On the positive side, Ted just won a TRIP TO MEXICO!!!!!!! His company picks employees of the month and then at the beginning of the next year, puts all their names in a drawing for a trip to Mexico! 6 days 7 nights, or something like that, in Cabo san Lucas! And Ted won! WOW! COOL! WHEEEE! WHEEEEEE!

Aw, hell. Rejected. I’m not surprised at this point, but that’s too damned bad. The rejection letter reads: Unfortunately we are not going to be able to accept Urban Shaman. I enjoyed the work, but we have very, very few slots for new novelists. Fiddlesticks.

can’t stand it anymore. flung note to the publisher who has Urban Shaman (they’ve had it since late December and claim a response in 4 weeks max). am now waiting antsily and trying not to check email every forty seconds.

Sort of blah today. Slept poorly and didn’t get up early to write, so I’m feeling particularly useless at the moment, despite having gotten some bugs fixed for work. Blah. thinks to do today: 1. write. _any_ amount. just write. 2. call the post office and complain 3. put a damned garbage bag in the office garbage can 4. gym tonight 5. post a chapter for Silkie

*yawn* *Still* v. tired. Going to bed shortly. Swam 1.5 milesish. 2500 yards, anyway. Tall guy in lane kicked my *ass*, doing 150 yards for each of my 100 yards, but then complimented my stroke. V. nice. Chick in lane next to me watched him zoom along, said, “You should ask him out on a date and get him to expend some of that energy on *you*.” Said in response, “Good idea, but I’m not sure my husband would approve!” Gales of laughter followed. V. entertaining. Don’t know why I…

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