I guess I spoke to soon, because later that evening, the temperature went from +3 to -18 and we got stuck on the highway in a complete white out, while on our way back from the Grand Prairie airport, where we were picking up our friend Lindsey. It was the scariest drive I've ever taken. The snow was swirling in all directions around the car so that you couldn't see any part of the road. Luckily, we were able to follow a semi most of the way home and only partially drove into a ditch before Mike got us out of it. And, now it's March and it's still winter. But, next week is spring break and I'll be on the island and by the time I get back, winter better be over!
Pretty soon, it will be time to start applying for jobs for next school year. I'm desperately hoping to get the job of the retiring French and English teacher at the high school. She's leaving and I'm hoping they hire someone to replace her. I would actually not even mind if it was part time, because then I could spend the rest of the time writing. I finally started my idea for a novel. There's only about a paragraph written so far, because I can't start writing until I've done a lot of research usually. I'm hoping that my mental block in poetry means that I should be spending my time writing fiction. I sent a story away the other day that I'm pretty optimistic about, but I have to wait 3 months to find out if they will accept it or not.
Well, I think I will go try to finish reading "The Catcher in the Rye". Can you believe this writer/english teacher has never read it? My book club is doing it this thursday, so I am finally getting around to it. Happy March!
Here is a pic of me and my girlfriends here sporting our wedding dresses at our bridezilla party:
3 comments:
I love that you had a bridezilla party! Fun! And yes, you can come to our bridal tea when it happens... Perhaps it will become an annual/bi-annual event. It's not often you see more than one woman at a time in a wedding dress.
The Catcher in the Rye is my favourite book. I hope you like it!
And by the way, I like your wedding dress the best :-)
Hmmm... speaking of classic english literature - did you ever finish P&P my dear?
Also - I know that as a die hard Austen fan I am supposed to dislike 'Becoming Jane' because it is so historically incorrect - but, I really like it! I thought it was well written and had some great language to it. Of course kissing - in that era? Well, I probably would've done it anyways.
Cheers from sunny California (jeans were just too hot today!)
Jenn
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