Today was a productive day.  Yay!  Even with the remnants of a migraine, I still managed to work on my website and finally upload some images of a few paintings.  It took me longer than usual since I was working a bit more slowly today but I'm glad I finally spent some time navigating through FineArtAmerica and iWeb.

Yesterday, I was completely out of commission with a full-on light-sensitivity, queasiness, could-not-function migraine.  I ran one quick errand in the city and got back home in time to lock myself up in a cold dark room.

But today I managed to connect to a few people who I've lost contact with.  Yay!  Life sometimes gets busy and we move forward with our lives and sometimes our friendships go by the wayside.  Today I took a pause and reached out to a few people who I haven't spoken to in quite some time, that made a world of difference.

Let's see, I'm still moving on with my one act play Prodigal.  It's still in the writing and revising stage.  After seeing the movie Cairo Time last week I realized there is something missing from my play.  The movie revealed itself layer by layer in these small quiet moments and my play seems to be speeding it's way through.  So I have to look at the whole story arc and devise a way to slow it down a bit and allow the connection between the characters to happen more organically. Do I try to re-write huge chunks or do I write up new material altogether?  That is the questions that I'm currently mulling over.  I'm also having a hard time writing the monologue for the character Astrid.  You see, I like her the least in this whole piece.  My writing group suggested that I try not to vilify her so I'm trying a different approach with her BUT...the words for her monologue aren't coming through.

Yes, well that's where I'm at on this hot, humid night.  There is plenty of work to be done and I'm just taking each moment as calmly as I can manage.


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