Absit Omen

Tomorrow is a big BYOA art show and sale, and not only have I not made anything for it, but I haven't really felt like looking at what I have already that I could take. I have started a new story, a complete departure from my earlier ones, and though it is already ten pages from the first draft at the first sitting, it too isn't finished. I hope this is just a function of my mood this week. It's cold and dreary, and without snow or sunshine, I am loathe to get much accomplished.
We will leave for a cruise in a week, so I have been mostly focused on the planning and packing for that. I really need to get back to my Spanish. I have enough to converse and to learn more without relying on English at all. I am disappointed in my progess. I started in April, took a break from it from June to late September, and have been less than consicientious for the last couple of weeks. Perhaps it is my lack of discipline that I should be put out with. I think the trip to Mexico will be great motivation for getting back to it. Nothing like using a foreign language in a foreign country to get me motivated.
I have at least managed to cook this week. One day was a nice Chinese noodle dish which is so easy that I don't know why I don't make it more often. Mexican yesterday. Tomorrow, maybe a roast or Osso Buco, something that will take the chill off the kitchen and our moods while it's cooking.