Rain, rain, go away. . .

It was been raining for the past two days. Not one of those refreshing rains, but that thick, hot, sticky kind of rain one can only experience here in the south. Gusts of wind and rain pelting the window kept me up for most of the night. Early this morning there were tornado warnings on the west side of town. Now my dear friends in NYC are getting what hasn’t been left here in the Carolinas.

I had a job interview this morning. I almost forgot about it. See, I seemed to have lost a day because of Monday being a holiday. The woman scheduled me yesterday for Wednesday at 10 am. For some reason I woke up this morning thinking it was Tuesday. Thank goodness I remembered in time because the company is a competitor of the company that RIF’ed me. Ah, there is justice in the world. They’re in the area where I wanted to work and I think they liked me. I WANT THIS JOB!!!!

I haven’t heard any more from my submissions. I need to go through and redo my poetry submissions. I know, I keep saying that, but it is true.

I finished Issue 13 of Blood on an Appalachian Sunset and sent it off to the editor tonight. This was a fun issue and I am pleased with it. So far, I’ve kept my word count to 2000+ words for each issue. I suppose that’s the customer in me wanting to get my money’s worth. Thirteen issues total 32,944 words. I can’t help but think I’d be done with my novel if I’d put this much effort into it. My goal, as I’ve said before, is to reach 40 issues then end it. I’d like to leave it at KIC for another 6 months or so and do some local advertising for it. I think I could get more subscribers if more people knew the site was there. Perhaps some flyers in the library and maybe I can write a PR for the local paper. I’ll worry about that later.

I did manage to write two legal pages for my novel and I’m happy with those. Believe it or not, my hand cramped up while my brain was still on overdrive. Yes, I know I’m still on Chapter 16 but WHEN I get it completed it will be my best work ever. I’d like to type it tomorrow but the woman who cleans my house (how’s that for brazen – I’m unemployed, yet I still have a housekeeper!!!) comes on Thursdays and she makes me leave. I am looking forward to some quiet time in the library.

I told the folks at the interview today that I could start on Monday. I’m only on week 2 of my severance and I could have told them two weeks, but I’d rather work, get paid, and still get my severance. If I get an offer tomorrow, I plan to spend Friday in front of the television with all three extended versions of LOTR. Call me a nerd, geek, or whatever, I will do this before I return to daytime employment.

Well, I must take leave now.

BK

http://www.bkbirch.com