Indigo Incarnates

Doug and I drove up to Erie to visit Doug's mom for New Year's Day. In the past, I was never able to visit because Doug's sister had violent tendencies. However, she died in 2009 so I was able to visit with the rest of Doug's family ( he has a pretty small family -- just his mom, an aunt and an uncle). 

The area of Erie she lives in is called Edinborough. It's very pretty and has a huge lake about 200' from the house. Walking around the lake is usually good exercise but that was not possie with this visit. It snowed all four days I was here. Doug cleaned the car off twice but it just gets buried again. I think it totalled two feet. It's also really cold here too. The high yesterday was about 25 degrees. It was so overcast that the streetlights stayed lit all day. 

I did have time to finish chapter 59 of the novel I've been writing for the past several years. It now had 288,000 words and 617 pages. My best guess is that I'll have it finished around 750 pages. 

I have to make the dreaded six-hour drive today so I can be home in time for work on Monday. Doug has the whole week off since he gets more vacation days than I get. The drive may take 7-8 hours because of all the snow. Ugh!