Texts!

Hey, Everyone!

All right, I can hear you all now...  "What horrible thing happened to you this time, Lauren?"  To which I say "har har."  I know a lot of terrible things have been happening to me, but jeez.  Also...I got bit by a spider and my index finger swelled to twice its normal size.  But I can tell that you don't want to hear about that.

You want to know about this!

 My exact facial expression all week.

That's right.  I got a new phone.  Jealous?

All right, I know that I'm years late on jumping on the smart phone bandwagon, but I finally switched over.  And it's wonderful.  It's really cut down on my stress (I don't have to panic wondering if any clients have written to me--and I don't have to keep dragging out my laptop to find out!).  In fact, it's so great, that I'm planning to write a Blog post about it on my professional Blog.  It's only been a couple of days, but I already feel that everyone in my line of work should have one of these babies!

Mostly, I was just super excited that I get to text people again!  It had been too long.

Other than that, I went skating on Saturday, wrote a ton of posts for my Pro Blog, and I cleaned Robert's litter box.  In fact, I cleaned it so well that he got confused and thought it was a bed:

You protest, but I know you love the cat pics.  Don't lie.

Oh yeah.  And this Wednesday (8/17/11) is going to be my one year anniversary of being a professional writer!  I'm going to have an extra special Blog post on my website to celebrate!  Here's a sneak peek at the accompanying art:

As you can see, it's not coloured in.  You'll have to visit my website on the 17th to see the final version! ;)

This weekend marked my first days off since July 30th.  And, yes, I spent most of my days off writing.  PROOF that I love what I do.  Hah!

That's all I've got for now.  Be sure to head over to my Official Website on August 17th for the launch of The Newbie Writer's Guide!  I can't wait!

Also, many thanks to everyone who checked in on me when my mouth was in such terrible pain.  The gross part is finally over and the pain part has diminished greatly.  If all continues to go well, I'll be back up to snuff by my next entry!  <3

--Lauren*
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