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FTDB – Day 8

So the home improvement yesterday went a little differently than originally planned. See, we *thought* we’d be taking a quick class in the morning and then putting our brand new knowledge to use in the afternoon, refinishing the bathroom in a house one of my family members wants to fix up and rent. Well… the half-hour class started a half-hour late and turned into a two hour odyssey after which the very helpful demonstrator took us around the store and showed us what to buy.

So three hours, no breakfast, aching feet and one hundred and fifty dollars later, we still hadn’t done any home improvement, but we knew a lot more about what we needed to do. And we had the right equipment. So those were two good things. We had to eat, so instead of going out to the rental property, we went home and chowed down. Our original intentions of stopping along the way and making a picnic of it out at the property disolved in favor of the goodies we knew were waiting in my fridge. LOL

Now, aside from all the day-laborer stuff, I did still manage to write yesterday as well. I came up with a semi-new idea (for me) involving cat shifters and ways to make them purrrrrrrrrr. (Yes, I was writing a love scene. LOL) I adjusted the word count goal upward and decided to add a scene which I think rounds out the story nicely and will give readers a good feeling on which to end the story. I like my Happily Ever Afters, and this will just give it a little extra oomph. I managed to write over 3,000 words — a nice amount for a day when I was really devoting most of my time and energy to other endeavors.

And the best news is, all that’s left is a little cleanup and “The Damn Book” is “Finished!” Yay!!! I want to give it a thorough read-through and polish it up a bit, but the major structural work is done. Thank goodness. I always feel really great when I finish a task, and finishing a book feels even better. Time for a little celebration! Woo-hoo!