All things ...

      Well, all things -- good or bad -- come to an end eventually. Yesterday, I resigned from the local community theater board. There were a multitude of reasons: I'm tired of doing the work and not being appreciated. I'm tired of the backbiting, sneaking around, and general childishness. But mostly I'm just tired. The fun was gone. The feeling of being part of something that was giving back to the community was gone.
      Naturally I'd like to think that they will suffer without me. Or fall apart. And come begging for my help. It's not going to happen. Other people will either step up or do better or do different than me, but things will get done. I'm not vain enough to think I'm irreplaceable. The group will continue. Probably even flourish.
      And I'll go on to other things. Murder by Dewey Decimal will come out this month, and I'm going to put some time into marketing it. I also want to format, edit, and rewrite Murder by the Acre so that it can be published in September or October. Then I'll participate in Novel Writing Month in November. After that, I'd like to publish Floozy, which is the collection of my humor columns. Amid all that activity, I want to catch up on my family newsletters and finish Darkness, Oklahoma and Dragons Gather. And naturally continue blogging. I also intend to lose more weight and continue to work on controlling my diabetes.
      I'm depressed, of course, and a little hurt. I put a lot of myself into the theater group, but I'm not defined by that group, I'm more than my activities with that group, and I'll flourish without that group. And now, enough about that group. They won't be mentioned here again.
      I hurt my back Saturday. I was hurrying around the house, doing laundry, filing, cleaning, and generally being fairly productive when I (stupidly) bent over to pick up a basket instead of kneeling. I felt my back pull and go numb. Sigh. Anyway, I immediately hit the painkillers and deep heating rub. I'm using my cane today, but I hope and think I won't progress to the walker if I'm really careful the next few days. And I intend to be.
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      HOLD EVERYTHING! TODAY AT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE NOON, I RECEIVED MY PROOF COPY OF MURDER BY DEWEY DECIMAL!
      It was great to finally hold it in my hands. It's a book! A real honest-to-Guttenberg book! We're so close to it being published that I can almost taste it. (It tastes good.) Now I will read this copy and check for any errors that may have slipped by my fabulous proofreaders. Then I'll submit the changes to Lulu, and we'll have a book!
      This is very cool. It made my day. Talk you later.