I’m sitting at my desk, which at this point feels like an old friend. I’m staring at the Kinko’s actual size gloss print of my cover, listening to Annie Lennox. And lastly, I’m waiting for Tara my designer to return the second proof. There weren’t too many changes/corrections in the first one, so I anticipate that it will arrive soon. She would probably be shaking her head if she read this, thinking “What??? A third of the friggin’ pages had corrections. Are you kidding me?”
(Let’s not get caught up in the negatives, Tara. Bygones…)
But I jest, Tara is calm. I’d be the last to know if she really did harbor any ill feelings. She’s done an excellent job. I never tire of looking at my cover, love what she’s doing with the inside pages, and am so thankful to have been referred to her.
I felt a little anxious awaiting her return of the second proof this week until I heard that little voice in my head reminding me that the journey is as important as the destination.
These last six weeks blogging about the experience of writing the book, working on completing the book, and beginning the process of promoting the book have put me on such a high. I’m walking about a foot off the ground most days and waking up at about 4:00 a.m., unable to go back to sleep.
Part of my early morning thoughts center around my to-do list, but I also lie awake thinking about how wonderful this experience is and how grateful I am.
When Rick is finally stirring at about 6:00, I am wide awake, greeting him, jumping out of bed to get us coffee. (This is not my typical MO.) With coffee in hand, we spend a few minutes on our phones and then pull out our iPad to begin our early morning games. Our myriad of games run the gamut between Solitaire, word games, Angry Birds, find the object games, a cute game called Best Fiends, and our favorite Bopzee, which is basically a version of triple Yahtzee.
We’ve been playing Bopzee for so many years that it no longer exists in downloads, so we weren’t able to download it onto our new Ipad. We continue to play it on our ancient Apple Ipad. The screen is cracked, there are no current updates, but that silly game still continues to be playable. The day that the Ipad dies will be the end of an era for us. Rick’s been winning far more than I like lately, so maybe that wouldn’t be such a bad thing! Have I mentioned I’m competitive?
On the recent mornings when I have lost a few hours of sleep thinking about the book, I nod back off after a few Solitaire games and Bopzee.
This morning my hour snooze was filled with funny dreams in which I was laughing so hard with our friends that I couldn’t breathe. That E-ticket ride I talked about in my last post? Yeah… my dreams would concur that I’m enjoying the ride. I feel beyond blessed for my health, family, friends, and this fantastic experience. More about friends next post, along with tentative dates for the release of the book… early to mid November!
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