Just wanted to let everyone know that today's update of SRBS will be a little bit delayed. I had a death in the family this weekend that kind of set everything back. Please be patient with me. My schedule is crazy busy and this week is going to be nuts.

The chapter is with the betas though and I will post just as soon as I can. Thanks.

I just caught up on review replies, emails, PMs, and posted a new chapter of RBTL. My eyes are tired but I am supposed to have the next chapter of the long fic off to the beta tonight so I will keep writing. Blerg.

I love interacting with the readers and reviewers but working on a complex story while maintaining my update schedule on RBTL is exhausting.

Anyway, crazy weekend this weekend. My freaking car broke down on Friday. I have to have it towed to the dealership tomorrow. I swear I'm seriously considering just buying a new one. Then I went home, posted a chapter, and watched Battlestar. It was crazy. It was so crazy that my adrenaline was pumping and it kept me from falling asleep.

This week I have deadlines and meetings and I think there's a baby shower somewhere in there and to top it all off, I have a guest visiting this week. I'm tired just thinking about it. Maybe I'll take Thursday off since it's the only day that I don't have meetings.

I think that when I finish the draft of this fic, I'm going to have to take a couple of weeks off of writing. It won't work but planning for it makes it easier to push through these times when I feel a little burned out.

So has anybody read any good books lately? I have a stack on the to be read pile but I'm looking for a good audio book for my commute.

I woke up this morning and looked around and realized that my house was a mess and I had no groceries and no clean clothes. So today, I'm taking a much needed break from writing fanfic and from non-work related internet use...starting after I hit the post button ;).

The last chapter of RBTL stands as one of the least reviewed chapters currently but I don't mind. I really liked the way it came out. I'm annoyed that fanfiction.net's hit counter continues to be broken because I can't even tell if the view count is normal. What I have learned is that the readers like Charlie, Jasper's accent, and family stuff. Readers like Nessie and Bella chapters much less.

On the way to the grocery store, I realized that I have a one-shot that I wrote early on for RBTL that I can't use now so I'll probably go ahead and post it here later on in the week.

The excursion to the grocery store was a monster success. I usually have to go to Whole Foods to get all my weird organic vegan and gluten-free stuff but to my surprise, HEB had everything I needed and it's so so much cheaper than Whole Foods.

Now it's time to do some laundry and go for a run and, you know...put away the wrapping paper from Christmas.