Friday, August 01, 2008

the whirlwind that was july

The Future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.—C.S. Lewis

Okay, so the second half of that month flew by.

In the middle of the month, I spent quality time in St. Louis, hanging out with a former roommate and watching My Fair Lady at the Muny theatre. A fabulous show on a gorgeous night, and it was so great to catch up with Laura! I hadn’t seen her in months, and there were many, many stories to tell.

Then our family went to another wedding at a gorgeous chapel in St. Louis, which was a great chance to get dressed up (I don’t exactly do my hair for a day of writing!) and catch up with family.

Then an impromptu visit to Nashville, followed by the exciting upheaval of my older sister moving back home. She’s coming back to get a second degree at a nearby university—graphic design! I’m so thrilled!! She has a fabulous eye for painting and photography and design, and I can’t wait to see what she does with her art classes. We’re thinking of basically turning this house into a studio—two writers and a graphic designer? Could life be more fun?

And then, this past weekend, my parents and I flew to Minnesota to visit with some of the best relatives ever. We stayed up late talking, got caught up on everyone’s travels (as well as Adrienne’s wedding photos), and had a great time. It felt like an honest-to-goodness vacation, and I loved being north again.


my mom with two gorgeous cousins! hannah and maddie


me and dad with tyler (a foosball champ!) and some awesome coffee… you better believe we were having a great time!

Now it’s time to be home again, to buckle down and get this book moving.

I’m a third of the way through the rewrites for Part Two. I reread the fifty pages I wrote in July and I love them. Some passages are, frankly, horrible, but there are some lines so gorgeous I have to pinch myself. I’m determined to finish rewriting Part Two by the end of August.

And there’s something else: I’m committing myself to sending something out to a literary magazine by my birthday. (The fabulous August 31. Also known for a wide variety of coupon expirations.) I am perversely terrified about sending a story out, but I’ll grit my teeth and get to it… I think. In a minute, this blog will be up and then I’ll have to, right? Will you hold me to it?? Here goes…—jl

Posted by Jenn Langefeld on 08/01 at 04:53 PM
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