October 12, 2009 | "Whoa whoa I gotta go...back to schoooool...again",A Royale Pain,Book One,Book Stuff,Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,Life in General,School Daze,The 4-1-1 on Me,Weekend Wrap-Up,Writing Movements
If you’re like me, and work for the government, then you had today off. Mr. Maul wasn’t so fortunate. He only gets the major holidays. Shame.
Friday – Got my hair done. I got my braids taken out on Thursday. It was so past time. And there was so much new growth! My hair was so thick I couldn’t feel the heat from the blow dryer. LOL. Heh. Yeah, it was that thick. But it looks all pretty and straight now. On the way to the beauty shop, I was getting off the freeway and a guy dressed in camos flew by me on his motorcycle. When I caught up with him, he was at a stop light waiting to turn into a strip mall. On impulse, I stopped next to him and quickly thanked him for serving our country. “Thanks, I appreciate that,” he said. Didn’t know the guy personally, and I never even got his name, but I just wanted to thank him, y’know? A soldier will never get tired of hearing that, I’m sure.
Saturday – Made tissue flowers with the girls this morning at The Gurl House. Find out how it went here. After that, I went to Old Navy and proceeded to drop $300 on winter clothes. Mostly sweaters and ribbed long-sleeved turtlenecks. I love turtlenecks. Most I’ve ever spent at one time on clothes (because I sincerely hate clothes shopping), but Old Navy had some good sales goin’ on. Sales on winter clothes. Go figure.
That night, Mr. Maul and I went to Dave and Buster’s to celebrate the birthday of one of our friends. It was a small group this time, but that’s cool. We all had a good time.
Sunday – In the morning, I worked on my Math Essay and did laundry. I’m pretty sure I made this assignment more difficult than it needed to be. I kept asking my teacher questions and tried to get a more concrete explanation on what he was looking for. You know, you’re so used to writing in a certain way: this is the topic, this is how it’s supposed to look, etc. I didn’t want to do it wrong. He assured me that nothing I wrote would be wrong because it was more a “reflective” essay than a summary of what I read. This class was so unstructured and at-your-own-pace that it’s taken me this whole semester to get used to it.
As of right now, I’m done with this class. I think I have my last phone call with my teacher next week and then I’ll have to fill out the Eval for the class. Now, I can work on the research paper for my EIS class. Last week, I turned in my experential project for Math. You can read all about it here.
This afternoon, I met the mentor for one of my classes at a Ladies Who Launch mixer. The woman you see on the home page here is my mentor, Carrie Bliss. Very cool woman. The mixer was at a very cool place in Scottsdale called Crush’d Wine Bar. The sandwich that I had was very good. I’m really glad I took out my braids, because I didn’t want to look crazy with all these other women looking their Sunday best. It’s Scottsdale, after all. I like going to events like this because you always make connections, and I’ll share a few with you:
~ If you’d like to try organic and/or gluten-free cookies, check out Nadja Foods.
~ If you need a virtual assistant for your business, check out Jennifer Randall’s business, My Biz Assistant.
~ If you’re needing a graphic artist who does everything but websites, check out Tanya Gagnon’s business, Miss Details.
Monday – returned library books, finished laundry and should probably be catching up with my HEROES and SMALLVILLE shows, but Mr. Maul will be home soon and will want to jump on and play….some video game. Can’t remember which one he currently has a love jones for. Last time, it was Arkham Asylum. Whatev.
Book Stuff - My first two books, Secrets and Kisses, and Dance Jam Productions will be re-issued through a new publishing house, and they’ll be getting new covers. This is the new cover for Secrets and Kisses:
I like it. It’s colorful, yet simple. What do you think? I’ll debut DJP’s new cover when it comes out. I’m excited. My books have been off the market for a while, but I finally found a new home for them. Yay Booklocker for accepting them.
Oh, and Book One is officially off to the editor now. I’m both nervous and excited about the results.
Writing Movements – I’ll actually be doing some writing this week, minor though it is. I didn’t know if I’d be able to participate in NaNoWriMo this year due to school obligations. But since I’ve now got one class out of the way, I’ve decided to give it a try. This week, a friend is going to help me outline Book Three. Whoo-hoo! Yes, I’m going to attempt it. I’ll post weekly progress reports here. Wish me luck.
We didn’t see any movies over the weekend. I’m waiting for WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE to come out this weekend. So, how was your holiday weekend?
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