This is a Test, This is Only a Test... Okay, Sike, it's Real...

Hey ya'll I'm still kicking! I know I owe you some explanations, and you'll get them... only you won't get them right now because today is my first day back at work from a week long vacation so I've got to, you know, work, and stuff. Oh, how was my vacation? Well, let us see...

I started things off with a trip to the Lady-parts doctor to get final diagnostics on some ongoing issues....

I discovered that my air conditioner had been draining into my bedroom for roughly two months, resulting in a flood so deep that once I'd cleared out multiple stacks of clothing, a desk, a full bookcase, and a box of antique quilts, there was still enough water to come up between my toes through the carpet...

While I was cleaning the mess from the aforementioned flood, we got hit by an earthquake...

Then hurricane Irene dropped in for tea...

And due to the natural disasters, my cat got so disturbed that he made himself sick enough that a vet trip was required...

And I got a rejection from my dream agent...

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE:

The Dr. found nothing physically wrong with me, and said I can feel free to blame ALL my problems on my twin sister for getting pregnant. We've fixed things with some birth control.

Although my room was a disaster area, and some of my deceased great aunt's art was ruined, I didn't lose anything I couldn't live without, and I now have a sparkly new arrangement of furniture that includes TWO book cases waiting to be filled with books!

The earthquake was totally disturbing - still is, stupid aftershocks - but let's face it, things could have been a LOT worse, and nothing got broken.

My cat is on the mend, since it turned out his illness was just stress, he's actually pretty darn healthy :)

My dream agent - though she passed on the one project - wrote me a personal response and reiterated multiple times that she loved my writing and that one day I was going to write 'the one' and that she didn't want to miss it so please, please I should keep sending her whatever I write.

So, yeah, vacation was... weird... but kind of pretty darn cool.

I Do Still Exist.

This will be a boring post. It's pretty much just a post to say that I'm still around to post anything at all. I've been busy with both writing/editing and then life's been kicking the old tukkis so that's been keeping me busy as well. Point is, I still exist, and at some point I will actually post something entertaining again... maybe... most likely... :)

Interview and a Contest!

Okay so I'm like in a spaz-life-is-taking-over-my-life-and-I'm-shutting-down-to-write time period here, and I've been remiss in blogging and all other social things. But according to Dan Krokos, I'm doing things right! Because in being a writer, his number 1 piece of advice is to write! You can read all of his other pieces of advice, along with a great interview over at my friend Christi Corbett's place.

And be sure to check out the caption contest! I'm contemplating my own entry as I type this. I'm sure it will be diabolical in nature...