The first book I was content editor for on Musa is out today, and here it is! Needless to say, I'm excited! 

The Radiance by John Robinson

How do you fight your own mind?

Back Copy:  

They call it the Radiance. No one knows where it comes from
or what causes it—only that human intelligence is expanding
at a startling rate. 

When Travis Walker is first asked to join the Radiant Project,
a task force of scientists and military leaders, he declines.
Yet when Travis’s brother, Cale, tells him the woman
he always loved is in danger, he has no choice but to face
whatever lies ahead.

Estranged brothers must race against time to find
the source of the Radiance. Even more, they must find out
how to stop it before it falls into the hands of those
bent on destruction.

More about this book here

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On Saturday, as some of you may have read, @Karoline1982 and I went to Casa Loma. I have pictures up on my facebook and if you don't have me on facebook to see them, then why haven't you added me? It was something we had talked about eventually doing, but never got around to actually doing so. I had never been before, and was definitely looking forward to being in a castle! It was gorgeous there and I am now tempted to throw myself a birthday ball there in a few years... Okay, mostly wishful thinking since I'll likely never be able to afford it, but whatever. Ironically, it seems one of the guys I'd been talking to on the dating site was there with his daughter that day. He wrote me an email asking if I had been there, because he thought he recognized me. How crazy is that?  

Tuesday was my staff meeting with the publishing company I freelance for. The first manuscript I had to edit, the one I had to rush on, is coming out on Friday! *happy dance* The downside is that the current information about the book -the back copy and excerpt- the author put together sucks. I did edit it, but I didn't know I could completely re-do it which is exactly what my boss asked me to do. I've been trying to write an interesting blurb and cobble together an excerpt that is compelling enough to make people buy the thing. I sent something to my boss that night, but didn't hear back from him until today telling me to try again. So I did, and thankfully he liked it better -though he tweaked it some. If you like science-fiction, you might like "The Radiance" by John Robinson. 

Wednesday I had completely forgotten my friend Laur wanted to go bridesmaid dress shopping. She text me to say she'd pick me up in an hour when I hadn't even showered yet! Thankfully she was running a touch late so I was able to shower, dress, do my hair and make-up, plus eat something for a late lunch. We went with the youngest bridesmaid and her grandmother (who is raising her) and had such a blast trying on dresses, shoes, tiaras... She decided on the most adorable strapless black dress that will hit mid-knee once mine is turned up *grrr shortness!* with a green sash.

After we went back to the house to have a yummy spaghetti and garlic bread dinner.  The bride and groom have been taking ballroom dance lessons, and, while the groom is stellar at it though he hates going, the bride-to-be can never find the beat  Laur wanted to try out their dance steps in her new shoes, but she was having issues. I only got to watch them once before it was my turn to try! The groom told me what to do and I did it, such fun! I am so going to love taking classes myself when I can afford them... and when I can find someone to drag along!  

Last night I got talking to this other guy I met through the dating site. He is adorably sweet, but a good four years younger than I am. I'm questioning if that age difference matters or not... Our emails to each other have been crazy-long and I felt comfortable enough to give him my email address. We were on i.m. for over two hours! We had planned to chat again tonight, but he emailed to say he forgot he had a volunteer thing tonight. I do know about one, the book-lovers ball, which I said I would volunteer at but was put on a waiting list. I eventually decided against it since going to the training sessions and the event itself would end up costing me over twenty bucks in transportation alone. What are the chances he is volunteering for the ball? 

I should also mention I have been emailing with this filmmaker about his project as I'm fascinated by the movie industry. It turns out that he and I were in the same town and at the same school at the same time. While he was attending classes, I was working in the school bookstore. Considering I was the one who usually helped all the students find their books or pick up their orders, if he was in there I would have talked to him. What are the chances that we met then, both moved to the same city, and ended up in touch again? On a more odd note, the aforementioned bride's little brother also found me on the dating site.  I can't decide if that is funny or unnerving 

I have been trying to correspond with a good fifty-plus guys, most of which is more out of politeness and curiosity about people than any desire to meet them. A few have the potential to be friends, but the rest I just don't know how to nicely send on their way. It seems horribly rude just to stop talking to them when we've been writing each other for about a week or so. Suggestions on what to say? I've also had a few bad experiences, one of which I wrote about in a protected posting. So if you haven't had the chance to read that or wanted to read that, do so. 

Tomorrow Karo might decide to go to a gig some friends are doing. Her new potential beau was thinking of going, but it turns out he can't make it. I was looking forward to meeting him, but perhaps it is best to wait until they work things out (see Karo's blog for details). I was thinking of inviting the younger cutie to meet, but it sounds like he might have other plans for tomorrow anyways. 

So that's my week in a nutshell! 

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This post ties in to my previous one about purity balls, the things I questioned about the ceremony, as it stems from my thoughts about purity pledges. I always thought that everyone is equal and has equal right to make their own decisions. I may not always agree with those decisions, but I have no right to deride a person for making them nor do they have the right to do so towards me. 

Unfortunately, not everyone agrees with me on that. I have quite often been part of long discussions arguing the merits of premarital sex versus waiting until marriage. Quite frankly, one of the so-called arguments for having sex that is often relied upon is "It's fun!" which I never found particularly persuasive.  I have been mocked, teased, ridiculed, dumped, and even yelled at for not wanting to have sex before marriage. I don’t go around calling people sluts and sinners because they do have sex, so why is it okay for people to be so horrible to someone who decides not to? 

I have tried to cover the main reasons for someone to not have premarital sex, some of which may not apply to everyone who decides to wait. They are in no particular order.  If you have other reasons to wait, or have good reasons not to wait, or care to debate the reasons I have posted please do comment!

 1.) Faith. I was raised to believe that premarital sex is a sin. The Bible says we are to be pure in all things, so I attempt to be a good person and a good role model not only as a human but as a Christian. I’m not perfect, but I try my best to do what is right, and chastity is a part of this. To me purity is of mind, body, and heart. 

 2.) Romance. For me, waiting to have my first time on my wedding night is romantic. I will have saved the utmost intimacy of my person for the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. Knowing that he will be my one and only is something that makes it all the more special for me. I could never share my body with someone I did not wish to share my heart and my life with. 

 3.) Comparison. One of the arguments someone put forth is that you should have sex so you know you’re marrying someone who is good at it… she then managed to completely mess up her argument (in my opinion) by saying she slept with a guy and thought him terrible, but this girl she knew was only ever with that one guy and thought him great. I will not know if my husband is “terrible” unless I am not satisfied, and if I am trusting this man to share the remainder of my life I sure as heck am not going to hesitate to tell him what does and does not please me in and out of bed.

 4.) Children. I am not ready to have kids, so I don’t do what it takes to have kids –not sex, not artificial insemination, not adoption, not dating or marrying someone with kids, not becoming a nanny. To me, these things are on par because they all mean becoming a mother-figure. What is the sense in doing something that might cause pregnancy before you are ready? It is like jumping off a bridge because of a momentary thrill though you risk cracking your head open on the rocks at the bottom thus becoming fish food. 

 5.) Health. I don’t even watch the news or read the newspaper, but I do know that STDs are a problem. Quite frankly getting some disease because of promiscuity doesn’t sound like my idea of a good time. If I wait until I am married to a guy who, if need be, will have had tests done long before the wedding, it’s a safer bet I won’t get anything. Things that could be potentially life threatening or life altering for myself, or even someone else like a husband or whatever babies I have is not something I am willing to risk.  In this I am not just thinking of myself, but my future family’s well being.

 6.) Priorities. Seeing my peers get pregnant as young as grade eight and leaving school or struggling to balance being the teen they should be and the parent they need to be, wasn’t something I wanted to do. There were things more important to me than sex, like my education and my friends and finding someone who wants to spend their life with me rather than just the amount of time it takes to get in my pants. 

 7.) Future Life Examples. Someone I know thought the first guy who kissed her would marry her and thus had premarital sex –because to her the kiss was as good as marriage vows- and became pregnant. They got married, but she was still complaining about what a bad husband he was years later which was adversely affecting their children. I want to be mentally and emotionally ready for a husband and family, so I have a happy marriage and my kids have a happy childhood. Once again, I am think of my future family’s happiness and development as much as my own. 

So there you have it, my arguments for not having premarital sex. Please feel free to add your thoughts on this debate in the comments! (Just be respectful about it, as anything hurtful to anyone on either side of the argument will be deleted).

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Do you remember those New Year's Resolutions I made? Well, it is time for my first monthly check in on how well I did. So here is an update on my success with keeping to my resolutions for the month of January. 

1. Go for a half-hour walk once a week and ten push-ups a day
I walked to the library twice, one of which times took me an entire hour because of all the ice! I went grocery shopping and clothes shopping so that helped add some exercise. I didn't do ten push-ups a day, but the days I did do pushups it was usually about thirty or so. Once I even managed to pull a muscle in my leg, don't ask me how. 

2. Brush and floss teeth before going to bed every night
I was too tired a few times, but for the most part I did rather well in remembering. 

3. Do something social twice a month with or without friends -
I went to a magazine launch and chatted with one of my friends and a few of her classmates. I went to the movies (Mission Impossible), and I went bridesmaid dress shopping for about two or three hours. 

4. Go on a date if someone asks (provided they aren't creepy)
 Well, I gave in and decided to try an online dating site but the only guys who asked me this past week were a wee bit creepy. When I made this resolution it was with the assumption it was someone I actually have at least met or want to meet. 

5. Work on assignments for at an hour every day, two if still unemployed 
I did the first round of editing on a manuscript, but I did not work every day. 

6. Write for an hour a week on any WiP 
I got a new story idea which I worked on for a couple hours, though I don't recall exactly how long nor was it weekly.

7. Save and plan for UK dream vacation 
Yeah, that didn't happen at all. 

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I stumbled across a blog that led me to various other sites while I looked further into the phenomenon: Purity Balls vs The Purity Myth. This intrigued me for a variety of reasons, which will likely become obvious in this blog if you don’t know my take on this already. I had intended to just comment on this post which also leads to that post, but was writing so much I figured I might as well write my own post about it. 

Basically, Purity Balls are this big to-do in the States where daughters pledge to be pure to their fathers in a ceremony that is very religious and also rather wedding-like. They are apparently even government funded, as is America's abstinence-ed in school (as opposed to our sex-ed in Canada).

The Purity Myth is about how the word “purity” is used as an equivalent of being a virgin and degrading women to just physicality, rather than being a good person in character. Also there is no concrete medical definition for virgin; it has a social meaning that changes depending on the person (Virgin status has been known to be defined as anything from no hugging or kissing to a “home run”). There is a book by the same title written by Jessica Valenti discussing this topic. 

Apparently one of the founders say that they started having purity balls more as a right of passage for fathers. As a means to get them more involved with their daughter’s lives and to help them grow from being a child into being a young woman by being a positive influence and good role model and a support system. I like the theory behind it, but in some cases certain aspects are too gender biased, rituals are too structured for universality, and sometimes things are taken to the extreme in a way I don't personally agree with. 

1.) Why is it only daughters making this pledge and not the sons, too? This reminds me of the double-standard of “studs” vs “sluts”. That guys who "score" are macho and manly and to be respected, while women who have multiple sex-partners are whores to be ridiculed and derided. These purity balls should be for both genders with an equal importance, because without that it seems like the message is that guys are not sinning when they have sex but girls are, and therefore it is only the females who lose their “purity”.

2.) Why is it only father-figures and not mothers that these pledges can be made to? It essentially says that females cannot be trusted with their own, or their child’s, well-being. This is reminiscent of the Regency/Victorian times where women were not considered intelligent enough to handle funds or property or guardianship, and so “their” possessions/children/wards were controlled by the men in their life, being passed from fathers to husbands, etc. giving these men the right to spend the money themselves or marry off their daughters for whatever reason the men pleased. To resolve this, allow the girls/boys to choose who they wish to make their pledge to -be it parents, friends, family members, God, themselves- rather than restricting them to just a man. 

3. Shouldn’t both parents already be trying to have a good relationship with their children? If the intent is to get parents more involved in their children's lives, I think the only parents who would get involved are the ones who already care enough to be involved. Having a ball is not going to make an uncaring parent bother taking the time to participate, and even if socially shamed into doing it, more likely the pledge is nothing but a public façade. By making purity balls a community event it is possible that in time people will become better parents due to their own childhoods, but until then maybe some of the unlucky kids should be "sponsored" by an adult who will actually be there when needed. 

4.) Why make the pledge to your parent anyways? Giving control over your sex-life to another person just does not seem like the smartest idea to me. The person who it should matter most to is yourself, and no one can take care of it better because you are the one who has the most to lose. To help them be responsible for themselves, teens should be taught about how to make informed decisions and have an open discussion about the consequences of having sex before they are ready and how to know when they are ready.

5.) Why are purity balls all faith-based and require putting flowers at the foot of a cross? I am sure there are people out there who are waiting for marriage for reasons outside of religion who need a support system as much as a religious person might. And I think God cares more about the promise being made than being given flowers, so the symbolism of the act is rather irrelevant. Allow each girl or boy to decide how they want to show a physical manifestation of their promise if they so choose. Someone could be allergic to flowers!

6.) Why must there be white ball gowns? Some girls do not like to dress up, and white has different meanings in different cultures. This is yet another mindless ritual that could cause some people to forgo taking part. I love dressing up but I look horrible in white, ball gowns are expensive, and half my friends would rather die than put on a dress. I think the dress code should be just dressing nicely, even if that means pants, and allowing them to choose the colour that makes them confident in themselves.

7) Why are girls as young as six taking part in these balls? This ceremony should not be taken lightly or forced upon girls who have not been able to converse openly and fully comprehend what they are promising. Trying to shove your own beliefs on your kid could lead them to rebel –either obviously or secretly- or do things out of fear when they aren’t yet ready which could adversely effect them in many ways. It is alright to start discussing purity balls with your child at whatever age they can start understanding, but it should be something they can grow up with thinking about and discussing until they choose to make the promise.

8.) Why is purity being used as the equivalent of virginity? The bible says to be pure in heart, mind, tongue, etc as well as in body. Rather than making these ceremonies all about chastity until marriage, there should be equal emphasis on just being a good person -to refrain from swearing, or bullying, or everyday evil thoughts. This way the message being sent to young girls and boys it not that sex causes impurity, but your character and actions. Thoughts come before actions, so the mind should be considered just as important as the body when it comes to purity. And should someone be raped, he or she has basically been told their entire life that they are impure because their virginity was taken in a violent act even if they have not had impure thoughts; this could completely ruin their faith in the church, in their family, and in themselves. 

9.) Why are those who lose their virginity before marriage ostracized? It seems that this support system can swing the other way for those who are considered to have broken their promise. It can get to the point where someone is publically shunned, assaulted, and possibly even asked to leave the church community. People make mistakes, but God still loves and forgives them, therefore the “support system” should be there to help that person deal with the emotional upheaval and help them “get back on track” should they so desire.  

What do you think about purity balls? Do you love them or hate them or stand somewhere in-between? Have you been to a purity ball or know someone who has? Would you ever consider having a purity ball for yourself or your child? 

SUMR 

***Disclaimer: I have not heard of purity balls before this, and therefore have obviously never attended one, nor have I read Jessica's book or seen the documentary based on her book, so I am only basing my thoughts on anything I have recently come across on the internet that relates to this topic. I apologize if some of my information is inaccurate.***

I have noticed that whenever anyone finds out that I'm single, they ask if I've tried online dating. Why the heck is that ALWAYS the first response I get? I can't figure out if people are trying to be helpful or just think it wrong that a twenty-eight-year-old female does not have a significant other 

First of all, why is it only online dating that is suggested? Quite frankly I think throwing a party and telling everyone to bring a friend who is single would be a much more fun way to meet people. Everyone is pseudo-vouched for because a friend of a friend usually isn't a serial killer, and even if no one clicks you can have a blast making new friends.

Second, why does it matter to this other person that I am single? I am okay with being single, though I would like to be in a serious relationship within the next two years. If I am okay with my single status then so should they. Which brings me to...

Third, what is wrong with being single? Giving that response make me think that there is still the thought that women are nothing if they are not in a relationship. I do not define myself by my having or not a boyfriend, and the very thought that I have "failed" at life because I don't, annoys the heck out of me. 

With all that said, because I made it a new years resolution to be more active in the dating scene, I have finally joined a dating site... if only to say "yes, I have tried a dating site so shut the heck up", but nicely of course. I even took those huge and annoying "assessments" though that was mostly because I was curious and had nothing better to do with my afternoon.  It was not surprising in nearly every section indicated that I have "idiosyncrasies". Frankly I blame the fact that some of the questions aren't clear, and others were questions not yet relevant and thus I had to guess *rolls eyes* 

And it didn't tell me anything I didn't already know about myself. Go figure. 

I went to a magazine launch the other night to support a friend of mine, and found out I really need a business card. I knew it to be something I would eventually have to do, but I can't afford to get cards printed up right now. Yet isn't that the catch? It is hard to talk up possible employers without a card to give them, but you can't get cards made unless you have a job so you can pay for them *oy*

I bumped into a professor of mine and was asked how things were going... Unfortunately, he is a friend of someone who works at a nearby store where I left a resume and she asked if he knew me. Ugh, can it be more obvious I need any job? It kind of looks like I'm not good enough to get a job in my field *wince* Anyways, I mentioned that while it isn't enough to pay my rent yet, I was doing some freelance editing. He mentioned he might have some work for me, but not until March and asked if I had a card. 

Nope.

I got his card though, and will be in touch with him later, but it just felt horribly unprofessional. He told me that one of my classmates has been designing cards for other classmates and that I should see if she could do one for me as well. I contacted her to find out how much it would cost and got some rather surprising news... 

For someone who designs business cards, why the heck would I have to provide the image? I know what I want and can explain it, but I have not seen it exactly as I picture it anywhere. And isn't that the point, to have something original? Plus she doesn't print the cards either, she only uses the image and information you provide and lays it out in a pdf for you to take elsewhere to print. I thought I would be paying her to actually create the design I want!

Admittedly, the "dream card" I imagined would be a bit too expensive to print since it involves colour and gilt/foil, but I was willing to do a more matte version for now. If I wanted to put together the design myself I would need to purchase Photoshop and/or InDesign, and if I did that I could just make the card myself. Sadly, I don't think any of my friends have design skills or I would just ask one of them to create cards for me. 

It would be cheaper and easier just to use the company my friend did for her cards even though they are far from unique. It would cost half as much to get them printed up than my classmate was going to charge me just to design the blasted things. How cracked up is that?! Ah well, it's not like I can get them right now anyways. 

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I just finished reading a couple books published by the company Steeple Hill. Oddly enough, one right after the other I read "Her Perfect Match" then "Her Perfect Man" without realizing until now -namely because I hardly ever pay attention to titles. It isn't too hard to guess what the main topic was for both of these novels, and if you say finding 'the one' you got it in one. 

Over the past few years my life has started to resemble "twenty-seven dresses" or "girls in white dresses" where everyone around me is getting married.  Last year quite a few of my cousins got married or engaged, and my best friend's little sister just got engaged over christmas as well... all of them much younger than me. This year I'll be a bridesmaid in my university best friend's wedding to the guy I introduced her to (who was my male best friend at the time, though that position has now been usurped *L0L*), which I'm extremely excited about.

But all of this makes me wonder. Not 'when will I find Mr Right?' though admittedly that is obviously on my mind since I made being more social and accepting dates from non-creepy guys part of my new year's resolution. No, it makes me wonder what it is that makes someone your perfect match. They don't have to be perfect themselves, but perfect for you. Someone who brings out the best in you and becomes your other half. 

Often in stories a girl will somehow bump into the guy of her dreams in some adorable way when she least expects it. Sounds great, right? Well, as far as I know the meet-cute of the movies and books has never happened to anyone I know... but maybe I just never heard their story. Nevertheless, sometimes I wonder Is he in that car that just drove by? Is he in the next aisle at the grocery store? Will he be working at the pub I'm going to for Girls-Night-Out? And most importantly, How does anyone know that person is the one they could love for eternity? 

So here is my question to you: What was your 'meet-cute' with your significant other/spouse? What are some of the qualities you look(ed) for in a significant other/spouse? What would you not want in a significant other/spouse? Is there anything you wanted in a significant other/spouse but decided to compromise on or realized wasn't all that important like you previously thought? What are some of the things you found you love about your significant other/spouse? What is something that you never expected but realized was important in a significant other/spouse?  

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I just found out a few days ago that I won a contest to be put on the cover of a novel! Technically the book is already out, so it isn't like everyone is going to see it, only I will get a book with me on the cover. The photo editing magicians will remove the current girl on the cover and replace her with a picture of myself.

We took a few photos of me, but I'm not sure which looks best. My backdrop is a freaking sheet, but there was no where with a plain wall, so I had to make do to make it easier for photoshopping. I'm not sure if I should go with one of the photos where I'm purposely trying to emulate the girl on the cover or to go with one of those with me smiling. Which photo do you think I should send to be on the cover of the novel?

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I'm not sure I like these photos, but they are the best of the bunch... They kind of make me think of the song "Dance:10-Looks:3" from the Chorus Line *eeep*

SUMR 

Hey Darlins, 

We have officially finished one whole week of the new year. I have to admit I haven't exactly managed to keep all my resolutions faithfully thus far, but there is a reason for it! I had just found out that my deadline was being cut in half for one of my editing assignments because the author is going out of the country. Needless to say, I have been working five to six hours every day trying to get it done, and on top of that I was preparing to head back to Toronto. 

I didn't go for a walk last week, but I did go grocery shopping and run errands with my dad. That involved a whole lot of walking since we went to a good six stores and were out for about three or so hours. A couple times I didn't brush my teeth before bed, but that was because I didn't even mean to fall asleep yet! I would just close my eyes to rest for a minute and wake up hours later. Sometimes I would brush my teeth and go back to bed, but other times I just barely managed to make it to my bed before falling back to sleep. 

I still have time to do something social since I made that a monthly time limitation, and I'm hoping @Karonline1982 will want to do something this weekend *hinthint* I haven't been asked on a date, but then I haven't really gone anywhere... unless you count dad dragging me to a sports shop on the way to my apartment yesterday. We were there for at least an hour and I was getting bored and a wee bit freaked out. Dad made me go to the second floor and it was only a half-type thing with a glass partition preventing people from falling. This meant I could see the floor directly below me and I was getting major vertigo. I know I'm scared of heights, but it kind of surprised me just how scared I really was. It was the the point I was plastering myself against the merchandise as far from the edge as I could get, kinda hunching myself in as I was so tense, I went really cold, and was kind of dizzy.  

I have to admit, though, one of the sales guys was tres cute! I noticed his name tag said "Codey" and I thought it unusual as I don't recall ever seeing it spelt with an "e". He asked dad if he could help with anything, and got talking about the D-loop ring thingies. Dad uses them to put tags with information on guns -his own and the ones he verifies for other people- and not the rock climbing ones. Anyway the three of us got talking about the ring-thingies and while dad was looking at the various sizes, Codey was telling me that the rock climbing gear ones can hold his car up and won't break unless you're 130 or 150 pounds and fall from 400+ feet. Considering how I was at the twenty feet of the second floor, there is no way in heck I'd make 400. 

I was guestimating that Codey was around college age at best; he certainly wasn't in his thirties. And while talking with him I was reminded of something I had been thinking about earlier this week.  Most guys my age probably don't give me a second glance because they probably think I'm jailbait considering I look so young. I'd be lucky to get the attention of high schoolers since everyone seems to think that's about how old I appear. Even when I dress nicely in dress pants, heeled  boots, and pretty sweaters I might manage to pass for an undergrad. Not that I was wearing anything so nice. Nope, I was wearing my comfy travel clothes of fuzzy pants (they aren't flannel but I can't recall what the material is called), a t-shirt under a hoodie, striped christmas socks, and ballet flats. I can't recall if I had my hair in a headband or in a ponytail, but I know I wasn't wearing make-up though I only had five hours of sleep. Yeah, so not attractive *L0L*

Other than yesterday and the day I had a migraine, I have been working on that one assignment day in and day out. I think that is why I managed to get a migraine, because I'd been staring at the computer for hours upon hours each day. And due to all those hours of editing, I sooo hadn't managed to even think about getting any writing done of my own this past week. Sadly I specified that the writing was to be done on one of my stories or scripts and not just writing in general since I've had to write a few letters and emails for my editing. 

I can't exactly save for my UK trip seeing as I don't yet have a job. And I will have to start looking even harder to get said job by the end of the month. I know I keep going on about my lack of employment and not wanting to go back home and it is annoying even to myself, but I'm stressed. While I was home mum mentioned I could move back to town and get my own apartment. I don't know if she said that because she doesn't want me back at home or if she realized how much I like living in my own place. I know she's frustrated when I am home because I keep different hours than she does... I see no problem with making macaroni at 2am, but it wakes her up *0y*

My apartment is a bit of a mess since I only got part of my unpacking finished yesterday. We left the house around 11am, stopped at that sports store, then went to my aunt's house to drop off the christmas prezzie I made them. I thought we'd only stay a half hour at best, but we were there for a couple hours! Then dad and I trucked everything into my apartment when we arrived and put any foodstuff in the refrigerator and freezer that needed it, before going out to get something to eat. I was starved since all I had that day was some dry cereal I packed and a cookie! After eating, dad dropped me off and headed home... that was around 5:30pm. My clothes are still in my suitcase, but the other suitcase filled with books, movies, christmas prezzies, crochet projects etc have been unpacked, as have about half of the groceries I bought -the nonfridge stuff. 

I have two hours before I have to attend an online work meeting, so I guess I had best get some exercise done and cook up something to eat. I sooo don't feel like cooking though I do feel like eating! 

SUMR