Sing it with me…. “Aaaaaaaaahhhhh, Freak Out!”
Enjoying every moment of non-stress Christmas break, I was spending a To-Do-List-Less day minding my own business, when BAM!
Actually, I spent about an hour online last Thursday morning choosing a Conversational Spanish class that is offered at a local community college for eight weeks. I knew it would be hard (due my 42 year old brain… and a 25 year gap from my last Spanish class) and time consuming (twice a week for 3 hours) but I feel like I need to take it before we go to Colombia. I found the textbook. I found the school. I called Rick and informed him that we would need to find a ride to hockey for Keeve for eight Wednesday nights. OK, then BAM! happened.
I phoned Michelle, my editor in Nashville, to report a printing glitch that was found in one of my books, Laughing in the Midst of Mothering. (www.LindaCrosby.com) After discussing the hows and whys of printing boo-boos, she casually mentioned that the week before she had presented my next book, Laughing in the Midst of Marriage, to the board of the publishing house and they gave it the thumbs up! Whooooooo Hoooooooo! She mentioned September for having it out! Thrilling! Yes!
We hung up… and the Freak Out part started. Where in the world was the file folder with my “book”? I was on the phone with my sister while digging through my bedside table, pulling piles out from under my bed, shoveling stuff off my desk. It only took me about five minutes to locate the collection of stories. Then I remembered the minor computer faux pas that “hid” my entire computer profile…. including all my writing. GREAT! Thanks to my new best friend in the world, Missy’s Ken, the files were recovered… but they are not in a working file. So today I spent my free time transferring and copying files so I can get down to business.
All that to say, I’m so excited about the marriage book and I won’t be taking Conversational Spanish any time soon.
Tags: author, Colombia, conversational spanish, devotional, editor, laughing in the midst of mothering, mom, published book, published work, publishing house, publishing your book, spanish, writer
My Sister's Jar 
December 22, 2008 at 7:58 pm |
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Again congratulations on the book and great blog.
Siovhinn
Keep smiling :)
December 22, 2008 at 8:32 pm |
When you do take that conversational class, take James. Rachel has been catching on to the language and it is James who needs it for high school credit. Go figure!
Congrats on the new book. I know it will be a great read since you and Rick are two peas in a pod! :)
December 22, 2008 at 8:34 pm |
Good job…nervous?
December 30, 2008 at 9:05 pm |
Finally catching up on your blog after our trip. Congrats on the book. Any references to a “beauty in disguise?” ;)