Going Insane–Again

We’ve all lost or misplaced things. Sometimes, when we need a particular item, it sits invisible under our noses. Other times, we put the car keys in the refrigerator and the butter in the closet (I have never done that–that I know of).

Then there are the times that you take off your earrings at night (the ones that you wear everyday–you know–the ones your grandmother gave you for college graduation), and place them in the usual spot, only to come back the next morning and find one missing. You hunt for the missing earring as if you life depended on it, but you have to leave for work, so you run out the door, vowing to tear the house apart when you get home. Then you arrive at work, and as you’re getting out of the car, you realize you’re still wearing your slippers. You have to stumble through your day of patient care in your freaking slippers which fortunately don’t attract attention even when the regional director decides to make a site visit. And you go home with sore feet because you kept stepping on acorns. (gasp for breath)

Yeah.

And then, after two days of not finding the earring and mourning the loss, you get ready for your day, and LO AND BEHOLD, there be your lost earring, sitting innocently in its usual location–WHERE IT OUTTA BE. So, what does you do in this situation? You would send a text to the usual culprits to express your gratitude to the earring fairy for the deliverance of your special earring. And in response, your esposo sends a Gif of a dancing skeleton wearing a tutu and waving a sparkling wand.

Yeah.

Writing Updates:

I’ve been busy with short stories. Yay! Over the past week, I’ve submitted three more stories–one for an anthology, one for a contest, and the other for an online magazine. I should hear in the next month or two if they are selected. I’ll keep you posted.

In the meantime, Nanowrimo starts next week. My goal is to beat my personal best of 30K words written in one month. I’m working on about five different projects, and I hope to do some more short stories, so I should do well. I think my critique group is getting whiplash from all my bouncing around to different projects.

So…October Book Recommendations:

I don’t have any this time, mainly because I’ve forgotten who I’ve posted about vs. those I need to post about. So, stayed tuned until I can get myself organized.

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