Ever Have One of Those Days?

There’s an old expression, “Some days it just doesn’t pay to get up in the morning.”

To be honest, I think that expression is ridiculous. Because if you don’t get up, you’ll just lie around feeling bad. And the more you lie around, the more time you waste when you could have been doing something to make yourself feel better.

For instance, I woke up this morning with a terrible, horrible, seemingly non-stop pain in my knee. I had no idea how horrible non-stop pain could be until that moment. I jostled around for a comfortable position, but none was to be had.

Well, I’m kind of lying. Actually, I’ve experienced pain before. I’ve been waking up with pain coursing down my arm almost every morning. The left arm, that is. The arm affected by my dystonia.

So … I laid there, drifting off to sleep. When I woke up, I had to really force myself through sheer effort of will to get the hell up.

Now, keep in mind that on this blog, I’ve announced my book launch, which will hopefully take place in early February. God (or whoever) willing! Ha ha ha …

I say this because I’m currently in a holding pattern waiting for the Spanish in the book to be confirmed as okay. Got that?

You see, the person who was handling this relied upon an unreliable person who ended up disappointing both of us. Yeah, boo hoo. It happens. No one is to blame. Really!

Good news, however! I found a translator, who can take care of this. Fast! All because I got up this morning (barely) and got to work on it. Score one for me!

I even found a little time to work on a screenplay for a short film that if things work out could possibly be produced in time to be submitted into this contest. If not that, then there’s always this contest, to which I could submit my actual finished feature length screenplay. How big can a slightly gimpy author/aspiring screenwriter dream?

So … in the spirit of good blogging, here are some really bizarre/fun headlines.

Why doesn’t the church just mind its own business? Oh, I forgot. It’s in the business of telling people what to do.

Occupy DC: Just like camping, with more trash.

Leave it to the Washington Post to prove the very point it’s trying to refute.

I’d move to Virginia, except the traffic really sucks there.

I can think of at least one fireman who won’t like this news at all. But he’s retired, so it’s a moot point. Yay!

PS: Here’s the cover of my new book. Isn’t it awesome?

PPS: Did you know there was a TV show called Riptide, which (thankfully) bears no resemblance whatsoever to the story in my book.

PPPS: I got an email from someone who wants to know how to get started in publishing. OMG! Where do I start? LOL

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