Life of Pol

It's Sunday, and that means it's the last day of my vacation. It's been a good week, though. I did well at the gym, and I finished a burning, which would have taken forever if I had not been off. I've been practicing the guitar. Going to the gym and I've been reading The Face , but can't really get into it. And that bothers me because it's a Koontz book and I have never read any thing of his that I wasn't crazy over. But it was bound to happen. I currently have 24 Dean Koontz books, and will be adding again shortly. Anyway, I've been doing a lot of productive stuff while I was off. And I also found time to lay around and do nothing. I can't wait for that day to come! It will come one day. It the not-too-distant future. Other than that, everything's been pretty much the same. Waiting for Luthor back from the editor so I couldn't do anything with that. No word on the movie lately. I think the economy kind of slowed that train ...

It's the Sunday morning before my vacation starts. Well, a lot of people are off on Monday, so technically my vacation starts on Tuesday. But whatever, I'm off until next week! Steve's off today so that will be nice. It seems we never get days of together anymore. But that will all change when we we win the HGTV Dream Home! It's in Santa Fe! It's a sign. We were meant to win this one. We enter three times a day (once a day per email address) and Steve mailed off some postcards for us, too. I know there are a lot of people entering, but there is no room for doubt. We've put it out in the universe that we're gonna win (plus pray to God each night). Got all the bases covered. As for the now, I'm just chillin'. It's only seven in the morning. I've been up since 6:30. Steve won't be up for another few hours. Until then I'll work on my new burning (wait til you see it, it's gonna be cool), then I may read a little. Then,...

Now Portugal has passed gay marriage! Thank you! But I'm confused; Aren't we living in the great United States of America? The land of opportinity. The land of the free. Supposedly the most advance (one of them) country in the world. Then please won't someone tell me why places like Mexico, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden are seeming to surpass us in the citizens equal rights thing?

It was the first full work day of the new year. It all seemed to be going okay until about two o' clock when all my energy flew out the fucking window. I guess three days off causes your body to realize how much it rally enjoys being off. Speaking of being off, the picture is of Santa Fe (of course), and that's going to be mine and Steve's focus for quite a while. Actually until we get there, I guess. The new year feels good already, and I'm determined to make things happen. Of course I can't help the things that are out of my control, but the things that I can control, I will control. Like our move to Santa Fe. Of course, if we don't win the lottery, or the HGTV dream Home, we'll have to wait until I retire in 4 1/2 years (out of my control), but if that turns out to be the case, we'll get there in 4 1/2 years. Until then, I will do whatever I can to get my writing career going (in my control, sort of). I will pursue agents and publishers to...

Finally, 2009 is gone!!!! I have to say that I have never hated a year more than I have the last one. There were just so many trying times and difficult things to have to handle: Steve changed jobs, we sold the house, Michael Jackson died, etc. And I've heard the same sentiment from so many people it's surprising . But now it's 2010. A new year and a brand new start. We had a great Christmas, which was nice since last year we didn't have one because we had the house on the market. Obviously I got a guitar. It's something I've always wanted to learn and now that I got one, I have to start learning. But I'm bound and determined to do it, so I will. I would like to be really good with it by the time we move to New Mexico. It would be great so sit outside as the sun sets and just play. I can't wait. We're gonna make it happen, dammit! I'm about to start a new wood burning. This time I'm doing an elk. I just have to start negotiating...

It's Christmas eve. Steve's still asleep. I on the other hand have been awake for a little over an hour. But that's okay, this is how it goes. I'm the early riser and he sleeps in a while. It gives me time to take care of the things I need to take care of, like my farm on Farmville. Also the more important things like finishing edits on Luthor , which I'm happy to say that I've done. I hope I will never have to read through it again (of course I will when it is published one day). Now I have to get it professionally edited and get it ready for when the agents/publishers start knocking down my door. 2010 will be the year that I kick some ass in trying to get things done. Not that I haven't really tried in the past, but I have a habit of getting very discouraged after so many rejections and quit for a while. But not this year. This year I'm gonna let those fuckers know what they're missing. This year the world will start seeing the name Pol...

You know, it's been a trying year, this 2009. The sale of the house, the slow career changes. The economy. Although you never really want it all to get to you, it somehow does. All those little things start to wear you down, if just a little. But then Christmas time comes along and things start to change. The weather turns colder, the lights start coming on and neighborhoods are transformed into colorful winter wonderlands. In some places, snow covers the ground, adding to the special Christmas extravaganza that encompasses everything around you. I've been in Texas for a while, but I remember my years in New York. I remember when the snow would come. You could smell it in the air before it arrived. Then the snow would start and it was the most magical thing to watch. Just sit there for hours watching it fall from the night sky. All in anticipation of the 25th. So this is Christmas . . . They say it's the happiest time of the year. I can see th...