Yep, it’s that time again in the Peck household. Kids are in a flurry to complete projects and posters. Glue, markers, construction paper and printer paper scraps flying, and tape running out in two-fold. Yeah, it’s fair time again. And this year, we have cookie batter coming out our ears! The 2 eldest finally picked a project Mom can help with and not lose her mind trying to figure out what in the wide wide world she’s doing. I must say though, my boys are pretty durn good bakers. Helps when they have a Mom and 2 aunts who could bake up a storm and make people go, Hmmmmmm!

And once more, I’m the sole parent, as hubby is at Annual Training. Not only that, but I’m the deferred Cloverbud leader. Oh, the joys of being married to the actual leader. (I’ve already been warned that I’m getting saddled with it for next year cause the husband has a class he must take on the same night we have 4-H meetings. Oy ve!)

But this year has an added layer that is going to keep us on our toes. My mother-in-law just had major surgery last week to remove a tumor that was next to her brain stem and wrapped around veins and nerves in her neck. As of the last report I got, she was still in ICU and still in a lot of pain. This is a touch and go kind of thing with her as there’s a family history of strokes and she has blood clotting issues. Not only am I on call for 4-H duty, but on call for informing hubby duty.

Stress is running a ting bit high around here. Which makes it very difficult to concentrate and write.

I’m frustrated to say the least. I’ve been writing my historical for over a year now and it’s really bothering me that I haven’t finished it by now. And this is only the rough draft. I still have to edit and revise it before I can even think of sending it to my agent or an editor. Yet, I do have to say, that I’m way loads closer to reaching my initial word count goal of 90,000. I’m 5,000 away from it. And it feels good. There’s an actual light at the end of this forever long tunnel. And I’m praying that all this work won’t go down the drain. My agent is hopefully certain it won’t get rejected, seeing as historicals set in the 1800′s America are selling like hot cakes right now. I pray she’s right!

So, I bore you no further and get back to the finish up detail of projects. I see blue ribbons, and possibly a purple this year.