Well, half way through another month: Augu ...

I love writing. If anybody ever wants to get to know me, ask about my writing, and push the subject. I'm completely open when I am on a roll ... I'd be terrible as a spy.

So: I took a week off writing to relax, drink beer, and generally to stuff around. My muse likes to take time off when it is most awkward to do so. I think my new novel is around 30,000 words long .. and he wants time off NOW!!! So, no writing. It's always full steam ahead, or drop dead and I am looking forward to next week when my novel "A Place Beyond" goes full steam ahead (please, Ancient! I'm looking forward to what will happen next!)

What else has happened? Well, I got my certificate for my Diploma in Professional Writing. My good wife wants to spend the best part of a hundred grand doing up the house, we had floorboards installed although I prefer carpet!, uh ... don't tell her I said that, oh: I'm hoping my main laptop, an HP/Compaq R3000 will be fixed soon so I don't have to use a tiny Acer Aspire One at home (please Mr IT guy, fixit! I can't convince the wife to get me a new one!), uh ...

My second son Myles had a birthday recently and we went to Alma Park Zoo which was nice. I am still fighting this chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and it's damn difficult at times, even walking around a zoo. It's still tough getting up some days. No, it's not depression. It's just a lack of energy and it's frikkin tough, tough, tough. If you don't have CFS, you will have no idea just how tough things get.

As my CFS symptoms lessen, my activity accelerates. Let's just hope the CFS disappears very soon. I hate being sick. I want to be happy in myself. Simple as that ... I'm still waiting to see if I got an upgraded job at a new government agency (probably best to not state the name here, but it's a different government Department and higher level ... fingers xxxed). I'm going on a diet from Monday ... no beer, no junk food, no fatty stuff for a month to see how I go. I want to get my body tone back, be happy within myself, and refine my diet so that the CFS can be removed completely.

Onwards to September! My writing is the most important part of my future. I believe there is no option other than to succeed so, ... I'll see you at the top!