29. August 2008 by Rachel.

On lunch break with my favorite - a ham/turkey wrap. Gatorade isn’t quite Mountain Dew, but…a little bit better for me.

Uncle Steve had surgery yesterday for prostate cancer. All we know is that he made it through  all right. I guess I’ll be calling Kris again tonight just to find out more. Grandma herself isn’t well, with back problems again. Sounds like Kris is kind of trying to hold things together at this point.

Pride came and I fell. Had a “patience” entry written for Faithwriters. It was beautiful. A poem. I loved it. I was proud of it. I submitted it…next thing I know, it’s up, and all quotation marks had been converted to bizarre symbols. And no…they couldn’t change it. According to Deb, it shouldn’t affect the judging, but I know it will. That’ll teach me.

SmackDown tonight. Keeping tabs on it for Dad. (smile) Lisa won’t be online ’til late though, so I might write her a play-by-play again. I think she likes that.

RC is running rampant through my mind. Without working on a novel, the RC fiction plot has plenty of room to wreak havoc in my brain…and trust me, it’s havoc.

Well, lunch break is about up. Back to work. Catching up on orders is the game this afternoon. At least it’s payday!

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27. August 2008 by Rachel.

We actually had rain here this morning. It was nice. Even a bit of thunder and lightning. At least it cleaned off my car.

Things are going relatively well for not having Dad around. The horses are doing okay. Fat and happy…ornery, but fat and happy nonetheless.

Cody is behaving quite well also. He and I are getting along. Other than being hyper at night, he’s pretty settled, even without Dad around. Last night though he got a bit of excitement as the nieghbor’s dogs came for a visit.

Tonight Mom and I are going to eat in Griswold, then go to Ryan and Rainee’s. After that, who knows.

I did manage to submit a “Charade” article to FaithWriters last week. Not my best work. This week is “Patience” and I have yet to write anything. I’m cutting it close once again with the timing.

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19. August 2008 by Rachel.

Five weeks… compared to the nine last year, I think I can handle this. Got Dad off to the airport just a bit ago. Feeling a bit of melancholy. Said goodbye to Lisa last week, and now facing five weeks without Dad seems to prompt a little loneliness. But I’ll be taken care of - God will see to that.

Trying to come up with a FaithWriters entry this week. Topic is Charade. Not sure if I can think of something adequate or not. We’ll see. I’ve got until tomorrow night.

Now it’s back to work. Lots of website stuff to do and web store maintenance. Another day, another dollar.

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14. August 2008 by Rachel.

…and it seems just like yesterday that it was winter.

The summer has flown by. So much has happened, and yet not much at all. I have decided to try harder at keeping up with my blog from now on. Not only to stimulate my writing and creative juices, but journaling has never been a strength of mine, and this will help.

Promotion of Silent Ride is slow, but I’ve gained a lot of positive interest and feedback.

Writing continues for weekly articles in FaithWriter challenges.  Another Editor’s Choice is under my belt now.

On the personal end of things, Dad’s taking off again for a NY trip, so I’ll be winging it again with the horses. Not as scared this time though - he won’t be gone as long as last time.

I’m also trying to get through the immediate shock of having a wonderful friend visit for a week then return home. It feels empty right now. Makes me realize how much I dislike distance between friends, especially 1,000 miles. But God has provided us with other forms of communication that spurs our friendship on.

For now I will sign off with more to come soon.

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