Last night I was reading this book that a friend reccomended to me, The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing and I had one of the biggest revelations ever. Seriously. I realized that I was starting my novel in the entirely wrong place and that's why it was stuck. I started on Dante's first day of work and it was written from Gabe's POV, his partner, which doesn't really make sense because Dante is the main character. So I'm going to start the story 6 years later. It's making me really happy. There may be some hope yet.
I also cooked pancakes from scratch last night. For the first time ever. I've made them with pancake mix from the box, but not from scratch. I've slowly begun to learn how to cook. I know how to cook tacos and now I can make pancakes too. I'm getting there. I have no problem following a recipe (though I did have to ask my mom about a couple things I wasn't sure about) and I love baking. I just haven't cooked much. But I'm getting there. It was a bit of an adventure. The recipie is simple enough. I just was a bit worried because the pancake mix was too thick. But it was okay. The hardest part was getting the pancakes to cook on the finicky cooktop my parents have. It's SO freaking picky. It's either too hot so the stuff cooks too quickly and burns or it's too cold and the stuff doesn't cook enough. Needless to say, my first four pancackes were no good because they were gooey inside. But I got it down eventually and made plenty even though I was the only one eating them. My mom did try one and she seemed to like it. And they were good. I wrote the recipie down on an index card so, provided I don't lose the card, I will have the recipie when I get my own place. I'm planning on looking through all the cookbooks my mom has and trying out different recipies so I can write them down and actually know how to cook things when I'm on my own.
Went to the bank this morning to transfer another $200 to my checking account from my savings account. Now I only have about $400 left in my savings account. Yikes! I have no idea why I can't get off my lazy ass and get a job. Probably because the summer is almost over already. I did work in June at a preschool. My dad is not happy about that. But there's nothing that can be done about it now.
Driving into town this morning sucked. First, I had to take a detour to avoid Ann Arbor Road because they're doing construction there. And I also had to avoid Main Street in Plymouth because they're filming a movie there. Scream 4. It's probably not going to be a very good movie, but that's okay. I still feel proud that they're shooting at least some of the movie in my hometown. I don't actually live in the downtown area. I live about 10 miles out in the country. But I still consider Plymouth my hometown because I've been going there since I was a kid. I go to the library frequently. I've been to the park for Art in the Park and Music in the Park. I've gone Christmas shopping in some of the stores there. I've watched all the stores come and go over the years. Our zip code is for Plymouth. I will always consider Plymouth my hometown.
So I had to take a detour to avoid Main Street even though when I got there, it actually seemed to be open. There was just one small strip of road that was closed for filming that had no significance to me. But I took the detour anyway. Instead of going down Ann Arbor Road all the way into Plymouth and turning onto Main Street, I took North Territorial. Bad idea because they're doing construction on North Territoral now. UGH!!!!!! It was down to a one-lane road so it was BAD. I hate construction with a passion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I don't know what I'd do without the backroads here in Michigan. They're a real life-saver in a pinch.
Today I get to look forward to washing washcloths and towels and folding them. And I'm going to try and get some work on Dante's Requiem done. And I'll probably watch the Tigers tonight even though they've been sucking like crazy lately. If I can get control of the big screen TV in the addition, I can even work on my knitting and reading. It's a lot easier to sit up and knit rather than lounge on a bed. And even if I can't, I can still work on my reading. I'm currently reading 5 different books: The Simillarion by Tolkien, The Inferno by Dante, The Last Juror by John Grisham, The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Montana Sky by Nora Roberts. I own all the books except the last, which is a library book. I have four books by her checked out by the library and I'm not sure if I'll be able to get them done on time. If not, I can renew them. Even though I'm going back to school at the end of the month. I'm really starting to make progress on Montana Sky. It's really good, but suspensful, which is why I can't read it at night. I'm afraid it'll spook me too much and I won't be able to sleep. What can I say, I'm a sensitive person. So I can only read that one during the day. Same with The Last Juror. And The Inferno as well. That one is really really bizzare so who knows what kind of dreams I'll get from it. I was reading The Simillarion but got bored so I started The Mists of Avalon. Both those books are going to take FOREVER to read because they're really slow reads. I've read The Mists of Avalon before, though I didn't get all the way through. Oh yeah, I'm also reading Harry Potter in French. I'm on the first one. Still. It's taken me forever and a half to get through it, which is understandable. But I still have a long ways to go. Sigh.
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