It’s spring so I am insanely busy, as I am every spring. It’s partly the house – grass to mow, weeds to hoe and all that – and partly me, in that I always feel like if I’m not outside in a park or something then I’m wasting daylight. Then evenings are filled with doing the indoor stuff I’ve neglected.
This year you add a YA novel into the mix, with a deadline of Sept 15. No it’s not agented but I have someone to read it then. It’s going okay although not fast enough.
I feel more myself and better lately, but I am still struggling at work some. It’s been almost two years since we launched the site and I’m starting to wonder a bit about how stressful the job is. However, I’m also actually enjoying it more, so I think I will stick it out some more. In this economy and in media it’s not like there are other jobs and it’s not like I have a fully formulated Plan B.
One of the perks of my job is the occasional press trip, which has me heading off to Aruba in May, divine forces willing. I plan to write LIKE MAD on the flights and perhaps at night. If you think a trip to Aruba sounds relaxing you have never been on a press trip; they herd you from activity to activity like a school trip on acid. But it will be a break, sorely needed. And I’ve never been to Aruba. If you have, share!
About the weight loss – I do feel remarkably better, all the time. Whether it’s psychological, that I’ve cut almost all the crap out of my diet, that I’m not carrying that weight around, or whatever, I’m grateful for it. So far I’ve dropped 17 lbs and two sizes and I have another 8 to go to my official goal; 10 to go to my personal goal.
I’m glad so many things are going well for you. What a pleasant way to start the spring. (Aruba! That sounds lovely.)
Didn’t mean to minimize the job stress or the busy-ness — sorry about that.