my scramblings & ramblings
to SELF:
to THE CRITIC:
to HIM:
to THEM:
(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)
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Today was a great day. Well, I was really late to church, but I didn’t miss most of the message, and there was communion. Yay. After church, I caught up with a bunch of folks, and Nikki and I ended up at Tina and Theresa’s to help put up their Christmas tree! YAY. We all picked up lunch and ate it there (I got Max & Erma’s–I crave a BBQ bacon burger at least once a week), and then got to work. Check it out!
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Afterwards, we went to Meijer where I did a bit more Christmas shopping, and Theresa got a few ornaments, a topper, and a tree skirt. We hung out at their place a while longer, then I finally came home. 😀
This entry is mostly full of happiness, but I do need to rant.
WHY IS IT that 99% of the time I get on the road, I end up behind someone who INSISTS on going at least 8 MPH below the speed limit? I mean, the sign clearly says 45 and the person in front of me (in a ‘no passing’ zone) goes 37. Sometimes, they’ll go past a sign that’ll say 50, and if they were going 45 before, they drop down to 35. What is up with that? It drives me crazy. I feel like they do it just because they can, and that’s just mean.
But anyway….
Harry Connick Jr. Christmas CDs. Amazing.
And digressing….
I feel amazingly happy. I like it. 😀
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Guess who is now the owner of THIS green dress:
YES YES YES! I bought it today. I found myself at Macy’s, looking for it, feeling disappointed as I came across it in rose, a size 10. I wear a 4 (and it’s still long) and I wanted green. I looked around. Came back to the rose one. Noted that it had a significant price reduction. Oh dear. I knew there was no way I was going to get that dress now–it was beautifull and on sale and GONE. 🙁
I poked around various racks, and my hopes rose slightly when I noticed that there were dresses placed where they did not belong. I got the grand idea to check the sales rack. THERE IT WAS. Dare I hope it was in my size?
BINGO! It was. I grabbed it, jumped up and down screaming “YES YES YES!” then RAN to the checkout. Not only was it on sale, but I ended up getting another 40% off because I got approved for a Macy’s card.
I GOT MY DREAM DRESS FOR MORE THAN HALF OFF THE ORIGINAL PRICE!!!!!
OWN IT.
Now I just need somewhere to wear it, HA HA HA HA!
(a good hemming couldn’t hurt either, huh?)
I got a lot of Christmas stuff done today. 😀 After that, I met up with a bunch of friends for dinner at the Olive Garden. Some of them went on to watch Rent, but the weather started acting weird and I started to crash, so I decided to come home.
YAY for today! It was fun! Earlier, I saw THE GRINCH! He was standing on the sidewalk downtown waving at people! I really wanted to take a picture, but I was driving. That would not have been safe.
Alrighty then. ‘Til later! 🙂
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I present to you–my AIDAN MEGA MIX!!!! 😀
(not sure if this is macintosh compatible)
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I’m not going to lie, I always feel a tiny twinge of jealousy when I read the wonderful people in the El-Jay writing world realizing their dreams of landing an agent, getting a publishing contract, etc. (Don’t worry, the predominant emotion here is PURE EXCITEMENT so don’t worry, almarrone!!) But, it’s not a negative jealousy. It’s a VERY motivating kind–pushing me to hurry up and write something amazing so it can be out there as well.
I mean, ultimately, I want to be able to sit at a table with almarrone, laurenbarnholdt, and mandywriter promoting our books at a FAN CON. I wonder if they have YA Writer conventions? How neat would that be? OH MY GOD. What if Sarah Dessen (writergrl) were to be there? **hyperventilates on her daydream**
(Don’t worry, swankivy, I did not forget you. But since we write in totally different genres, I don’t know if we’d be at a FanCon together!)
I am so full of… I don’t even know how to describe it. Excitement? Fear? A bit of impatience? Worrying? Praying that it will be my time, and soon?
In the meantime, I am being as patient as I can regarding the OMG entry a few posts back (believe me, no one is more anxious than I am to see how it all pans out!), and also some other things. It’s exciting to see people I know getting what they want, what they’ve worked so hard for, what they’ve dreamed of, and reading/critiquing the work of others–so unbelievably amazing. And it simply inspires me to do more, to keep trying.
Once upon a time, someone very wise quoted her favorite movie Flashdance: When you give up your dream, you die.
There are days when I feel down and scared. I start to doubt, and I wonder if I should give up. Once upon a time, a post that I just read would have sent me into an envious depression. But now? It totally gets me ramped up for my own writing, my own possiblities.
Then I actually think about the possibilities, and I get SCARED. So much can happen, or not. So much can change. And I ask myself am I really ready?
Well you know what? I am. I love writing and books too much to let fear hold me back. That feeling in my gut will never go away and I know that I must keep striving and pushing myself. When I think of what has transpired over the past few months for me, I am gobsmacked. The people I’ve met, the things I’ve learned, the inspiration I’ve gotten. I can’t wait until the day I can share it all. But right now, I will wait. And I will write.
(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)
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