With all the other things being posted on here that have nothing to do with my really real life, there is a bit of a backlog that needs to be taken care of, so here goes.
I didn't mention it here, because I was waiting to see what would happen, but our house was for sale for 9 months. That is a saga in itself, but I will spare you the gory details. Suffice it to say that looking at a for sale sign in your own front yard for any length of time is not conducive to good mental health. Make a note of it.
BUT, that sign came crashing down last week (yipee!) because Hub Man was offered a really really really good job. After much paperwork, fingerprinting, physical exams, and general running around jumping through bureaucratic hoops, he is now the "new hire" over at the City/County of San Francisco. He is a grease monkey for the City by the Bay. And a strange and whacky city it is. On his first day of work, somewhere downtown, there was some kind of "naked bicyclists" demonstration. And when they say 'naked' they mean.... buck. Luckily, he didn't have to see them, but I did from a link on Little Green Footballs web site. Boy oh boy am I glad I was over HERE.
It's a two hour commute for him, but so far it's not that big a deal. Besides they just love him to death because of all his experience with some of their big expensive equipment that he knows like the back of his hand. And the pay is well....... impressive by our standards.
So imagine a large sigh of relief here in Yetzirahland.
I am also going to quit my part time job at the end of the month. Another level of anxiety eliminated.
I plan to use my time doing some writing. I have a few projects in mind, though none of them as involved as a novel..... yet.
I am waiting a few more weeks to order my Dana Alphasmart. I'm hoping to be able to get away from this desk and write in more comfortable surroundings, or on the road, that kind of thing. It's hard to sit here for hours. I'm imagining writing in the park or the back yard, or curled up on the couch without having to transcribe it later. I'm thinking I will get more writing done this way. We shall see.
The pressure will be on won't it, after making the investment in that tool?
Allrighty then.
I have cookies to bake.
(We are SO surprised by that....)
.....Imagine me sticking my tongue out..... :-D