Stess's Journal

It was kind of nice, to have a three-day weekend with no obligations. My folks went out of town with one of my dad's coworkers, so we didn't have any 4th of July plans. I was off work on Friday, spent the day sleeping in and playing games. Saturday I went to the Apple Store and (after waiting in a ten minute line for help) talked to someone about how to fix the crazy popups and stuff on my computer. Yay for a solution that worked without needing $70 virus software! I will probably invest in the $20 adware, but that's manageable.

Sarah and I had some interesting conversations this weekend. She has started reading more, and talking about books led to talking about writing, talking about fanfiction and ideas. We sat in the living room for two hours last night and came up with what started as a fanfiction for a series she had read, and turned into something totally different. It was pretty fun. And I'm starting to get excited about writing again. I've been trying for ages - trying to force myself into wanting to write, I do want to, I just wasn't...wasn't into it anymore. I'd lost sight of the characters and the stories that I loved about them and now I'm getting back to it. I want to remember why I was so excited in the beginning, and I want to create new ideas and new stories for the characters who's personas weren't fully fleshed out. I'm not going to set some unachievable goal, like writing every day, but I'm going to push myself to write more, and write often. Even if it's just a sentence, I'm at least going to *read* what I have as often as I can, so that I don't forget what I've already put down on paper.

July should be an interesting month. I'll be packing and getting ready to move to the new apartment. Always fun times. We'll see how things go.