That's right, I wanted to post an update tonight.  I am SO Ungodsly tired, though…  

Let's see if I can remember what all I wanted to update about…

Well first of all, ~Flash-Fic-Month is coming up again.  It's the month of July.  I've tried doing it for the past couple of years.  Debating whether I should try again, this year.  Not sure how much time I'll have tbh, though.  From the looks of things at work, I may have two weeks off at the end of July…

Yeah,  that's the problem.  With all of the Government budget cuts to Head Start, there are some changes coming to my workplace.  One of those being that we, the Early Head Start Center for 18 to 36 month olds, have to be closed for four weeks out of the year.  Thankfully they don't have to be in a row and can be spread out.  Well, the dates we'll be off isn't finalized, yet, but my director is looking at us having the last week of June and the last two weeks in July off.  I can't imagine any of the parents of the kids in our care being happy about this…    Apparently, our Director is trying to make it so that, no matter what weeks we're off, we'll at least have one week's worth of pay on our paychecks.  Well, I suppose that's nice, at least.  Though I can't help but wonder just how much that check will even be after my insurance, and other deductions are taken out.  O_O  Probably nothing.  My insurance and deductions equal roughly one full weeks of pay as it is.    

Back to Flash Fiction Month…  I'm thinking it'll help to get me motivated to write again.  My mind has been really distracted lately… and between that, and work, and kids, and music lessons, I just haven't had much time to write.  Oddly enough, Adam even suggested that I actually write some fanfiction just to get the creative juices flowing again.  That's hilarious, really, because he used to gripe at me that I needed to stop writing fanfiction and start writing my own original work.  

The problem with my original work is that it's just sitting there, not getting read by anyone…  while I try to find somewhere to publish it.  Fanfiction is so much more appealing to write because I get instant feedback.   Yeah, we live in a world of instant gratification…  What is the world coming too…  

On a brighter note.  Just ten more days until I go with to see Casey James again, with VIP Tickets, this time!   Can't WAIT!  This will be my sixth time seeing him and ~AdonciasDreams fourth time with me.  She's planning on making corn bread and taking a jar of strawberry jam to give to him because "The Good Life" [link]   is her favorite song and the second line of the song is, "Jelly over warm corn bread."  Though Casey said in an interview awhile ago that he prefers Jam, but that "Jam over warm corn bread." Didn't quite sound as good as "Jelly…"  Any of the Casey Girls reading this who have given him baked goods at shows in the past think they can send me a message on FB or Twitter and let me know how this works?  Can we just give it to him directly or are we supposed to give it to someone else?  (I don't know all the names of the people who work around him, except for the members in his band.)

Ok, well that's just about it for now.  I'll update more later, and of course I'll post pictures from the show in my FB account.  Time for me to crash... after doing dishes, making my lunch for tomorrow, setting up the coffee pot, and practicing my guitar some that is.

Oyasumi, minasan,
Goodnight, everyone,




Me