Today was one of those days that had me feeling like I was going in a million different directions all day when I also felt like I was doing a lot of sitting... it was strange... Nothing major happened at work today but at the end of the day I was feeling stressed... and left work pretty early, early for me anyway... I used the excuse, which was true, that I had to make it to the dump before it closed...as I had the bales of hay in the back of my truck that I had used to decorate for fall... So... I left work stopped at the grocery store to pick up some final ingredients for a pre thanksgiving dinner to finish off the turkey breast I had cooked yesterday in my crock pot... then dumped the bales of hay at the dump and came home... coming into the house always feels like a huge relief... I am still in awe that I LOVE coming home each day. (and grateful!) And as I pulled into my driveway, I saw... sticking out of my mailbox, a large white envelope... I knew instantly what was inside... THE BOOK CONTRACT! Oh My Gosh!!! I immediately got giddy! I rushed up the small set of stairs to get to my mailbox and grabbed the envelope...sure enough... it was from the publisher... I was so happy and in awe... and immediately sent a picture to my immediate family and to my co author... she had not received anything... I sat the envelope on a table for a bit and just looked at it... I wondered...romanticized...in my head that I would open the contract with a formal letter to which would be attached a lovely hand written, in beautiful cursive, note from our editor congratulating us and saying she was so excited to work with us... After I opened the envelope I was slightly disappointed that there was no handwritten note in lovely cursive... but...there was a letter with instructions on what needed to be completed and returned and what copies we keep... (they sent one packet, explains why my co author didn't get one!) And...at the end of the letter was the sweet sentiment I had hoped for... 'it's sure to be a great addition to Maine's paddling library!' There it is!!! Yahooooo! So As I was looking through things my writing partner was excited and texting me a million questions... and told me she is leaving Wednesday to go to Wyoming to meet her son and drive back to Maine with him... so if we wanted to get the contract back before Thanksgiving our only hope was to meet tonight! So, I met her over by the mall and she signed all her parts and I will finish mine and we will send it out tomorrow... So exciting!
When I returned home I got a great surprise! (Although technically surprises are things one would know nothing about...and I knew about this as I had set it up...) My outdoor Christmas lights were on and blinking, all sparkly!!! I was so excited! Over the moon excited! Not only were they working (They are solar operated and I had no idea if they would actually work!) but they were beautiful and so so happy!
I don't know why it made me so excited, but, there is something about being here, in this house, and doing things that I want to do, making new traditions to celebrate, yes celebrate things... I love it!
Now... the real work begins... We have to have 20% of our trips DONE by mid January... OMG.. that is not far away... so I need to spend some time editing my trips, to put them in the format our editor wants... and I need to choose photos... THAT will be hard... which photos do I choose? The ones that are my favorite form each trip OR the ones that best represent the location? Not always the same photos...
Decisions decisions...
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