05.31.08

Ally’s Week In Review

Writing:

Got one really loooong chapter of An Inner Darkness finished (though it’s not very good and needs serious tweakage) and about half of the next chapter (which is pretty good so far, I think). I need to get at least another 2K today. Oy.
Actually did a bit of promo on the two print books that came out this week. Go me!
Took copies of Easy and Fireflies to a new local women’s magazine, Verve, for review in their August issue. They’re doing a small feature on romance authors in Western North Carolina, which is pretty cool. I’ll link that when it comes out

Mom World & Other Family Obligations:

Managed to navigate the UNC-Chapel Hill website well enough to find the info about what financial aid we’re getting for the girl-child’s college. Answer: not much. Work study, big f’ing deal. Oh well, she’s enthusiastic about it and willing to work, so whatever.
Took the boy-child for a FREE sports physical this morning at the ass-crack of damn dawn. He wants to go out for soccer next year (9th grade). It was okay though, they got all kids in and out pretty fast and everyone got a free T-shirt and gym bag. Y’all cross your fingers that his soccer game has improved since he was six…
Tried to talk my dad and That Woman He Married into staying with my in-laws (next door to us) instead of a hotel when they come up for the girl-child’s graduation. Failed, of course; the tight-assed harpy liked to keep her distance from my husband’s family. Not upscale enough for her. Oh well, at least my sister is staying with us, I’m seriously looking forward to that. I don’t see her nearly enough.
Attended way-fun family potluck on Memorial Day, put on by my hubby’s cousin R. Embarrassed the crap out of R’s nephew by constantly telling him how last time I saw him he was toddler-sized and now he’s like twenty and helping remodel their house and wasn’t that just insane how fast life goes by. The four glasses of wine might have had something to do with that. LOL. It’s fun being “old” *g*

Self-improvement:

Re-joined the gym at work after having been out of it for like 3 years. Actually went twice this week. Yay! Discovered their treadmills are WAY better than mine. On the flip side, the water pressure in their showers leaves much to be desired.
Got out on the road and ran my 3.25 miles this morning after taking the boy-child for his physical. It was already almost 80 degrees. Yikes. The older I get, the more the heat seems to affect me. But, I didn’t do too badly, considering. Ran the flats and downhills, walked the uphills. Kept up more or less the same pace throughout, which is quite an achievement for me

EDJ:

Bitched about having my position phased out and being forced to take an ED case management job instead. Not that I have anything against ED case management itself. I think it’ll be pretty interesting, and certainly more challenging than the crap I’m doing now. It’s just that I’ll have to go back to working weekends and holidays and that SUCKS BIG FAT HAIRY DONKEY BALLS.
Bitched about being forced to go back to school for my BSN. If I wanted that particular piece of paper, I’d have gone and gotten it years ago. I am not interested, and I resent being told I have to have it for this new job I was not given any choice other than to take. Dammit. Just how in the nine hells am I supposed to fit schoolwork in on top of EDJ, home stuff, mom stuff, running, friends, writing, occasional meals and sleep, and seeing my hubby now and then?
Continued the (so far fruitless) search for a new job. Sigh.

So those are the big things going on this past week. My goals for the upcoming week:

Finish An Inner Darkness. I’d rather not still be working on it when my dad and sister are here to visit. They’re driving up Thursday and staying the weekend.
Get in my three runs. I have GOT to do better at keeping up with that or I will turn into The Blob.
Get the house cleaned up, sheets washed, food bought for the big graduation party next Saturday, etc etc.
Survive my baby girl’s graduation. *sob*