1. I met Nora and got my picture taken with her.
Really, that should be numbers one through thirteen, but that might be boring and I strive not to be too boring.
2. I dropped my Blackberry and killed it on Friday the 13th.
3. That same cursed day, Crissy and I took a taxi from the Dallas hotel to the store where we needed to exchange the phone. We got that cab driver from hell that’s the part of so many urban legends. We almost died. No really. We spent more time in other lanes than in our own, I might have a permanent tremor from the vibration of the taxi driver driving hash marks. At one point, I rearranged my legs so they weren’t next to the door, but instead in the middle of the taxi, to minimize any damage a car accident might cause. He detoured us through downtown Fort Worth. Chased a cop car through the city trying to get directions. And then charged us for all those extra miles. We did NOT take that taxi back.
4. Again, on Friday the 13th, I lost the 2gb microSD card for the Blackberry that I’d JUST gotten in the mail three days prior. I took it out of the damaged phone and put it in a “safe place”. Never to be seen again. Truly, it was a Friday the 13th to forget.
5. I met Nora and got my picture taken with her.
Hee. You didn’t think I’d say it only once, did you?
6. I read Caressed by Ice
omg, awesome. It doesn’t release for a few more months, so you all will have to wait and I’ll do a longer post later, but I just wanted to say here how much I thought it rocked.
7. Got told by an author in the bar that I rejected her book. Apparently my facial expressions were priceless because Heather Osborn said it was her favorite moment of the conference. The author said I called it “derivative and shitty”. Well, apparently not so many words, I was nice about it but that was meaning behind it. Came home and looked her up because I had no recollection of it at all, which made me feel bad. Hmm…not on my spreadsheets. Turns out, that’s because it wasn’t me who rejected it. Ha. All is right in my world again. Clearly I don’t mind being an evil editor…as long as I’m not confronted with it in person 
8. I met a slew of people who I refuse to name, because I know I’ll forget someone and offend them, but in that bunch is Nora Roberts. Sorry, I couldn’t resist, lolol. Okay, okay. I got to spend a lot of time with THE Jaci Burton too, which was pretty awesome, because we spend all day together on IM but rarely in person. I’m going to share pictures on the blog in the next few days, so you’ll get to see plenty of her too, since there seem to be a lot of pictures of the two of us together.
9. Fallon’s Revenge by Mackenzie McKade won the Passionate Ink contest in its category. Yayyy! Congratulations, Mac. I raced out of the Passionate Ink luncheon as soon as it was announced and called her to tell her. I’d promised I would and that was a promise I was thrilled to follow up on.
10. You saw picture proof of this, but my baby finally started peddling on a tricycle. We’ve been trying to teach her for months and she finally started doing it at my in-laws last week. She’s so proud and pretty darn cute, if I do say so myself.
11. Tuesday night I slept in the spare bedroom because Josh had gone to bed at 6:30 (he’s sick) and I didn’t want to wake him up. Shortly after I went to bed, he came busting into the room saying I’d scared the hell out of him. Apparently he woke up and couldn’t find me. His next step was to check the baby’s room and see if I’d taken her and left. Say it with me now. Dumbass. (yes, I’m mocking him even if I do know it was the fever thinking for him).
12. Wednesday, the cable internet went out at about 11:15 am. I spent 30 minutes on hold with the cable company (I know I’m not exagerrating because my phone told me it was 30 minutes). After 10 minutes on the phone with them I learned 1) it wasn’t their fault. 2) no one could come out until Saturday *eek* and 3) maybe I had a faulty modem.
So I got in the truck and drove to the cable office. Where there were no parking spaces (in a really large lot). First bad sign. And where, when I opened the door, the line was backed up to the door. Second bad sign. AND where there were only TWO people working. Greaaaat. Thanfully, I’ve got the Blackberry with me, so I figure I’ll do some blog-hopping while waiting for the thirty people in front of me to get their issues solved. But after about 2 minutes, a lady behind me starts bitching about how her internet and internet phone are out. Huh. My internet is out too. People along the line say…mine too. And almost as one you hear “they told me to bring my modem in and get it replaced.” Huh. Then someone says, “About an hour ago I was on the phone and my internet just…went out.” Weird. That’s the same time my “modem stopped working”. And many others in line.
I, being smart, decide to call the local cable number (while standing in their lobby). Busy single. Okay, 800 number (it’s ironic I had to use the Blackberry to look that up on the internet while standing in their lobby). Well, well,well. Interesting message, “We’re experiencing a high volume of calls due to a service outage in your area. Technicians have been dispatched to fix the problem.” Huh. I hung up, announced it to the lobby and then said I wasn’t waiting in line to exchange a perfectly good modem. And I left. With half the line.
15 minutes after getting home and hooking up my “broken” modem, the internet miraculously started working again. That was some good customer service I got /sarcasm.
13. And for my final “happening”…Josh got attacked at work yesterday by an angry employee. Yeah, there have been times I’ve been tempted to strangle him myself, but seriously? No one gets that privilege but me, dammit. So apart from some bruising and abrasions, and being extremely pissed off, he’s fine. Yes, the employee was fired and yes, Josh is pressing charges. Second Degree Assault. He got checked out by the doctor, met with the police and will also be getting an order of protection. Now we just have to worry about him bursting a blood vessel because he’s that angry (and who can blame him?)
What happened to you this week?
Glad to know he’s okay and I soooo agree with you about the cable company. Let’s see what happened to me this week? My dh had a friend that he hasn’t seen in years show up on our door step and announce he’s now a neighbor. Ugh! I don’t like the guy. We found out another friend is in the hospital with colon cancer. My son and niece nearly got into a fist fight over a chess game. (Don’t ask!) And I got summoned for jury duty and my boss wont get me out of it, but won’t pay me for going either. I can use a vacation day or sick day if I want paid. :disagree: So now I’ll have to drive into Camden (NJ) Murder capital of the nation and sit around for 8 hours while I try to come up with excuses to keep me from getting picked as a jurror. Grrr….
OMG. Glad Josh is okay. My week? Writing, teething toddler, cat yack, laundry. And a Fantasm Award, woot.
Gosh Angie I gasped by the time I got to 13. That’s terrible. I hope Josh is okay and there’s no more trouble with the employee. Scary that.
As for the cable company. We have an inordinate amount of construction right now in our area which my cable company insists has NO affect on the service going out 20 times a day. Of course it didn’t happen before the construction so I guess it’s just a happy coincidence.
OMG! Poor Josh! What an absolutely awful week for him! First you leave him with the baby (in his own mind) and then he gets attacked!
As for the cab driver in Dallas… I am relatively certain everyone there drives that way or at least a good number of them. At least that was my impression, the few times I’ve been there. It’s like taking your life in your own hands to get on the road.
I hear that Nora Roberts was at RWA. Did you see her?
I hear that Nora Roberts was at RWA. Did you see her?
:wiggle: clever, lolol
No TT for me this week because my week sounds only slightly better than yours. Just wanted to say that I hope Josh (great name btw, that is my baby’s name) is feeling better and good for him for pressing charges.
Oh.
My.
Gawd.
I was going to make a comment about Josh’s fever-induced paranoia, but after reading #13 I just couldn’t. Glad he’s okay, but how scary!
My week? I got back from Disneyland, so it’s been one long round of laundry, catching up on e-mail, laundry, revisions, and, well, more laundry.
Oh, and I’m not really here. I’m working on my ms. Honestly.
*backing away from the internet slowly…*
Glad Josh is okay!!!!
And darn you for teasing me with Caressed By Ice! I just read Slave to Sensation and loved it, and am afraid to read Visions of Heat because I don’t have Caressed By Ice to follow it up! Can’t wait until September!
I told Nalini this in person so I don’t feel bad saying it here. I loved Slave to Sensation, I thought Visions was good but it didn’t strike the same chord with me that Slave did. But Caressed is just as awesome as Slave to Sensation was. She had a brand new story in the same world and she did a great job of leaving me wondering how she was going to get them their HEA!
OY! What a crazy week! I’m glad Josh is okay.
What a rollercoaster week you had!
Why didn’t you include: “I spent endless hours discussing the RWA changes…”?
Ouch on the broken BlackBerry. It must have fallen at just the right angle, because I drop mine all the time. I actually do it for a demo in my training class to show how tough they are.
And meeting the Nora would be 1-13 on my list. :hips:
What a week! Glad Josh is okay. Loved the pictures, did you get a chance to meet Nora? I wrote, and worked, and saw Harry Potter (I thought it was an awesome movie- the book is still much better, but the movie was great). I also found out you will be down here in my neck of the woods in the fall. :cheer:
Meeting Nora definitely warrants several mentions!
I just have to ask if the cab you took was a Yellow Shuttle cab because my sis and I also had a psychotic cab driver Friday night who took us all around Dallas, narrowly missed hitting another cab and then couldn’t find the hotel and wanted to drop us off in the middle of nowhere. Once we FINALLY made it back to the hotel, we called and reported him to the manager at the Yellow Shuttle. Apparently he’d gotten a speeding ticket already that night…
Minx
You know, I met you at Nationals, and even if Samhain does reject me, I’ll still think you’re cool and funny as hell. – No, I’m not kissing up. I honestly don’t take passes on my work personally.
Your blog is awesome. Wish I’d known about it sooner. I just heard about it tonight.