it doesn't pay to despair

And I was doing so good, checking off my goals, anxious to share with you my progress. Then Friday, my modem bit the dust. Elsewhere on the World Wide Web, I have shared that whole wretched story, so I will not repeat it here (as easy as copy and paste is). It has thrown off some of my goal-keeping, but has helped in some other areas.  

WRITING GOALS for the ROUND

·         Finish writing “The Early Ministry of Jesus in 40 Days” – I’ve got eleven days written and notes on seven or eight more entries.

·         Edit 20 chapters of “Tale of an American Woman” – I’m up to 18 chapters. I think I might get the whole thing edited this Round. I am just doing a quick grammar edit, more or less. I think I am going to have to start over and really weed it out next time, but for now I am just going through it, which is why I am going through it at such a good clip.

·         Submit three items for publication – Haven’t submitted anything, but I do have that Big Excuse regarding internet access.    

As far as my goals for last week:

• Continue to blog daily to my other blog, The Dino Chronicles, to fulfill the Ultimate Blog Challenge.  It took some fortitude, but I only missed one day last week. With my internet unreliability, I don’t think I am going to continue this commitment. I don’t need more stress.  

• Read five other blogs, commenting on three of them. Good thing I had already accomplished this goal before my internet pooped.

• Finish reading “Kisses From Katie” I even managed this before my internet died, not that it mattered, because I actually have this as a paper book. I did not tell you that in addition to my World Wide Web woes, I dropped my Kindle last week, and though it is working, it is pretty persnickety. 
• Write a short piece for submission I got it written and edited and have a market in mind. Once my internet is again reliable, I will get it submitted. Isn’t it horrible how everything circles back to that. What a sad world we live in.

• Write three entries in “The Early Ministry of Jesus” I haven’t written any total entries but I did write notes for several days. It has been hard to keep my focus because . . . . stop! I cannot use that excuse this time!  

• Edit four chapters in “Tale of an American Woman” I believe I edited four, I thought it was more than that, but I guess not.  

• Run on the treadmill three times this week I did run three times last week.

·         Finish the business plan for Tumaini Volunteers We finally heard back from someone with experience in writing a business plan and she had wonderful input for us. I still need to make those edits and fill in a few more holes.  

I also did manage to sew the scrub top which I cut out over Thanksgiving. It is a winter top, so I really should have finished it before now, but I told them at work that I really don’t care. I am going to wear it until the snow melts. (And it doesn't look like my internet connection will let me post that.)

So what can I get done in the next week:  

·         Return to blogging three times a week on my other blog, The Dino Chronicles, as it is almost the end of the month and I have given up on the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I am shooting for Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, because that is going to work into my schedule better, even though two of those days I post here as well.  

·         Read five other blogs and comment on three of them, because that still seems doable.  I want to shoot for reading two blogs each day and commenting on one of them, but want to wait until I have reliable internet again to try that.

·         Finish reading “The Lutheran Ladies Circle”.

·         Submit that piece which I wrote last week.

·         Write two entries in “The Early Ministry of Jesus”.

·         Run on the treadmill three times and increase my time to at least 20 minutes.  

·         Really and truly finish the business plan for Tumaini Volunteers.

·         Finalize the volunteer packet for Tumaini Volunteers.