3 decisions, I am on a roll
Long lazy baths are top thinking time and this morning was particularly productive as I reached three important decisions. I’m not conventional, I have never been conventional, and I am stopping trying to be conventional. That wasn’t a decision, that’s a fact.Firstly – I’m getting married. This was first mooted in 2006, and pencilled in for 2026, when my ex and I agreed that if I am still single, we will remarry in October of that year. I say we agreed – I told him, he agreed. I have now decided this will happen, even if he has died or, worse, scurried off and married someone else: hopefully there will be a choice of grooms at that time. If not, surely by 2026 there will be suitable androids on the market. In the unlikely event I am already married, the lucky man and I will renew our vows. Sorted.
Secondly – I like being engaged. I am engaged, I am engaged in a relationship. Engagement is, of its very nature, a transitory state, but does mean I can refer to my lovely man as my fiancé rather than the alarming connotations of ‘other half’ or, even more threatening, ‘partner’. Sorted.
Thirdly, and most importantly – I have written a book which is supposedly steampunk, but which I am now told is more Space Western. I don’t really like Westerns, so I was fretting about that. The water was nearly cold by the time I decided the book’s genre is future retro. SO sorted.
There is a movement called retrofuturism. I may adopt that as a tag to redirect readers. But future retro it is.
AND I am beautifully clean. A good bath, really.
I was going to post this blog in RL, then decided to run it here first. See if it gets any comments.
Comments (5)
uh! Congrats in 2026. You two, back together again!
And congratulations on your book!....
Tango
It's a plan. Means I can stop worrying about one day maybe being old and alone, and get on with the important things in life
Kidding you, I know what you meant. It is incredibly easy to get married, as long as one ignores die-hard dyed-in-the-wool bachelors such as yourself. The trick is staying married. By 2026 I hope to be rich, successful, mellow, and beating off hopefuls with a stick.
A girl can dream.