Writing again.... FINALLY!!

Well, I've come to a realization. I need to write. I was helping out a published author, answering questions she had on investigations (at least my training is coming in handy for something ;P ). It really made me want to work on my own WIP. I wanted to work on LU, not BBL. I really want to be able to write BBL for my dad, but that is what made me stop writing. I only ever managed to give myself a migraine and never got much written in the story. But, Monday night, my LU characters reappeared in my head. They had been trying to get my attention for months, but I couldn't work on LU until BBL was finished... at least that what what I told myself. Well, Emily and Jeremy are having none of that anymore. They want to be heard, an that is the end of it. They've kept me awake the last few nights with their incessant chatter. So, yesterday, I opened LU. I read 122 pages last night and will begin reading again once I finish this. I needed to reread what I had already written in order to remember what I still need to tie up and refresh what has already happened to the characters. Maybe after getting some new stuff done on LU, then I'll get motivated to try BBL again..... maybe.

I got 8 hours of work in today. Putting in copper baseboard. I managed to make it until after lunch before I cut the hell out of my hands. There was nothing wrong with the heating system in this house in December.... but someone forgot to hire an intelligent electrician. He shut off the breaker to the boiler and never turned it back on, then left for the weekend. Hint: Pipes that are full of water will burst when frozen. There was cast iron baseboard in the house. Every single piece was shattered. 2 floors of cast iron bits EVERYWHERE! Not to mention the water damage. Luckily, I was not involved in the clean up (I was still out from my knee surgery)... just the installation of the new stuff... which is a royal pain in the ass. We got the first floor almost completed, all but one 9 foot section. I don't think anyone will be going back there until Monday though. I might be putting in a new boiler tomorrow. *crosses fingers* But, it looks like I'll only be getting half a day tomorrow, if I work at all. I guess that will give me more time to work on LU, right? Maybe lightning will strike and I'll finish it soon. Then, I'll only have to have lightning strike twice to get it published and make a dollar or two... wishful thinking.