Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Image via WikipediaYeah, I have been. Life is busy and crazy lately, which means the blog is suffering. I'm sorry! I'll try to do better come fall.So now we're three weeks and one day from our Irish expedition. I have a housesitter/petsitter in place (thanks, Hayley!), and we've bought tickets for everything from a medieval banquet at Bunratty Castle to a Guinness Storehouse tour in Dublin. The euro is kicking the dollar's tail right now, so I'm buying tickets ahead of time to take advantage of the small but helpful discounts offered online. I'm feeling a little iffy about the castle banquet because we typically avoid cheesy tourist traps like the plague, but I've heard this one is pretty good, so we're gonna give it a try. We're spending most of our time in the southwest area of Ireland, and we're staying on the Dingle Peninsula, so we plan to do a lot of driving and get to know the area.
The end of summer and the close of our vacation also means something else. It's a marker in time. When all of this is over, we'll start our official paperwork for a Korean adoption. And if there was one of us in this marriage who would back out, it's likely me—not because I don't want kids but because the prospect of it terrifies me. I mean, am I even old enough to be a parent? What a ridiculous question, right? But yeah, that's a big one running through my head right now. My anxieties are all wrapped up in this process, and most of them seem to be formulating around the cost of it. We're looking at approximately $30,000 to finish the whole deal, and while I'm sure we can swing it, it's overwhelming. It's not like being pregnant and your health insurance covers the majority of the cost. Oh, no. This is a whole different ballgame, and my mind is reeling.
As for my writing, I'm still suffering a bit of writer's block, but once again, I've shifted focus to a new book, and it seems to be smoother sailing. This book is a historical, which tells me that perhaps I'm not cut out for contemporary writing after all. Historical romance is what I love and know, so maybe it's only a natural leap to write it as well. I haven't shut the door on writing contemporaries, but it won't be my focus. I'm going to focus on Caroline and Benjamin in Regency England and see where this path leads me. I should probably restart my query letters again, too, but after querying in the spring and not getting past a partial manuscript request, my flame sort of died out. I need to relight it.
There you have it! That's my crazy recap of life at the moment...and I can't believe we're already approaching the end of July. Crazy!
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