Life as I Know It...
So.. my daughter's b-day was a success! We took her to get her ears pierced on Monday so they wouldn't be sore by the time her actual day arrived. On Friday, I took her and her brother to her school's back to school bbq and then to a PECE meeting (a child development club at my school) and they made cupcakes there. Everyone sang happy birthday to my daughter and she was soooo cute and embarassed... which cracks me up because she isn't really shy at all :P When we got done, my hubby was home from work and we did a cookie cake for her and let her open up the mound of presents on my table (sooo not kidding about that. Mounds. Literally.) Saturday, on her actual day, we took her to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. We had a great time and she loved it. We all did. We left around 3 and then I headed with the kids down to Temecula to spend the rest of the weekend with my family. We took the kids (all 4 of them) to Chuckie Cheeses and came back and did cake and ice cream and presents after that. Awesome time.
And once again, my brother made me take a long look at my life and flip it all upside down in the course of a weekend. Mostly by making me think I should apply to a school closer to him for college next year. I'm going to apply, but we'll see if I get in. I wasn't looking to apply there so I don't know how many of the recs I would actually have, but they have a 5 year OT program instead of the 6 years I plan on being in school. *sighs* Also made me look at USC which has a similiar program. I could try to transfer to both next year if I can't get in this year, but it was a bit of a surprise to start looking at things differently. *sighs*
Also, Tuesday made a phone call to a school that was hiring part time for morning people to work with infants. Imagine my surprise when I explained I have no work history, but i'm a college student and mother of two and they still asked for an interview. So.. Friday morning I will be at my first job interview in... um... 9 years. Yeah. That's not at all terrifying.
And I am back around finally. 2 days of fighting with a migraine and i'm back. it's still hovering but i'm being careful about the sunglasses (i'm light sensitive) and drugging myself with tylenol to keep it from coming back. Trying to get a little writing done tonight too because i realized that Nano is on the horizon and I want to finish JP and the MotEM, The Winchester,and the Seilgaire and the Dragan. The last two are WIP that I haven't started posting yet. I want them all out of the way when I start nano though.
And nano.. yeah... I have no idea what to do with Nano this year. There is a part of me that wants to work on a sequel to my story from last year, but i'm not sure. I was going to do that as my ships50 that i signed up for ages ago, but I know I could still do both and have plenty of material to write. I love the Dawn family that I created. I love Tanan and how broken he is and you only see a part of that in Sector's Child. You don't see the full devastation of his family of what they do to his relationship to his sister. And we don't get to see much of what happened to Eric in the early days, how he could be this kid from the right part of town, but how his need to be something more forced him onto the streets and into the mess he got into. We don't really see how he goes from smart, upstanding kid to murderer. We don't get to see the strings that are pulling him closer to Tanan or how he's rebelling against everything that shows up, until Tanan is there for him.
Yeah... I really need to start working on that too, Nano or no :P
And once again, my brother made me take a long look at my life and flip it all upside down in the course of a weekend. Mostly by making me think I should apply to a school closer to him for college next year. I'm going to apply, but we'll see if I get in. I wasn't looking to apply there so I don't know how many of the recs I would actually have, but they have a 5 year OT program instead of the 6 years I plan on being in school. *sighs* Also made me look at USC which has a similiar program. I could try to transfer to both next year if I can't get in this year, but it was a bit of a surprise to start looking at things differently. *sighs*
Also, Tuesday made a phone call to a school that was hiring part time for morning people to work with infants. Imagine my surprise when I explained I have no work history, but i'm a college student and mother of two and they still asked for an interview. So.. Friday morning I will be at my first job interview in... um... 9 years. Yeah. That's not at all terrifying.
And I am back around finally. 2 days of fighting with a migraine and i'm back. it's still hovering but i'm being careful about the sunglasses (i'm light sensitive) and drugging myself with tylenol to keep it from coming back. Trying to get a little writing done tonight too because i realized that Nano is on the horizon and I want to finish JP and the MotEM, The Winchester,and the Seilgaire and the Dragan. The last two are WIP that I haven't started posting yet. I want them all out of the way when I start nano though.
And nano.. yeah... I have no idea what to do with Nano this year. There is a part of me that wants to work on a sequel to my story from last year, but i'm not sure. I was going to do that as my ships50 that i signed up for ages ago, but I know I could still do both and have plenty of material to write. I love the Dawn family that I created. I love Tanan and how broken he is and you only see a part of that in Sector's Child. You don't see the full devastation of his family of what they do to his relationship to his sister. And we don't get to see much of what happened to Eric in the early days, how he could be this kid from the right part of town, but how his need to be something more forced him onto the streets and into the mess he got into. We don't really see how he goes from smart, upstanding kid to murderer. We don't get to see the strings that are pulling him closer to Tanan or how he's rebelling against everything that shows up, until Tanan is there for him.
Yeah... I really need to start working on that too, Nano or no :P