So Eli and I survived another week with Dave away for work. We managed to only have two mishaps while he was gone, which is pretty good for us, lol. The pets’ water fountain stopped working and the dog knocked over the ENTIRE gravity feeder full of cat food onto the floor. So the water fountain became nothing but a bowl of water for a week, and Eli and I scraped up a whole lot of cat food, but it could have been worse.

In addition to avoiding anything truly catastrophic, I managed to get us out of the house not once, but twice! I actually DROVE us (!!!) to go see a movie. Granted, by the time we sat in our seats I was sweating and shaking, but I managed it. And I was feeling much better about 10 minutes into the previews. So, yeah, go me.

Then we went next door for dinner, sangria, and hanging out with our neighbors. I generally have anxiety about doing anything social without Dave. I have this inexplicable fear that I won’t be able to keep up my end of the conversation and that it will end up awkward. If he’s there, he takes up the “slack,” but if I’m by myself I just look stupid. Needless to say it was, of course, perfectly fine and a fun evening was had by all.

Today we leave for vacation. I’m anxious (go figure) to just get there and get settled in and finally get to relax. I need to do all the grocery shopping once I get there, and I haven’t been in a grocery store in like two years… So that’s definitely creating a good chunk of the anxiety (which of course is ridiculous, but welcome to my brain.) I’ll be glad when that is over and we’re just back at the room chilling out. For now, I had trouble sleeping last night because my brain won’t stop running through everything we need to do/pack/etc. before we leave. I gave up and got up at 5:00.

Oh, and on the book front, we’re at the stage where we are working on marketing stuffs. They are building a website, which is coming very slowly. I’m being extra picky, I know, but I just have a mental image of what I want it to look like and I’m gonna make sure it gets there. I don’t see any point in compromising on what I want, but that is making it take much longer.

Then there is the social media marketing they are going to do. In order to accomplish this they pulled quotes from the book that can be shared on things like Twitter (screw you, I’m not calling it X,) Facebook, etc. as a “if you like this, come read more.” But I basically hated everything they pulled. Lol 🤣 I definitely feel there are better quotes in the book too promote it, so one of my tasks on vacation is going to be looking through the book for those and sending over stuff I like better. Again, I’m being very particular, but I want to get the most out of the exposure.

And that’s about it for now. Don’t forget to go get your copy of the book if you haven’t already! And please share the link with everyone you know! Or better yet – it makes a great gift! Get your Christmas shopping done early! 😁🌲🎁

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