Just a Sunday afternoon

Today was a beautiful day. I kept my window open most of the day, except when the leaf-blowing outside grew too loud. William and I went for a walk around some blocks and enjoyed the lovely weather. Then we came back home, watched the movie Hitman, and I took a nap. Cash woke me up by sticking her face right in my face and sniffing.

I talked to Mom this morning and it sounds like they're having a great time in California. My aunt and uncle have come for the weekend so it all adds to the fun. My Aunt Leslie made abelskivers (sp?) this morning, a puffy round pancake-type treat made in a special abelskiver pan.

I should be brainstorming about novel concepts and my mind keeps veering away from it. I don't know what my problem is. I am in suspense regarding the agent's response to SEA CHANGE, which I should hear at the end of next week. This is an agent who another agent recommended me to and to whom I sent my pages last June. Then she asked to see the whole manuscript. After that I heard nothing. I wrote her in December and she responded right away saying she'd get back to me soon, but again I didn't hear anything. I reminded myself how busy agents are and waited it out, not wanting to be a pest. Nancy at writing group kept trying to get me to write her again, but I resisted. Finally, I sent her a short email querying the possible location and status of my manuscript. She answered in a nice way, saying she was "ablush with agent embarrassment" and her team would take a serious look at the ms. next week and get back to me. So I'm excited to have someone seriously considering SEA CHANGE, which I had put on a back burner after finishing PHOTOGRAPHIC. Christie has offered to help me sent out pages again now after she's gotten into the groove of motherhood, I guess, and I need to take her up on it. PHOTO needs to be out there and it's all my fault if it's not.

William and I are getting on each other's nerves today. It's just one of those days. It's hard to fix once you get started. Someone accidentally hurts the other person's feelings, then trying to explain it it just gets worse somehow. Usually we're able to work these things out very easily but today, not so much. Maybe if we go on another walk it will help. Walks usually do.