Friday, October 25, 2013

Celebrate the Small Things 25/10/13



This post is part of VikLit's blog hop, Celebrate the Small Things. Head on over there to join up! 


So, what am I celebrating this week?




I have a job!  I started yesterday as the manager of another art-house cinema in my hometown.  It was a tough decision because I was offered another cinema in another city, but at the end of the day, the idea of moving the whole family was just too much.  So far, I'm really enjoying it.  This cinema has a cafe as well, and it's going to take me a while to get a handle on how everything runs, but I'm sure I'll get it soon.  I'm actually excited about the weekend and working on the counter when it's busy.

I've been writing this week.  I'm quietly determined to finish my new book before my next round of edits comes back from my publisher.  I'm at the climax, so I figure I'm not too far off now.  There will be a lot of revising, I know, but there always is.  And even when you know that, there's a real sense of achievement that comes from finishing a first draft.  No matter how crappy it is.

My oldest son has gone away to stay with a friend of mine for the weekend, so the house is amazingly quiet.  Which is so unusual.  I'm looking forward to a weekend free of the screams and shouts and fighting that usually fill the house whenever my boys are at home together.

What are you celebrating this week?

17 comments:

  1. Yay, a quiet house. Although one (at least, I) has this constant feeling that something is missing. Congrats to your new job - may it be all you hoped for :)

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  2. Congratulations! That's excellent news :)
    I love a quiet house.

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  3. Congratulations on the new job! That's awesome!

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  4. Congratulations on your new job, fantastic news :D

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  5. Congrats on the new job, the writing progress, and the quiet house.

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  6. Congratulations on your job. I'll take a line from Depeche Mode and say enjoy the silence.

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  7. Congrats on the new job and enjoy the peace and quiet :)

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  8. Well done on that cinema job. A job like that might have me um, reeling.

    A week of writing and your writing goals. A quiet weekend on the way. Happy times, methinks.

    Take care and thank you for visiting my site.

    Gary

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  9. That's wonderful news! A big thing to celebrate, really :). Enjoy your quiet weekend and keep writing.

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  10. Yaaaayyyy!!!! It's wonderful you got a job so quickly, and it sounds perfect for you. It's nice your son gets a vacay from home - and home gets a vacay from him! lol Good luck with the WIP. :-)

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  11. Congrats on your new job! Enjoy your peaceful weekend! :)

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  12. Congratulations! And to have the new job more or less exactly like the old job is a rare pleasure.

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  13. congrats on the job, good for you! Blessings!

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  14. Thanks everyone! It's certainly a relief to have found a new job so quickly and not to have spent all my savings.

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  15. OK, found the post about the new job - mazel tov! Glad you're able to continue in your area with new and exciting works of art and two days that are never the same in a row! :-)

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