I'm sitting down to write right now!

I am behind schedule.  I think writers are almost always behind schedule.

I went out of the country on vacation. Part of our vacation was spent in a lake cottage.  I assumed (ha!) that I'd be able to chill and write.  I got maybe 1000 words out. Everyone wanted to be social, and it's very hard to concentrate and write when people are trying to carry on a conversation with you.  How dare they, right?! I got a bit more done on the way home on our layover.  My 12 hour layover that turned into 16 1/2 hours. After a long day of seeing the historic sights in Philly (what we had planned for such a long layover), I was exhausted. I wrote some variation or other of "Sean is a dick" 3 times in as many paragraphs.  I conceded to my fatigue, and turned off my laptop.

Interesting things that happened:

On our way to our destination, we flew over Kalispell, MT. I got to see exactly where the Montana School is. My husband just shook his head at me. My 7-year-old was not impressed. My 4-year-old was asleep. But I was excited. Glacier National Park is just gorgeous. From the air anyway. I've never been there in real life.

I get to write off a lot of this trip on my taxes.  Part of Book 3 or 4 in The Program will take place in Philadelphia. That was my son's input. He was excited that I was taking his opinion into consideration. He hopes you like his choice when those books are written.

I ate my weight in poutine.  The 7lbs I gained... Well, I know where they came from, and I'm not sad about how they came to be.

I love paddle boards.  So relaxing. Man do they work out your core! All that balancing.  Same with kayaks.  My thighs burned. I think these activities are why I only gained 7lbs.

They make Olympic (and Paralympic) medals at the mint in Canada. They also make Star Wars and Avengers coins there, too. I saw a coil of gold ribbon that was worth like a million dollars.

We rode on a regional train, 2 subways, a bus, a car, someone else's car, the SkyTrain, and 2 airplanes all in one day.

I prefer Cheezies to Cheetos, Smarties to Rockets, and Canadian Smarties are just meh. I love Jujubes. I wish they sold Alexander Keith's in the US; I'll have a Kiltlifter instead though and be usually as happy drinking it.

Fidget spinners were on sale for $3.99 Canadian at GT.  My 7-year-old's mind was blown when we told him that was half what he'd spent on the glow in the dark one he got at home.

Tim Horton's jelly donuts are excellent.  There are lots of Dunkin Donuts in Philly. AZ does not have many donut places at all.

OK, I'll stop.  Thank you for your patience. I'll just get back to writing....