Little ol’ me, again. Been a while, hasn’t it? Like the Author Guy said, I’d like to blame homework, or my extremely active social life, but I can’t.

I’ll start with this: school’s a bummer. A real l0s3r. Not that it’s hard, ’cause it’s not. It just seems pointless, and takes me away from the things I’d rather be doing. Plus, for some INEXPLICABLE (that word’s for you, mom) reason, I keep getting into trouble. Usually Ben is the one with more cents than brains, but just in this last week, I’ve had my cell phone taken away (txtng in class), my lunch time taken away (talking when I wasn’t supposed to), and at home, my computer privileges removed (um…I think that one was from an argument with mom).

Anyway, I was reading my Bible the other day (yes, Ethan, I still do), and I read this: “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” And at first, I thought:  ¿!?

But then I realized, as much as I want to do the right thing, I’m still prone to do the wrong thing, but that’s okay, ’cause God is big enough to forgive all of it. But it’s still a struggle. *big sigh*

In other news, Ben is bugging dad for a puppy. We’ve been living here two years now (in a row!), and both mom and dad think we’re settling in. In my brother’s mind, that means it’s time for a pet. I still don’t know. It seems I’ve lost more dogs than I’ve owned, if that makes any sense.

Oh, time to go to school, the carpool is here…

Just some updates to graphics and other things on the site. I like the Shelfari plug-in, and have been keeping up my “shelf” to show what I’ve been reading. Makes it much easier to show people what’s going into the hopper, so-to-speak.

I’ve been enjoying reading about the Great Fire, and the book does a great job weaving the story in with the history, and of building the drama. Lots of things you wouldn’t think about these days were of great concern back in 1666. Like a lack of proper fire-fighting equipment, or hoses, or pressurized water pipes.

At some point, all this information will come bursting out, and I’ll have to start drafting the book, otherwise, I’ll lose the edge. I’ve also been looking at NaNoWriMo, and wondering if the timing is right to give it a try. That would certainly help my feeling of being behind in writing the second book. I know my undying fans are waiting patiently.

I haven’t seen hide-nor-hair of my other visitor here. Maybe she’s busy with school, or homework, or whatever 16-year-old girls are occupied with. Maybe she got her twitter account back.

Back to work…