I hate being sick. Sure, it’s not as bad as it is just before Christmas when you’ve got so much running around to do, but it’s bad enough even now. I’m having a hard time thinking. I have no energy. It’s like my sinuses are pushing on both my logic/how to do stuff part of my brain and my get-up-and-go part. Who knew I had an off switch? I hope my sinuses remember to turn it back on when I’m better.
Meanwhile I march myself through life, running on sheer responsibility. And even that’s running thin at the moment. Yet somehow I got a couple of bits of good news today.
I won a contest for a new book that came out; “Like Clockwork” by Ali Abbas. Here it is here: https://www.amazon.com/Like-Clockwork-Ali-Abbas/dp/0998498327/
The contest gave me a pdf copy of another of the author’s books, a $10 gift certificate from Amazon, and a gorgeous pocket watch. I’ll take a picture when I get it and post it. The book looks really good too.
On top of that, I signed my first contract to edit a novel. My first real job in over fifteen years (if you don’t count the paper route). Whoopie!! …okay, that wore me out.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better, eh? Marching off to bed.
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March 28, 2017 at 9:46 pm
Congrats on the editing contract! That’s awesome 😀
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March 28, 2017 at 9:53 pm
Thank you, my dear. 🙂
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March 27, 2017 at 9:05 pm
Rest well, Heal well, Congrats on Edit Job! Congrats on seeing responsibilities as motivators and holding the course – Re-think just how many ‘items’ are true responsibilities and which ones taken on when you were feeling full of vim/vigor – etc. You may not do that, but I can’t help but share my “hindsight is 20/20” experience – – LOL My list of true responsibilities just got culled, again, today – daily exercise to clear a forest grown over some 20 odd years – – 🙂
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March 28, 2017 at 9:44 pm
Wow! That’s a job a and half! Thanks very much for the well-wishes and the congrats. 🙂 I seem to be over the cold.
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March 27, 2017 at 1:47 am
Wow congrats on winning, and the edit job Linda. Hope you feel better soon. 🙂
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March 28, 2017 at 9:42 pm
Thanks, Debby. I seem to be over the cold. 🙂
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March 28, 2017 at 11:02 pm
Great! Just in time for spring. 🙂
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March 29, 2017 at 8:40 am
Wait, is it spring yet? 😉
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March 29, 2017 at 11:54 am
Hope floats. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 5:50 pm
congrats on the job!
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March 26, 2017 at 8:03 pm
Thanks, Jill. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 5:04 pm
Oh how I’m wishing you well. Then you can ENJOY your success! 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 8:03 pm
Thank you, Joey. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 3:19 pm
Hope you feel better soon and congrats on the contract 😃
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March 26, 2017 at 3:41 pm
Thanks, Norm. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 12:08 pm
Glad for you Linda. Hope you feel better soon to enjoy all these good news. Hugs and kisses to the kids.
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March 26, 2017 at 8:02 pm
Thanks, Lucie. I’ll give the kids their hugs and kisses as soon as I’m not contagious anymore. 🙂 (I’ll tell them in the meantime. 😉 )
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March 26, 2017 at 10:53 am
All kinds of good news here!
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March 26, 2017 at 11:27 am
Indeed. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 9:22 am
Well done, hope you are feeling better soon 💗❤️
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March 26, 2017 at 10:39 am
Thank you, Willow. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 12:49 pm
🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 8:13 am
Sorry to hear that you are feeling sick. But yay for the editing job!
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March 26, 2017 at 10:39 am
Thanks, Maggie. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 7:56 am
Congrats on the contest and the contract. I hope you feel better soon.
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March 26, 2017 at 10:39 am
Thank you, Dan. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 7:21 am
we won’t count the paper route. get better soon.
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March 26, 2017 at 10:40 am
😉 Thanks, Jim. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 5:40 am
Congratulations on the editing job, that’s awesome news 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 10:40 am
Thank you, Ginni. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 3:34 am
You’ve got a lot to be proud of. Now rest! Get well!
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March 26, 2017 at 10:43 am
Thank you. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 2:16 am
Congratulations !
And get well soon xx
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March 26, 2017 at 10:43 am
Thanks, Ritu. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 12:02 am
Congratulations! Get well!
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March 26, 2017 at 10:44 am
Thanks, Dar. 🙂
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March 26, 2017 at 12:00 am
So awesome! I’m sure it’s the first of many. Don’t forget us little bloggers….:)
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March 26, 2017 at 10:45 am
Thank you, Jami. 🙂 How could I forget you? I’m still a little blogger myself. 🙂
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March 25, 2017 at 11:22 pm
congrats, now get some sleep )
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March 26, 2017 at 10:45 am
Thank you, Beth. 🙂
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