There's something about rain. Right now, I don't mind it. It means I probably won't have to film the first race of the season tonight. I'm grateful for the reprieve. It's one of those days when I remind myself that I'm not going to take the term "Dried In" for granted. I appreciate "Dried In" indeed. I enjoy rainy days most when I can stay home and curl up with a good old movie or a good book. Today I have to put in some time at the off-site office, so I can't do the "curl-up" thing. It'll be all the sweeter though when it's a rainy day and we live in the log cabin and I can do lots of quality "curling-up".
Any day now we'll have plumbing and heating. Today we're going to buy the sinks and vanities for the bathrooms, buy stain for the walls, buy tiles for the bathroom floor. We're going to work lots of hours putting in the sub-floors upstairs. Up until now we've only been able to put in a couple of boards each evening. Last evening we got in seven boards. From now on we're going to use lights and work longer. We're both anxious to get finished. We need to finish. We've got some quality time coming our way.
I still think a lot about those last weeks with my dad. There's really no one I can talk to about it. It was an unusal time.
I like to lay in bed in the mornings while Roy is getting ready for work. The RV is small and it's difficult for the two of us to be up and getting ready for anything at the same time. So I lay in bed while he's showering and dressing and eating breakfast. I like to "think" about things. Right now I have to really hunt around in my head for nice things to think about. Most things quickly lead to stress. If I think about editing (and I love to edit), I immediately remember that I'm unbelievably behind and that clients are chomping at the bit. I seem to be able to think about some aspects of the cabin. The things that we're working on now are pretty great compared to what we've had to do so far. I think I'd like (no, I'd LOVE) to have the electrical work done. That would open up lots of new doors. I guess I should focus on one thing at a time, huh?
I was the chairman of an event in Baltimore Tuesday evening. It was an honor to be a part of the first Film Festival for the Baltimore Videographer's Association. We ended up with several sponsors, with 41 excellent video entries, and a wonderful evening of "dress-up". I stood up in front of maybe 100 people and hosted the evening. I felt comfortable and I hope I was able to make the audience comfortable. It was a joy to announce the winners and get hugs as well as hand-shakes from each of them. I could tell they were indeed overjoyed to win an award. It was great to see the winners so happy to be "recognized" and "chosen". I was happy for them. It didn't matter that I wasn't a winner. Because they were winners, I felt like a winner, too. Anyhow, the hard work paid off and I'm glad we did it.
I have a small article (very small) in a magazine right now. I didn't expect it. I wrote a letter to Log Home Living and hoped they would contact me about doing an article on our cabin, since we're building it ourselves. They never did get in touch with me, but I wasn't concerned. Then yesterday my new magazine arrived in the mail. It was actually too warm in the RV to do editing. The computers were getting hot. So I got a glass of water and gathered up the cat, a couple of phones, and the magazine - and went out to sit in the cabin for a few minutes. I settled into the lawn chair that sits in the master bedroom. I arranged my phones on a pile of lumber and found a safe spot for my glass of water. I opened up the magazine and perused the first pages. On page 10 my eye fell on a photo. I normally look at the pictures first. Wait a minute! Hold on there! That's me. That's us. What the...? I looked the page over and it was about us. In fact, it was the very letter I wrote. Word for word. I didn't write it for publishing, so I'm thinking "I should have written it differently" - maybe more interesting. But there it is anyhow - an "as is" article. Then it hit me that this letter and this picture were going to be seen by a lot of people. I'm in a national magazine. WooHoo!!! So it was my moment in the sun. What an awesome thing.
I just thought of another thing I can think about. My children. What do you call your children when they're grown up - have been for a while now? chil-ups? bigguns? Anyhow, right now, today, all three of my children are thriving. Sarah is thriving at her job and has turned it into a career. Her stick-to-it-iveness has paid off for her. Congratulations, Sarah! Robert just finished Officer Candidate School and has moved on to Texas where he's in another school. He is living a good life. Things are falling into place for him and soon he'll have his wife and children at his side again. Good for you, Robert! And Dan. Dan has found a career, too, and it's one that fits him well. He's living in a wonderful part of the country - the Philly area - and he's living large. Way to go, Dan! I'm with you all. Even when you don't think I am. I'm close by, even from afar.
I hope to get better at this blogging thing. I may never excel at it, but it'll be fun taking the journey.
Shelley
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