Doth normal approacheth?

I went errand-ing yesterday. It was weird to see so much traffic! Really I think it was about the normal amount of cars, but I'd started getting used to the reduced level. Fewer family bike rides and such, sadly.

Of course, the construction they started while everything was shut down is still ongoing, so starting back towards normal wasn't as much fun as it could have been. ;-P

A lot of things suck right now, but it does make grocery shopping deeply satisfying. I not only scored toilet paper, it was our preferred brand! Large packs, too, one of the housemate's prefered variety and one of mine! Of these small things are a happy hunter-gatherer instinct made.

In fact the TP aisle was fully stocked (a startling sight these days), although what I think was the bleach aisle next to it was pretty wiped out.

I still ended up going to three stores to get everything, but that was as much due to pickiness and the first store being in the middle of a reorg as anything. And I got quite a lot of Red Bull, because the first store had a good sale and then the last store had an even better one. Storage is an issue, but I feel wealthy now. ;-)

Because this is America, damn it.

Because important.

Military leadership defends right to protest.

“Every member of the U.S. military swears an oath to support and defend the Constitution and the values embedded within it,” Milley wrote. “This document is founded on the essential principles that all men and women are born free and equal and should be treated with respect and dignity. It also gives Americans the right to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.”

     (Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)

Includes the full text of both the memo from the chairman to the Joint Chiefs and the memo from the Sec'y of Defense to all service personnel.

May Word Count

May also had writing in it! Eventually.

original short fiction: 1493
The Kitten Case: 2227

Total new words in May: 3720

Which isn't at all bad! Especially since it's only for about two weeks' writing. (Okay, the fact that it was only two weeks is bad, but we work with what we have.) The short stuff was the start of another Dix Dayton story, and the start of a creepy little thing that might end up being called "Dear Ones" (which I've since completed, yay!). The Kitten Case is yet another re-start, but this time it's with actual plot stuff and chapters, so I think it might stick.

Queries sent: 6

Hey! Not bad!

No short story submissions in May, but I do have notions of where to send several this month.

For June: Onward. Finish DDJJ2, figure out where the bleep I stand with various novels, query. The usual.