I feel like I've been walking through mud all week -- ditto my brain. The sheer shock of Lisa's death has been overwhelming, that someone I've known since high school, and known well since college, and who's a year younger than me, is dead. And it was so totally out of nowhere. (Cause seems to be either a heart attack or a pulmonary embolism. Either way, the kind of death just sneaks up and grabs you.)

I've spoken to Orenthal (popfiend) twice this week, once on Monday, once today, and I'll see him at the wake tomorrow and the funeral Saturday. I spent today getting the apartment in order, as we're having Jay and Pam (dr_p_venkman and trillsie) over tomorrow to Saturday and De and Em (ben_krieg and jacylrin) over Saturday to Sunday. It was actually good to have some physical effort to focus on. Bonnie (bonnie_rocks) was over yesterday and today, and she was a big help, too, partly by assisting with the cleaning, but mostly just by being around and being nifty. :)

Next week, I have to get back on the horse. I have a novel to edit by the end of April, three novelettes to write by the end of March, and a novel to write by the middle of June..........

Current Mood: exhausted
Current Music: "Nil S'en La" by Clannad