I was going to make this entry all poetic and such, but I'm running out the door in a few minutes to meet my mom for lunch and then run some errands, so for the sake of saving time I'll be (as much as I am capable of) to the point. Kris and I have been working away at a huge puzzle for the past two nights. We got bored so we went to Walmart and bought puzzles. Aint we crazy? But I have a dorky confession to make: I love puzzles. I don't know why, but I do. I always have and up until recently I forgot that. When we're done with our current one we'll get it framed and then we'll do the same with the next, this way K and I will each have one to take to college with us. Mom is finally home from her business trip. I missed her. : ( Without her being here every day to talk to and tell stories with, I just feel like she's missed so much, even though that may not be the case. At any rate, I'm glad we're going to lunch together. Work has been just...aaaarg! Yesterday I thought I worked 12-5, but when I got there I discovered it was 12-6, and then just near six o'clock, my manager asks me if I could stay another hour because another cashier couldn't come in so we were a man short. "Sure." 12-7 doing icky, icky work. And I was starving. But such is life, right? At least I'm making more money (I kept reminding myself). So my computer is really messed up now, which makes me tearfully sad. I was writing this morning and then *poof!* screen goes stark black as if someone had pulled a plug. I'm making a little more progress on that story I had posted in here earlier and I've been sketching ideas for more children's stories and another novel. I think I'm happiest when I have a lot of choices of what I want to work on. I've really enjoyed all the creativity lately. I've done a couple pretty descent character drawings and sometime in the very near future I'm going to write the story of Miss Macey Motts and her Polka Dots. I'm also still researching in the publishing world and I've got start looking into agents. Makes me so nervous though!!! Well it's about time for me to go and that's about all the important stuff right now. Good luck to Kristofer on his first day at Target! Carrie