I'm Baaaack!

Sorry about the 2 day silence everyone. I was on my way here day before yesterday and my internet went down on me. It was just after midnight and didn't come back up till after 4 am and I was already sound asleep. Last night I got too tired even though I wanted to come do an entry.

Today, I saved the life of 1 lizard. He wasn't very big either but Shanni girl didn't seem to care, or Connor either. A couple of hours later, Gil saved the life of another bigger one. A medium size lizard teased Shanni by hanging out on the screen, but up too high for her to get at. Little bugger didn't even bother to try and go anywhere else either! I think he was laughing at her.

Late this afternoon Connor spotted one that pissed him off. It was a huge one! He was on the wall between the corner of the house and the post of the gated off bit in the courtyard used to storing the water hose and recycle bins. He stood up reaching toward it but was just a little bit shy of his goal. Then he crouched and leaped into the air but didn't get it. That was the funny part because between Connor and my line of sight on him are the garbage cans. All I saw was Connor bounce way up high in the air and then drop to the ground. It kind of looked like he had used a trampoline! *giggles* He tried getting at it from different angles. This one was smart though and refused to budge from where he was safe. Connor finally gave up in disgust and stalked off to the other side of the courtyard. I swear if he could talk he would have been saying, "Damn it! Stupid lizard doesn't even have the decency to let me get a little shot at him. Fine! I'll just go over here and find me another one then!"

I had some difficulty for the past few days over writing my articles. I wrote this article and it was published with no problem. It is about RSD skin issues. The article I turned in the day before that one was rejected twice. I'll admit it pissed me off. In one of the other articles I did, I mentioned some percentages for a RSD related symptom, gathered from a survey I'm doing. See my rant on apathy concerning RSD'ers not helping with awareness. That post is here. Anywho, I referenced it before and nothing was said. It published fine. I did the same in this article on RSD and family issues and they're having a hissy fit about the details! *sigh*

I'm actually very glad it was rejected though because when I reread it, it sucked! It jumped from the main point in the 1st paragraph, to something totally unrelated in the 2nd. I hadn't realized what I did before I turned it in. I was also getting frustrated with the writing of my articles and that pushed me over the edge. I haven't worked on the articles I've started nor have I tried rewriting the family one. I realized I needed to take a step back and take a little break. As badly as I messed up in the family article, I see I got careless. I'm going back at it starting tomorrow with a clearer head. I certainly won't be careless again. I will not rush the writing and editing just to get an article turned in. It's not worth it. I don't want a jumbled, piece of crap article sitting there under my name. I don't want people to try to read it only to walk away shaking their head wondering what the hell I was thinking when I wrote it.

My hands and arms are hurting so I'll stop here. See ya'll tomorrow!