  Well, It's morning and I never had to leave my house, and my backyard is still green and unburnt, and I am very grateful. They forecasted rain and the sun is still shining which goes to show that 'they' don't know nothin.
I've figured out some things. #1 - I won't get any actual writing done while connected to msn or listening to music. I'm just too single-minded to be able to multitask like that. #2 - I need this book, I need to finish it by the end of the summer, and I need it to be my best work. If you don't understand that, I can't explain it to you. And #3 - I am sick and groggy, and useless to anyone until I manage to pull myself out of it (and copious amounts of codeine hasn't really given me the restful night's sleep I was hoping for) and what's more, my mountain hermit instincts are kicking in and I need to retreat for a day.
I'll be back on Wednesday, hopefully with a driver's license in my hand, and Nate and I have agreed to do something then while he is off work, so I am allowing myself today to retreat. I am not so far away that I am out of reach, and those who need me know where to find me, but I'm cutting the lines at least a little. I have spent a lot of time contemplating the sad/beautiful phrase, "No Hay Remedio" 
