Sunday, June 21, 2015
Woke up at 6:20 and wrote for a few hours, working on No. 2 and No. 3. I have a very rough draft on paper, so now I'm going through each paragraph, giving them enough attention to make them connect and flow. This is the most time-consuming part of my process. This is really the first draft, but what used to take weeks now takes days.
Alice woke up at 8 and we went to get her medical card renewed at 11. We had lunch at Grapevine on Market and Church around 12, then came home.
I wrote another three hours until dinner.
I left a message for dad on Father's day. He could be out of the country. Gwen and Greg are in Hawaii and Jill and Tom are returning from their one-week cruise to the Bahamas out of NYC. Mom and Craig returned from their trip to New Orleans. I did speak with her on FaceTime for an hour.
Not much more to say. No. 2 is finished enough to move onto No. 3 and now I'm about to put together Nos. 4 and 5. La Stravaganza is moving forward.
Before bed, Alice and I watched a really interesting documentary on HBO called 112 Weddings, about a videographer who revisited some of his favorite couples years after their wedding. Most couples were unhappy and looked as though life had slapped them silly across the face. Some couples aged well and gracefully, while others looked tired and defeated. A few were divorced. It makes the point that it's easy to be happy on your wedding day, but much more challenging to stay happy throughout your life. Sustaining happiness takes an incredible amount of work. Those who know this understand.
Off to bed at 11.
Woke up at 6:20 and wrote for a few hours, working on No. 2 and No. 3. I have a very rough draft on paper, so now I'm going through each paragraph, giving them enough attention to make them connect and flow. This is the most time-consuming part of my process. This is really the first draft, but what used to take weeks now takes days.
Alice woke up at 8 and we went to get her medical card renewed at 11. We had lunch at Grapevine on Market and Church around 12, then came home.
I wrote another three hours until dinner.
I left a message for dad on Father's day. He could be out of the country. Gwen and Greg are in Hawaii and Jill and Tom are returning from their one-week cruise to the Bahamas out of NYC. Mom and Craig returned from their trip to New Orleans. I did speak with her on FaceTime for an hour.
Not much more to say. No. 2 is finished enough to move onto No. 3 and now I'm about to put together Nos. 4 and 5. La Stravaganza is moving forward.
Before bed, Alice and I watched a really interesting documentary on HBO called 112 Weddings, about a videographer who revisited some of his favorite couples years after their wedding. Most couples were unhappy and looked as though life had slapped them silly across the face. Some couples aged well and gracefully, while others looked tired and defeated. A few were divorced. It makes the point that it's easy to be happy on your wedding day, but much more challenging to stay happy throughout your life. Sustaining happiness takes an incredible amount of work. Those who know this understand.
Off to bed at 11.
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