of the sun rising behind it with gilded brightness.

And me without a camera. (And late for work.)

Damn dog was barking at something in the backyard at 3am for an hour. Getting up this morning was sooooo hard...

The house itself is lovely. The owner's nice and usually absent. The other renter is chatty and friendly without being overchatty and overfriendly.

The problem is the dog, the phone, and the mattress.

( the dog )

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( the phone )

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( the mattress )

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I signed up for apocalypse_kree. It's all Sue's fault. And now I have le already-7,500-words-of-SG1-DOOM-plotbunny-with-probably-15,000-more-to-go back in my brain.

*le sigh*

It's a way of getting rid of an old plotbunny anyway.

But I think my sjficathon is going to be very simple by comparison. (Theoretically.) We'll just squeeeeeeze in 1,000 words and leave it at that. I should probably get that done and out of way while I have the bunny in the head.

#3 it is.

( details )

Every now and then, I get bouts of insomnia. No particular reason that I can determine, I just can't sleep.

( midnight ramblings )

I'm really tired. Bordering on exhausted. And I'm losing hours of sleep - a few hours one night, a few hours the next...and I never catch up.

Emotionally, I'm fairly certain things are headed downwards. Just...cues pointing in that direction. The lack of sleep probably doesn't help this.

( might as well write about diving )

Okay, after all that rambling, I turned off the jacuzzi in order to give me some peace. I'll turn it back on in the morning, but right now, I want some sleep.

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And happy birthday to starfinn and saramund!

*smooches*

Rule #1 when moving into a house: Things are not always what you think they are.

( older people are not always techno-literate )

Rule #2 when moving into a house: if you are a light sleeper the positioning of your room is important.

( You don't really want to be woken every time someone goes to the toilet in the middle of the night )

Rule #3 when moving into a house where you aren't bringing your own bed: check the bed.

( If it squeaks every time you turn over, this is bad. )

But they're a rather nice couple, so it should work out okay. :)

Now, the big question: can I get through today?

And the neighbours on the left are noisy.

Thankfully not that kind of noisy. Yet. Although something is squeaking a little and I'm fairly certain they don't have an air-mattress to inflate! (Probably only saramund will get that reference.)

Other than that, I highly recommend The White House Guesthouse (no, I'm not kidding about the name) if you're ever down south.

And someone's flying an old-fashioned plane (I think - it's very noisy and I can hear the rotors whirring) at 10:45pm. Why?

( the city that's...uh...always sleeping? )

Writing is something that happens to other people right now. So I'll just sit back and read Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. (I'm rather intrigued, it's pretty interesting.)

Must remember to call my mum, too.

So, tomorrow, I'm moving down to Nowra.

It's a temporary removal, just for the time that I'm working there - at least three months, until August, with possible extensions through August and September.

I know where I'm staying, but I doubt I'll have internet other than at work. Hopefully this will mean mucho writing in my spare time. And I've discovered that the guesthouse where I'm staying the first week is two blocks away from the workplace. Sydney traffic, eat your heart out! At any rate, I'll need to find somewhere to live (and preferably someone to live with).

Other than that, it may end up being a bit lonely - I don't know anyone down in Nowra, although I'll contact my friends up in Wollongong to catch up with them.

I'm still not packed.