Diesel is watching with interest as new neighbours move in next door. He’s being good. He barked a couple of times but a wee stint in a sit/stay on his bed sorted that. Now he’s sitting by the ranchslider watching. So far he hasn’t seen or heard anyone he recognises as “danger”.
That hopefully means that the former “Not-Neighbours” are not friends with these people.
Time will tell. I doubt they’d be related or friends. These people seem nice (no raise voices, no swearing) and they’re wearing tidy warm clothes appropriate for the shitty weather. (No jandals to be seen!) In short, they don’t look like meth heads.

Doing very little today. I was working on the screen treatment for Killerbyte but to be honest I’ve run out of enthusiasm. I think a lot of that has to do with how annoying it is writing right now and the energy I do have I’d sooner spend on my WIP. I’m not yet settled into the new normal with this exo-skeleton on my right arm. And I wrote that book twenty years ago. TWENTY. TWO ZERO. I have to re-read it. I cannot recall the scenes anymore. We all know reading is quite tricky at the moment. It’s not impossible but it’s also not easy. If I could go into the shed and dig out the KILLERBYTE notebooks it would probably be easier, then I could work from those. I cannot drag the big plastic storage boxes out of the shed and go through them. One because it’s raining and two because I can’t physically do anything like that anymore.

And there is this nagging feeling in the back of my mind that this is a lot of work without a guarantee. I was supposed to see a contract this weekend. I have not laid eyes on it. I’m not inclined to bust my gut without one. Once upon a time I would’ve done it anyway just for the experience – I was younger, free of injury, and up for any challenge. 🙂
Now, I look at things and try to work out how much I can do before I have to rest my arm. And don’t know yet. I’m still finding my way around the new normal and this exo-skeleton that enables me to live without constant pain but also restricts my wrist movement completely hence no pain.
I guess I have to feel like it’s worth my while before I really commit to something these days.
It’s an interesting situation to be in. If it all pans out, it’ll be very exciting but right now it’s just interesting.
I think I might go for a walk – in the rain with my umbrella in my left-hand and see if that helps! 🙂

Also, I’m on Threads. You’ll find me there as @catconnorauthor. (What a surprise!) I like it so far.

This guy is quite the chair-sitting weirdo! 🙂