Rollin'...

I've just hit Chapter 6 and going strong! Granted, Chapter 3 is only partially done, but the other four chapters are complete. Yay! Chapter 1 may get a few revisions in the far future, though...

The story hasn't run out of fuel, thank goodness. If anything, its only getting stronger as it goes on. I have it entirely planned out; I know how what the conflict is, the plot, and how its all going to wrap up in a nice, tidy ending. All that remains is getting it there. Roughly 57k more words needed. xD

I'm on the fence about Kevin's most recent ponderings on entering the Air National Guard. Part of me is terrified of losing him to war, but the other part of me realizes that, if he gets laid off (which becomes more and more of a possibility with each passing week), he'll really have no other choice. Finding entry-level jobs in engineering in this economy is about as easy as winning the lottery. :/ He could go back to school, but that would pile more bills on top of bills and we'd be shit broke. The ANG would provide him with the training needed to go into any engineering field he wanted, and then he could use that experience to take with him back to college for his Masters, and the ANG would pay for him to go, and he wouldn't be called into active duty while in school. However, once out of school...

I would love to move out with him and be able to start our own lives, but, I just don't know. >.< I'll support him in whatever he wants to do. Unfortunately, I'm being a bit too supportive, because I told him I'd work out and run with him if he decided to go. Ack! What was I thinking? LoL! I do need to get back in shape, though...hehe.

We've been slowly squirreling away furniture and whatnot. We've got most of the living room complete: we just need to purchase a couch, but we're waiting on that. We've got the storage for it, but the couch is an item the store always has in stock, so it isn't a big deal. The big, flat screen TV was purchased this weekend, along with the mini-entertainment center, a coffee table, lamps, a painting, and odds'n'ends. We got kitchen-y things too, but I still need to purchase a set of cookware. Next, we're going to work on saving up for our bed. Hooray for Ikea and saving money. I had to dip into my savings account, but thats why my savings account is there, and it wasn't a big dip, and I'm still squirreling away money into it.

Anyways, back to writing. My characters are pretty demanding. I feel like my head will explode if I don't get them out and put them on the computer screen. When I have to pack them back up again, they clamor around in my brain until I get a headache. >.< If I didn't have to share my computer with the rest of the fam, I'd bring it along with me to Kevin's house and write write write write...but alas, I can not.