Have you ever had a week that just doesn’t seem to want to end? I’ve had tons of days like that which is easy enough to handle.  But a very long week is totally different. It feels like it will simply never end. Well this week is one of them.  My workload at my mortgage paying job has increased in business. 

Well the thought of a long weekend looming is making this never ending week more tolerable.  It just doesn’t quicken it. Darn!

So my question to you guys is what do you do when you feel like your week will never end.

It’s scary to see how New Orleans and parts of Mississippi doesn’t seem to have changed all that much in the last 12 months since Katrina hit the region.  Now my impressions are those given to me by the media. So I could be wrong since I haven’t been to the region recently.  

I’m not sure what I had expected, but something more than what is there today.  Maybe my expectations were too high.  I didn’t expect it to look as it did before Katrina but the devastation that remains break my heart.

I knew as I watched the tragedy take place in Mississippi and New Orleans from my dry home in Ottawa last year that there was so much more going on.  So many people died and lost loved ones and homes.  I’d had a lot of respect for those who didn’t just give their money but their time. Now I’m not talking about the stars that went down there for the publicity such a trip would create.  I know not all stars went to these regions in order to get their names out there, but a lot of them did.  I mean the volunteers who handed out essentials and food.

I watched a documentary last night about the Red Cross volunteers.  It was both sad and heart whelming.  These people were the salvation and often served the only meal some of the survivors got in a day.  If you didn’t get a chance to watch the documentary on TLC check to see when it’ll be replayed. It’s well worth watching.

If I’d had a busy weekend that could explain why I haven’t blogged at all during that time, but it wasn’t.  I had a nice relaxing one.  A few writer friends of mine went out to celebrate the first sale of a friend of ours.  We had a blast!  It’ll be great going through the first with someone else (first book published, first good and bad reviews, and first signings).  We’ll be able to shoulder each other.

The one good thing with taking it easy this weekend is that I got a lot organized in my home. Not that I live in a pigsty but it does need to be cleaned out once in a while and since there is only me I’m the only one who can do that.

I did get some writing done, but not much. I wrote 2 pages today.  I ended up writing 12 pages last week which means I met my goal and I hope to do the same this week. So far I’ve been able to meet my goal each week since I imposed one on myself.

Here’s hoping I keep it up!

Well I’ve had my best gal Tracy post her daily writing achievements along with myself. This way we become accountable to get our butts in the chair or explain why we haven’t.

Well I think Tracy should pipe and introduce herself.  There is a very good reason, she got some great news lately.

Tracy the floor is all yours.

The play I went to see last night DRACULA ENTRE LA VIE ET LA MORT is of course in French. It was fabulous.  It featured well known Quebec singers such as Bruno Pelletier and Sylvain Cossette.  I could do a blog alone on Bruno’s perfect body.  He is so tone I swear you’d be hard pressed to find an ounce of fat on him.

The singing from all the actors blew me away.  I didn’t know much of Dracula’s tale. I know I must be living under a rock not to know it, but I’ve never been into the whole goth/horror books or movies. So I always skipped movies about Dracula

Did it inspire me to go and write a Dracula themed book? Nope. But it did get my writing juices flowing for my current work though. So I’ll be back to it tonight.

I’m truly glad I got a chance to see this play though. If you get a chance don’t let it pass you by. Go see it!