I'm Sick of Gloom

Oklahoma isn't supposed to be gloomy or rain sodden. It just isn't. If I wanted to live in Seattle I would have moved there, but I don't want to live there. I NEED the sun! I squelched through my yard to look at my overgrown grass and shrubs. It's too wet to mow, the puddles in the low areas can't get absorbed since the ground is so wet--thus the flooding. I'm lucky that I don't live in a low area. The bulbs I just planted are popping up through the mulch. And I still haven't had a chance to fertilize and thicken up the mulch in the thin areas. My roses and peony's are limp and sad with their heads hanging low. Pretty soon, I'll see the tell-tale signs of powdery mildew and black spot covering everything. And it's too wet to spray, plus with the way the rain has been pouring down in spurts and starts it will wash away the fungicide before it gets soaked into the leaves.



I definitely have a love/hate relationship with springtime in Oklahoma.




Update on the kiddo: She's fine. All the flu tests came back negative. Consensus is that she has a common cold due to our schedule, thus her exhaustion, and the lame-o weather. Hubster will be pissed, but I'm going to post one of her pictures in her First Holy Communion dress. She's such a cutie!



And an update on NaPiBoWriWee, I've already given up for now. I sent a note to Paula Yoo that I'll never get those stories written since I didn't even get any ideas until day 3, much less have them fleshed out enough to write a story. And she suggested that I jot down a sentence or two for future use. Yes! This I can do! So today and tomorrow I'll jot down my list and I'll have seven prospective stories to write this summer. One good thing came out of this--I wrote over 1000 words on my Middle Grade novel. If I can keep this pace up, I should have it finished by the end of May (my goal), which will give me a month to clean it up before I have to mail it into the contest.



Well, that's it for now. Time to Wii, eat lunch with hubby, get my hair cut, shop at Barnes & Noble, Sam's and Ulta before I come home to write another 1000 words. I'm a happy camper today.



Write on!