So. My second draft is finished-ish. In the way that second drafts don't really get finished they just get rewritten endlessly.
I have finished updating the thing and I went through yesterday and properly numbered all the chapters (53 all up, some very short) and then I stuck it on a data stick and gave it to C to read.
It is a very scary thing to do. But at the same time incredibly exciting and I am so eager to see/hear/read what she thinks of it. I am worried of course, but I am also ecstatic that I have managed to write something and get it to this stage. I am impressed with myself for my dedication and I think it's a sign that I've kind of grown up. In some ways anyway.
So this weekend I have no novel hanging over me. I could do some work on my next one (wrote two mini-moleskine pages worth the other day) but instead I shall craft my little heart out and force Lee to take me Christmas tree shopping. I am very excited about hosting Christmas this year and I keep thinking of awesome things I could do :)
I am also happy with myself at work. I've been pushing myself the past couple of weeks to meet my daily email targets and I've been doing much better. Not meeting the target every day but getting closer and yesterday I did manage the email target so I am happy.
On the flip side there was a sausage sizzle yesterday at lunchtime and my stomach has been achingly gassy ever since. Damn you sausages, why are you so delicious?
Last night we saw Lions for Lambs which is a talky political movie about the war on terror directed by and sorta starring Robert Redford. It was good. The interview sequence (which is about a third of the movie) between Tom Cruise's smarmy senator and Merryl Streep's been there-done that journalist were astoundingly good. The stuff in Afghanistan was a but ropey CGI wise but affecting all the same, and the conversation between Robert Redford and the annoying-but-promising student had its moments.
It was a little bit flag wavy and a bit hyperbolic but I think it still made its point and I'm pleased it got made at all in the climate over in the states. I would recommend it to you if the thought of a talky political drama doesn't immediately make you want to go to sleep.
PoF: pajamas
CO: nervous excitement.