The book du jour is Write from Life by Meg Files. I just took it back to the library, but am ordering a copy for myself. I love how this woman writes, and better than that, I love the exercises she suggests.

Full disclaimer; you know how writing books always have those “Try This” suggested writing prompts or exercises? I’m the reader who says, yes, yes, I know I should but I’ll just answer it in my head, even though we all know doing it with writing is KEY.

Surprise, surprise…these exercises just sounded more interesting, and maybe I was just more ready? Whatever the reasons, it all worked. Hugely helpful, encouraging and those suggestions created more progress then I’ve made in quite some time.

I’m leaving for the ferry in an hour…then it’s the 257 express bus, the Canada Line train and getting through the airport maze, so that I can begin waiting and hanging out and about at various and sundry gates and trying desperately to function as the time wears on.

I fly out of Vancouver at 5:30 pm and arrive in St. Lucia at 1:20 pm on Saturday. Yeehaw.

That’s the bad news.

The good news? I’m leaving this grey sloppy weather behind.