My newest addiction is watching The Gilmore Girls on DVD. I’m on Season 4. This weekend I watched an episode that really hit home. For some reason, I empathize with the character Lorelei. Despite not having a child or running an Inn or having rich parents, I see myself in her a bit. In this episode both she and her daughter have a kind of break down. They are both going through tough times and Lorelei says this to her friend. Who hasn’t been here? I know I’ve been here more times than I’d like:
I’m happy, I like my life, I like my friends, I like my space, my TV. But every now and then; just for a moment I wish I had a partner. Someone to pick up the slack, someone to wait for the cable guy, someone to make coffee in the morning.
I thought I had everything under control but I didn’t.
This has been my dream forever and I have it.
It’s here and I’m failing.
I can’t handle it.
I spend every minute running around; and I can’t do it all by myself.
But then it goes away and everything is fine again. And I can do it. But we all have the “break-down” moments. We just need to get through them and on to better times.
What advice do you have for people who are just starting out as writers? From Amanda Eyre Ward
Have faith. Surround yourself with people who believe writing is important. Fall in love with writers and read everything they’ve done. Be kind to yourself…if you write a page, you deserve to feel proud. And lastly, know that it is possible to make a living as a writer. It’s hard, but it happens, and it’s a great life.
I’m having a bad few days. Nothing seems to be going right lately. I’ve had a string of good things happen to me earlier in the month but now it’s going downhill:
- I just got my Netflix DVD Gilmore Girls Season 4 Disk 2 but never got Season 4 Disk 1. For some reason it got shipped back.
- I got a rejection email from a story I submitted – on the same day.
- Stroke & Stride yesterday I didn’t do both loops on the swim that I signed up for.
- My hot water tank needs repairs and I didn’t have hot water for a shower this morning
- Daisy is sick and throwing up and diarrhea in the house. And, I noticed she clawed the blinds in the entry way.
- Flat tire on my bike and there was a staple in the back tire.
- I can’t figure out how to program my bike computer.
- I used to be able to wake up at 5am and get everything done in a day; now I’m struggling to wake up at 8am.
Is it bad karma and I have to make amends to all the people I’ve hurt? I guess I need to start right now.
From Ski Hi Daily News
He is the coordinator for the Sulphur Ranger District’s “Adopt-A-Trail” program. About three years ago he took on this position after a successful career for many years as the vice president of operations for Winter Park Resort.
A few weeks ago I contacted Gary to see if there were any opportunities to get some of our youth out into the fresh air for some constructive, fun and relaxing activity. I had worked with Gary last year through the Boy Scouts and I was hoping to re-connect.
This book is amazing. Hall grew up in North Hampton just south of where I grew up. She is now a writing teacher at UNH. The story is about growing up in NH and getting pregnant and forced by her parent to give it up for adoption. Her family abandoned her and after finishing high school she travelled all over, never forgetting the child she gave up. It is such a touching story of forgiveness, family and love.
“Sometime I cry, pain rising from the place before he came. Now he is here and I finally grieve, crying in the field while Alex and Ben play in the house. My friends tell me, ‘This is a miracle. It is a fairy tale with a happy ending.’”
“I am memory. Everything I have been is carried here in my body. I am written, the pain and the great love, the surprises, the losses and the findings. The young woman’s body I live inside still, the unforgotten home, is a text. It is engraved with memory, my life.” (pg 211)
“We cannot plot out the future. We are a family. We love each other. We need each other. That is our only map.”
Interesting Video about Boulder and why it’s a great place to live and train.
Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2008 - Watch this video - what it will be like - one person’s perspective
I’m going to work on the trail tomorrow.
Thanks to Greg who took the photo. I’m not sure if this was after the 1st swim loop or the 2nd.
Here is me out of transition area, to the run:
I finished around 1:08 - the water was great and I ran the fastest 5K I can remember. Results should be posted in the morning. Greg took some photos and I’ll post once he sends. Great night in Boulder.
From http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/archives/564
But don’t fret too much if you get a rejection letter. We receive so many submissions, even superior pieces are bound to get rejected. I know this is easy for me as an intern to say; as a writer, I know the feeling of rejection, like someone has looked into my soul and said, “No thanks.” It’s really not that bad, though. Think of it more like a lottery. The stronger your writing, the more tickets you have, but your odds of winning are never going to be great. At any rate, you can’t catch a fish if your hook ain’t in the water.
