Truths about Sabbatical So Far…

You wake up at 6:30 but do not brush your teeth until noon…
…because you actually schedule brushing your teeth between courses of coffee and wine.
Calendars and computers are more important than ever because you have no clue what day it is otherwise.
Because you live in a house heated by wood, you share your husband’s excitement about his new chainsaw.
And that’s when you realize you are a full-time writer married to a lumberjack—like a romance novel, and therefore awesome.
You binge-watch Alaska: The Last Frontier with your lumberjack husband and think, “That’s not a chainsaw. I’ll show you a chainsaw!”
You view your meal delivery service as a correspondence cooking course—and vegetable insurance.
You cook for your 16-year-old dog because you can, and because he deserves it. He doesn’t always eat it, though, because he’s just that spoiled.
You take longer to release books because you have time to make them the best they can be. And your lumberjack is a tough editor.
You look forward to writing conferences and other appearances so that you have an excuse to wear big girl clothes and have human interaction beyond your aforementioned lumberjack.

Speaking of #10, I am off the New Jersey Romance Writers’ Put Your Heart in a Book Conference tomorrow (hence the early post). I’ll mostly be offline, so have a great weekend, everybody!