Quick update

Alright, I've fallen behind here. Quite a lot going on.. most of it not bad.

I am working on three articles for newspapers: Insurance sneakiness, urban chickens, and warnings/citations trends.

I have a pile of work to do for Reading Horizons. I also have eight articles to write for another client. PGC should be giving me work in a few weeks. I have some grad student work to do on campus for the Spring term. I have an interview on Monday in Sandy for work with a website/resource for college students. I would be helping them write application essays and the like.

And that's where it's at. I'm 35 today, yesterday was my 11th anniversary and I'm going to a movie tonight with two of my favorite people in the world. Festivities=fun.

Am I worried about the swine flu? We're having pork chops for dinner tonight.

Doesn't the CDC estimate deaths from regular-flu related issues at around 36,000 per year?

Huh.

See above for my writing exercise. Gonna be a challenge!

Yikes

Yes, it's been a while. I am excited to report that I will be picking up The Cabin again next week. I've gotten some feedback and have a lot on my mind regarding changes I want to make. So that is an exciting thing, eh?

The other thing I really ought to report is that I have received a verbal offer from the company I interviewed at, which I mentioned in my previous post. Hooray! The job is as a creative writer in the corporate office of a local company in Springville.

There's more. Yes, I know, I shouldn't overload my reader(s?) but a lot has happened. So last week we were watching some Olympics when someone from Freedom Academy called. They said that they had a spot open in Third Grade and that if we wanted Thomas in there, we had to call them back that night. We talked, talked and talked some more. Thomas wasn't too sure he wanted to go, but after some more talk and then some prayer and listening, he decided he was supposed to go. That was pretty great.

So he started going to the Freedom Academy Charter School last Thursday. He's adjusting well and is getting the hang of the whole school thing pretty well. We've all met his teacher and approve of her.

But we're still pretty high strung about it. Having done homeschool for these last few years, and having made probably the most formal plan so far for this school year, sending Thomas to school has been an adjustment for us too.

So that's my report. I'm trying to catch up on my sleep after getting so far behind by staying up and watching the Olympics till all hours. So now I'm going to bed.

Just kidding. Actually, Lily (my only daughter) is in the process of having a little girl princess birthday party. Today is her 4th, so it's quite the hullabaloo around here. Great word. Sincerely, that's a spectacular word.

Thursday night... really late

So today was my birthday, and yesterday, Wednesday April 30th, was my anniversary. All in all a festive time in the Garrett home. We were celebrating till late last night, so I wasn't able to stop by, but I figured I had better today.

I got my client's project done today, finally. I was insanely dozy today, but after a rather long nap, snapped out of it. I think that had better be my approach to a doziness that hits hard: take a nap. Yeah, I think so.

Anyway, I won't be doing anything with ChartedCourse until some business is cleared up. So that means tomorrow I will work on The Cabin for most of the day. I am excited.

Annemarie gave me, for an anniversary gift, a ticket to see Ironman tonight, so that's why it's so late. I thought it was marvelous. A very well done movie that was visually excellent and wonderful in all other ways as well. I also got bongos as a birthday present today, along with some CDs and a sweet Steelers jacket. I pretty much scored big time. I have people around me who must love me.

I have to go to bed now so I can get up and exercise. I'll be back.

I am going to write a bestselling novel. And I am going to do it soon.

carpe somnium

No more mucking about.