Twists and turns

The book is coming along. I wrote a good solid 20 pages or so this weekend and I'm surprising myself with the twists and turns it's taking. I think the conflicts I've added will make the book stronger in the long run though. The more twists I take in this part though, the more the second part will have to change.

I find it much harder to revise what I've already written than it is to just write new stuff. I've saved bits and bobs where I can, but mostly, it's new material.

Friday night I watched one of my little students positively shine at the closing concert for the music camp she went to. The best part is how enthusiastic she is about how much progress she made at camp and how much more she is now capable of doing. The intense nature of music camps do this for kids - it almost always turns out this way and I wish more of my students would take advantage of things like this!

Saturday night I went to a musical to see two of my students in the chorus and I was able to hook up with two of my best friends who I have not seen for a few months. We had a great time and the kids did well too.

Yesterday I went bridesmaid dress shopping with my best friends Aileen & Colby. Aileen is getting married in December. We first went to a store in the Burbank mall and it was not a good experience. The owner of the store insisted on coming into the dressing room with me when I told her several times I didn't want her in there, and I finally had to kick her out. She basically killed her own sale by being a pain in the ass. Also, the dresses were that "Asian" plus-size instead of "American" plus-size (which is much bigger) and nothing fit. We ended up finding a beautiful dress at David's Bridal and our salesperson was more than helpful and did not try to come into the dressing room with me (although Colby warned her not to). Colby, Aileen & I had some good laughs about the first store though.

Need to watch some MM tonight when I get home. Any suggestions?