Geez, I must have been gone during the "mod" hoopla. BeingMe did get in touch with me and I do hope she joins The Book and we get the same space to work in. Not sure how many pretty much novices there are. I know I'm one, so they may split the novices into the experienced groups. I make a lot of critique comments about the story ideas but I did not submit one.
I actually went all out, for me since the divorce, and put a small necklace of Christmas lights in my office. Other than that ... just not going there. Holidays are the worst. It was always a time of putting up the tree in the "main" family home with all the kids, grandkids, etc.
But, my mood is good. I think it is all the excitement about The Book! :-)
Hope you did well on your exams. I've actually been contemplating getting vested with the state and going back to college for a nursing degree. I've already got the science and math with my degree. I'd need clinicals, but I spent some time already as an EMT. And, then get advanced nurse practitioner. Had I known what was coming down the pike, I would have stuck with medicine to begin with. Then, I think I'm too darn old to want to go back to school again.
