I⦠amā¦.. ALIVE!!
No. I did not die.
I know you probably wondered if I got run over by a bus, drug through the desert and eaten by carrion, but I assure you, I did not.
The last time I had access to internet was on April 3rd. My laptop died. Every attempt at resuscitation failed. Epically⦠obviously. The library computers were shut down. Then they wouldnāt load anything. No one lives close to us whose computer will load things like WordPress or yahoo. I WAS DYING!!!!! Writer with no internet here!
- R.I.P.
I got a laptop as a surprise on August 10th. WOOHOOO! Soā¦. Youāve missed a lot and not all of it was good. But thatās okay, Iām not dead – Iām stronger, better off for it. But 5 months is a long time when it comes to 1 blog post. It will definitely take more than one post to get it all out. Here goesā¦
First things first, multiple files on my flashdrive were corrupted. I plugged in my backup flashdrive to save what I could and the corrupted files transferred to the backup flashdrive! So I yanked the first one, wiped it, and plugged in the second one, and wiped the bad files. All in all, I lost three folders ā my blog folder, my photo folder, and my critique folder.
Let me translate this: AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I lost all my photos Iād taken in the past 8 months. And Iād lost all the critiques Iād done. One in particular irks me beyond words. Iād promised this individual to read and critique his MS two times prior and couldnāt. This time, Iād read it, loved it, critiqued as I went, and wrote up my end thoughts and opinion. And itās GONE!
I lost all the posts Iād written. That means, February, March, and Aprilās Hotel Hell posts? Gone.

Because of this, this post is probably out of order in a few places.
– I read āOn Writingā by Stephen King finally! Iāve been waiting for a year to get a hold of a copy and I loved it! Definitely helped me on multiple points. Maybe Iāll do up a post on it. Maybe.
– We got an air conditioner for our room! Now weāre not melting. Woohoo!
– The manager gave us adorable blinds! Sheās just that cool.
– Holly pulled the ligaments in her thumb.
– We got shelves to put all our stuff on, instead of piling it all on the ground.
– Holly got a plant. It died. She got another one, and named her Viper, the spider plant. Viper is doing very well.
– The last day of school for my mallow minions (aka my sister, Holly and my brother, Dylan) (and yes they like and approve of this nickname) was May 24th. Summer Break beganā¦..
– The first month of their summer break I was extremely boring. Why? I had an intestinal virus for four weeks. Thatās four weeks of extreme abdominal pain, nausea, and dizziness. NOT. FUN.
– Dylanās birthday was July 15th. He turned 11 years old.
– Iāve read lots of books by new authors and some in different genres. And guess what? Iām more picky than I originally thought I was! But thatās okay. The books I donāt like, Iāve taken back to the book exchange. So even if I donāt like them, it wasnāt a complete loss.
– Dylan got a ficus trees.
– Momās birthday is August 11thĀ ā today! Happy birthday momma. š
– My mallows wounded themselves while creating art. Beauty hurts, they agree.
– I have been informed (by Holly) that it is mandatory I tell you of her obsession with the Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson as of late. She loves it but is very unhappy with how the series ended.
– I got a baby jade plant, named her Moira, after the collective 3 Greek Fates. She needs to be replanted, she’s not actually in the pot here, but in a smaller planter leaning inside the one you can see.
– Lucky tried eating Hollyās cupcake pillow.
– Oh, and our fridge door fell off.
On a more serious note, weāre still living in the hotel, but we almost ended up on the street three times. Each time we were saved by positive attitudes, a lot of hope and work, and kindness. Thereās been an abundance of drama and emotional angst. As a result, my writing hasnāt moved forward much. Not to mention the two months of summer break, in which ā I have siblings, so I need to pay attention to them and not sit in a corner and type ā we did many things together daily.
You already know I finished my rough draft of HUMAN OR HIDDEN. Iāve finished critiquing the first 8 chapters of it so far, Iām about ¼ of the way through, being on about page 100 of about 400. Then I need to go through and fix all the things Iāll find while critiquing. Then I can send it out to be critiqued, which Iām totally excited for!
Iām excited to get back to writing. Iāve missed it. A lot.
Iāve missed logging onto Twitter and being inspired by everyoneās tweets! Iāve missed reading your blogs and talking to you! I missed your opinions on my blog posts! Iāve missed you all so much.
So what have I missed in the past 5 months?