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The Friday Five!

1. How is it already Friday? I swear, I am so out of it. Maybe because yesterday I FINALLY used the gift certificate to this totally great spa that my husband gave me for my birthday. Oh, my God. I had a massage, a facial and a pedicure AND lunch and then---instead of going home to take a huge nap like I should have---I went to Target, where I wandered in a total daze and bought nothing I needed. Is there such a thing as being too relaxed? If so, I think I was there. And it was NICE, especially

writergrl @ 2009-07-29T08:23:00

On Saturday, our stove igniter pooped out. No lasagna for us, apparently. Repairman came yesterday, will order part, hope to have it fixed by end of this week or early next. Great, right? I mean, it's summer. I can eat cold food for awhile. I'm like all laid back, oh, roll with it, look at me being so adaptable! Until this morning, when my shower never really got warm. Turns out hot water heater is now also not working right. I can handle a cold dinner. But a cold shower? Lots of cold showers? Y

Ah, memories.

Is it too early to be nostalgic for my book tour? Probably. But I had my last local event for a little while this weekend, and it just got me thinking, again, about the whirlwind of the last month and a half or so. Join me, will you, for a trip down short-term memory lane....

All book tours, or my book tours, begin with shoes:


First stop was New York, for BEA and a view of the park:


While at BEA, I met super cool authors and caught up with old friends:

(I know, it looks like we called each other ah

The Friday Five!

1. Okay, so I wasn't sure I'd even get to a Five this week, due to the fact that I had to go to the ER yesterday and it threw me off kilter. I'm fine, just went as a precaution, but still. I was SUPPOSED to be at the spa at that same time, finally cashing in the gift certificate my husband gave me for my birthday for a massage, facial and pedicure. Instead, I'm in the ER, with another IV in. Honestly. I'm fine, though, really. And on the plus side, I brought Jennifer Weiner's Best Friends Foreve

writergrl @ 2009-07-22T06:41:00

Slowly but surely, I am feeling better. Every day I am a little less tired, take a bit shorter nap, can stay up a little later. But every time I feel myself tempted to do more, or push harder, I look down at the various IV holes in my hands and sit down, stat. There are a lot of reasons to take care of myself. But NOT going back to the hospital is top among them.

I am wondering, actually, if there's some kind of hospital-cleansing ritual I can do to make sure that neither I nor anyone in my famil

detours

Hi.

So, as some of you might have already read, my day outpatient surgery did not go QUITE as planned. I went in thinking I'd be out in forty-five minutes, then sent home. Instead, I woke up to find out they were putting me in an ambulance to take me to the hospital for observation and a blood transfusion. As they don't like to say in the medical profession: whoops! Apparently I started bleeding during the surgery, although no one is quite able to say why. I can tell you that it was scary and uns

writergrl @ 2009-07-17T12:19:00

Okay, so....my little outpatient procedure went a bit awry. I ended up in the hospital, and I'm still here. Hopefully going home later today. I know I don't need to blog and probably shouldn't. But I'm fine and sitting here bored and kind of down, so I started flipping channels and...How to Deal is on. That's a good sign, right? Plus my husband just snuck me some mac and cheese. There are worst ways to spend a Friday. Still, I hope to get out of here soon.
Have a good weekend, everyone!

writergrl @ 2009-07-15T08:04:00

I've been home for two days now, and I am FINALLY beginning to feel like I'm settling in. For the first twenty-four hours, it was all about feeling scattered: clothes everywhere, errands to run, lists of things I'd been ignoring since pub day, and still waking up in the middle of the night thinking I was in a hotel someplace. But now, I'm beginning to feel like I'm here and I'm staying here and it's all good. But I still need sleep, and lots of it. Zzzzz.....

There's still stuff to do, but it's a

Home.

Whew.

It's been less than a month since Along for the Ride came out, and yet I feel like I have not stopped moving once. It's been such a fun, wild time, and ending it this weekend at ALA was great. (I will be doing one more local appearance, at McIntyre's in Pittsboro on July 25th. And we're hoping to add a DC date, and maybe one in New York eventually.) But for now, yes, I'm done. Which means I can (maybe) step back from the computer for a couple of days, catch up on my sleep, spend time with m

The Friday Five!

1. Today, I leave for Chicago and ALA. I honestly cannot believe I am going out of town again. I counted it up and this is my sixth flying trip since the end of May. Which is a lot for anyone, but especially someone who normally tends towards a hermit-like status, like myself. I am doing my best to rally, though, and I know I will before I get there, because ALA is super fun and I'll get to catch up with so many people. Just a reminder, if you're going to the convention, you can find me at the