Celebrate the Small Things 17-1-25

 

It's the end of the week, so it's time to Celebrate the Small Things...

What am I celebrating this week?

Long weekend!

Yes, I know I've only been back at work for a week, but that first week back is always the worst.  I've really been struggling to remember anything that happened last year or even what it is I do.  Just beginning to get back into it now...

I haven't got a lot planned for the long weekend.  I'm teaching my first hour-long spin class on Sunday, so that kind of put paid to any plans to go away.  I think my partner and I might go up to his property right after I teach on Sunday and stay there through Monday, but that's weather dependent.

I was super surprised yesterday to get nominated for Quill Awards on the writing website I use.  Weirdly, I was nominated for two poems I wrote to prompts during Poetry Week last year.  I don't really write poetry and certainly wouldn't consider myself a poet, so it was a big surprise!  One of the poems is a ditty and the other is an alphabet poem - one of those where there are 26 lines and you start each line with A, B, C...  I don't expect to win, but it's flattering to be nominated.  And a little embarrassing since I probably spent no more than 10 minutes on either of them.

I've had a couple more rejections for Guide Us which is no longer a surprise.  Some of them are for queries I sent in March last year, so it's definitely taking agents a long time to respond!  I think I still have 40 or so that haven't had a response yet, so I guess there's still a chance someone might want it.  But I'm not holding out much hope.  

Guess I'll whip the new book into shape and get ready to query that one...  Although I'm not sure if I'm hardened enough to deal with Harley getting rejected.

Today's story is a little bit of fun.

What are you celebrating this week?