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Writing and Baseball

If I want to write over the summer, I need to find clients now.  Why is it that I am having such a hard time bringing myself to apply for these positions?    I see jobs that I can do.  I know that I can do it. I put the jobs on my “watch list”.  Then I watch them until they have been taken by other people. I just need to work up the courage to apply for the jobs I know I can do.  I may see if I can work for the people I wrote for last summer.  If so, I could totally make some serious money this summer.   I found out yesterday that my oldest nephew made the JV baseball team at his school.  I also found out that he plays his first game today against the school where I work.    So….what’s any good aunt to do?  I’m going to go back to watch him play after I pick up the Princess at school and drop off the other girls from carpool.  Then, at 5:30, I’m going to work the ticket gate.  It only makes sense to get pa...

Day #9 Thankfulness

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Today, I’m thankful for my cars. That’s sounds selfish and materialistic, but I am. Every day, I get to drive my minivan to work and get the girls from carpool. (I pick up 5 girls including the Princess.)    Before we got the van in March, it was hard to function without two cars. Now that we have the van and the Monte Carlo, we hardly ever use the 2nd car.    We have been blessed with being able to pay the Monte Carlo off (a little early). Now we have the van, and it is awesome. I don’t have to rent a car when I’m taking my parents on vacation with us anymore!