Lovely Moments and News
Lovely moments from the last 2 days:
See, I found out yesterday, at an appointment with my obstetrician, that we actually have less time to wait for the baby than we'd thought - for unavoidable medical reasons, this is actually going to be a scheduled birth, a couple weeks earlier than expected. (But it's nothing to worry about - it's just a preventative measure, to avoid anything going wrong like it did at the end of my first pregnancy.)
On the one hand - eep! Less than four weeks left to get everything ready, finish my new book, finish my last pre-baby freelance project, do my taxes, figure out the admin details of self-employment-maternity-leave, etc., etc., etc!
(Whew.)
But on the other hand: I get to meet my new baby 2 weeks early! That is pretty incredible.
So...I'm writing like a madwoman right now...but I'm also ordering nursing tops, sorting through baby clothes, and getting ready for life to change again.
I can't wait.
- MrD bringing me a big, luscious purple flower that he'd carefully selected for me from the garden.
- Reading Merrie Haskell's Handbook for Dragon Slayers, which was just fabulous! I finished it last night and let out a happy sigh. Full review to follow, either later today or tomorrow.
- Passing 46,000 words on my WIP, Family Magic. (Less than 14K to go!)
- Selling a new short story! Yay! My funny, semi-Cinderella-esque story "The Wrong Foot" is going to be published in Daily Science Fiction! I had so much fun writing this story, and it's one of the few I've written that I'd classify as YA (along with "The Unladylike Education of Agatha Tremain" and "Undead Philosophy 101"). I can't wait to share it with you guys! (And also, to be completely honest, my second thought after reading the acceptance email was: And now we can pay for the baby's new stroller! So: it's a happy artistic moment AND a happy family one, too!)
- Opening up my calendar and writing on a new date: Baby!!!! (Only with a LOT more exclamation points!)
See, I found out yesterday, at an appointment with my obstetrician, that we actually have less time to wait for the baby than we'd thought - for unavoidable medical reasons, this is actually going to be a scheduled birth, a couple weeks earlier than expected. (But it's nothing to worry about - it's just a preventative measure, to avoid anything going wrong like it did at the end of my first pregnancy.)
On the one hand - eep! Less than four weeks left to get everything ready, finish my new book, finish my last pre-baby freelance project, do my taxes, figure out the admin details of self-employment-maternity-leave, etc., etc., etc!
(Whew.)
But on the other hand: I get to meet my new baby 2 weeks early! That is pretty incredible.
So...I'm writing like a madwoman right now...but I'm also ordering nursing tops, sorting through baby clothes, and getting ready for life to change again.
I can't wait.