First Day of School

Today is the official first day of school for us. As far as school goes, ours is fairly unobtrusive. It’s still a change though, and I will need to consider our daily schedules and figure out what adjustments need to be made to keep everything moving smoothly.

This weekend, I was weak and went ahead and bought tickets to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween party. But, to be fair, I only did it because I really wanted to go.

We also got our future cruise paid off this weekend, which is always nice. Sometimes they don’t let you check in or book certain things until you’ve paid for all of it. I like to book things and be prepared in advance, so it’s nice to have it done.

We always buy cruise insurance. We’ve never needed to use it, but I always buy it anyway. I feel like if we have it, then we won’t need it, but if we don’t have it, we will need it.

Last time we went on a cruise without insurance was back in 2015, I believe. It was stressful leading up to it, because without insurance, it becomes much more imperative that you all stay healthy. Sometimes it feels like knowing that you can’t get sick makes it more likely that you will get sick.

Logically, I know it can’t actually work that way, but anecdotally, I totally think it’s true.

I’ve been making good progress getting Somewhat Alive posted onto Kindle Vella. Just eleven more episodes to go. I’ll be finished posting them in about…I don’t know, maybe three weeks. Which means that thirty days after that, it’ll be time to release my book on Amazon for real.

I still have mixed feelings sometimes about deciding to go with self-publishing over continuing to seek out an agent, but at least this way, I can do something about it and not just be stuck, endlessly hoping and waiting for an agent to see value in my books based on the first five pages and how well I can write an query letter.

It may not be any easier to get readers interested in my book, but at least there are things I can do, like running promotions or ads or things like that. It’s more in my own hands rather than waiting and hoping for someone else to come along and do it for me.

I don’t like waiting for other people to do things. Even if I fail, I’d rather do it myself.