It’s celebration day
I’m proud of a few things: my children first and foremost! If you know me that goes without saying. My oldest is beautiful, smart, well-educated and sweet! My oldest son is serving in the military in Afghanistan. He’s amazing. BoyWonder is surviving at college!
I’m proud of the fact my blog shows up on the first page when people google turbo sex. And that that search apparently brings some people here to read.
Also another attractive search key word that brings people here (at least in the last week) is: Daniel Day-Lewis. I’m honored. Of course, no student of mine would be surprised by that, nor by the depth of my sense of honor to be among the google hits of such a revered actor.
I’m proud of the fact that last night, when I went with a girlfriend to consume a celebratory glass of wine and found myself hungry, I discovered I was craving vegetables! The wedge salad with tomato, scallions, and croutons was just perfect with blue cheese and a spot of french dressing for sweetness. Perfect with a glass of Pinot Noir.
I’m proud I know a good Pinot Noir when I taste one now. I didn’t used to.
I’ve been proud of a few things that are pretty silly to proud of: getting a whole household packed up and moved in less than three whole days, unpacking completely in less than another three.
I’m proud of some of the photography I’ve captured over the past two years, especially some of the sports photography.
Occasionally I’ve even been proud of my cooking, a thing I hope to post a lot of here in the next days to come.
But today, I am taking just a few minutes to be proud of the fact I am a NaNoWriMo winner! I finished the first draft of a novel of 50 K words (actually more) in (less than) 30 days!
No one says it’s a masterpiece. It’s a rough draft.
Yes, I will try to publish it. I certainly hope people will read it.
I’m not all closet-writerish… if I write it, I want people to read; that’s the point!
Finally, writing a novel is just like any other writing assignment and those I have done scads of. I’ve required scads of them. I’ve graded scads of them. This is no different.
It’s just a whole lot more fun.
The kind of fun I’d like to do a whole lot more of. Fiction is fantastic.
Thanks for all your support, personally or from a distance. I still need it— in lots of areas. I’m excited to have made this goal.
Next: finishing football (banquet tomorrow night), on to hockey photos, holiday baking and decorating and gifting!
Ahhhhh, what a glorious November. Life is good!
