If you were one of the two or three people looking for my blog last night, apparently it disappeared off the grid for a few hours. If I wasn’t all tekky and stuff I think it might have driven me insane to figure out why because basically, the URL just stopped working. That tells me something is wrong with the system. But thank you to Dawn for letting me know so I could fix it ^_^

It’s been a long week full of highs and lows. Like a big-ol roller coaster. But I’m using the experiences. I’m reminding myself that conflict in life is fodder for stories and I’m going to need it as I move into my next project. I feel like I’ve lost a friend (which had better just be a temporary thing – he’d better not be gone), reconnected with another, and had a series of dreams and ideals rise and fall like a boat rocked in the storm. But it was all worth it (except for the missing friend thing. Still highly aggravated about the series of events surrounding that).

BUT a special note to everyone who entered ABNA – regardless of how far you’ve made it/make it. Y’all are awesome. You wrote killer pitches and have kick-ass stories to back them up. I saw some familiar names on both round 2 lists. I’ll be watching the announcements through each of the next rounds and keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Give yourself and your neighbor a pat on the back and make sure you celebrate if you haven’t yet. ^_^ You worked for this, you earned a congratulations and so much more. And to my friend halfway around the world – I’d love an excuse to fly to New York for my birthday in June…so you’d better make it ^_^

How are you treating yourself right this weekend?