I AM SOOOO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS!!
I'm on deadline, which means I'm wearing ratty sweats, look like hell, am grumpy, sporting electrocuted hair, and eating crap that's going to take me eight years to work off my ass. Such is the life of a writer.
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This deadline is killing me!
One thing that helps me get through these periods which I call Deadline Hell are carrots. And I don't mean the sort that Bugs Bunny eats. No, I mean the sort that are dangled in front of me and used as incentive to keep me going. Rewards for getting the job done. And earlier this week my DH presented me with a FABULOUS carrot–something wonderful to look forward to that will make Deadline Hell a little easier to bear. And what did he give me? He gave me The First Boy I Ever Loved.
Donny Osmond.
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The First Boy I Ever Loved
My DH knows that Donny was my first love. He also knows that Donny is the first (and only) boy I ever wrote a fan letter to (in 5th grade). And that the Osmond Brothers were the first concert I ever attended (in 4th grade). No one who knows me finds it in the least bit strange that the man I've been married to for nearly 25 years looks enough like Donny to be mistaken for him upon occasion.
Is it Donny--or my DH?
As it happens, the DH and I are going to New York in December because I'm a guest author on the 6th at Lady Jane's Salon (check it out at www.LadyJaneSalon.com It's very cool, and if you're in the area, I hope you'll attend!). Anyhow, the DH found out that Donny and his sister Marie are doing a limited Christmas Broadway show at the Marquis Theatre, running from December 9th (which is Donny's birthday, btw) thru December 19th. So, as my deadline carrot (and early b'day present), he bought us tickets to opening night!! We'll go to dinner and then the show and I'll get to see The First Boy I Ever Loved with The Boy I've Loved For Half My Life. Pretty perfect way to spend the evening if you ask me.
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Donny and Marie
So—what are you looking forward to? What would work as a carrot/incentive for you? And who was your first (or current) celebrity crush? (And don't forget that by leaving a comment you're entered to win this week's giveaway which is a signed copy of Julia London's Book of Scandal! Winner will be announced tomorrow!) Have a great weekend!
