I’ve been home a week and I’m just starting to get settled i.e., the laundry is almost caught up, the floor has been vacuumed, and I’m getting back on my computer to write.  Actually, I did do some writing while I was at family reunions (yes plural), but clearly not for my blog.

Status update on Legends of the Sphinx: I spent much of a week finding a suitable addition to the 50K words that were already there.  Lots of time doing research and now 17K words later, I’m almost done.  I say almost, but I mean with the writing.  Obviously there will be editing, editing, and more editing… But at least I’m quite pleased with the direction it is going.

I’m also toying with the idea of a v-log.  Maybe go have sushi with Poseidon, or something.

Anyway, here are some pics from my trip…

I love Mt. Rainer, and I really think it makes a fabulous Mt. Olympus.  I can hardly believe I grew up in Seattle and never put that the Olympic peninsula with the Olympic mountains had a Mt. Olympus.  Of course, Greek mythology was not something that I thought much about when I lived there, but still, I feel so clueless.  My plan is the next time I’m up in Seattle, I will actually go to Mt. Olympus.  Just to say I’ve been there.

The second picture is a building we drove by on our way back from a picnic in Des Moines.  It overlooks Vashon Island and the Olympic peninsula, and I just thought it was a great conservatory for demigods.  I think it is a lodge of the Freemasons.  Interestingly, when I was researching about societies and individuals with Sphinx mythology, the Freemasons came up.

Finally, I got to meet up with Nikki Jefford, author of the Spellbound Trilogy and Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter series.  We got to hike around Friday Harbor and then had a quick dinner before I had to catch the Ferry.  We had chatted online, and it was fabulous to get to meet her.

At the end of a crazy week of catch up, it is nice to put it all down and gain some perspective.  Really, it’s not fair; I have a fabulous life.