It’s a bit mind-boggling to realize that I’m leaving for the RWA conference in two days. Eeek! I must start packing today. Within the hour, actually. Tomorrow I’ll go buy anything I’ve forgotten. Right now that list consists of nylons. LOL! I don’t like dresses, and when I do wear skirts, I usually wear knee-highs or sandals, neither of which would be appropriate with the black dress I bought for awards night.

Dress is listed as business casual, but I’m still going to wear jeans a couple of days. Business casual is what I wear to work, and this won’t feel like a vacation if I wear work outfits every day. So I’m going casual on Wednesday and maybe Friday too.

Anyway, this is likely to be my last post before leaving. I’ll see many of you at the conference (safe travels, if you’re coming), and the rest of you I’ll “see” again in August.

I’ve decided it’s better for me to just accept that I’m taking July off writing. I did a little writing the first week, did none last week, as I attended a work convention. This week, I’m doing a few more things for convention and getting ready for next week’s Romance Writers of America conference. I’m hoping to write a little the end of this week, but I’m going to stop pressuring myself. I think I’m trying to juggle a little too much just now.

Anyway, I’ve found a dress and am going shopping at lunch today for shoes to go with it. Then I will be quite happy if I never see a shopping center again for a while. LOL! Internet shopping is my friend, definitely my preferred mode of shopping.

This week I am confronting one of the biggest challenges I’ve had in months. I’m trying to find a dress.

I’m going to the Romance Writers of America conference later this month, and I want a nice dress for the award ceremony. Doesn’t sound too difficult, right? But I spent several hours shopping without success. Why do so many dresses have an empire waist (or something similar)? Looks great on some women. On me, it just looks like I have miles of legs and nothing on top. Not an attractive look.

And here’s another thing. I’m overweight, not inches away from the grave. Surely there are dresses out there that are somewhere between teeny-bopper and matronly dignified.

I found a couple on the internet (via a catalog that arrived in today’s mail, yay!), and I’m now debating whether I should give one of them a try. You never can tell how it will look until you have it on, though, so I’m a tiny bit reluctant. Ah, well. I can always send it back if it doesn’t work.

I’m not even up for any awards. I don’t know why I’m so concerned about my outfit. Sigh.

The title of this blog entry sounds like a good book title, doesn’t it? But actually, it’s a pretty good description of me. I’ve had a stomach bug for about a week now, and after spending a few days wishing I were dead, and consuming an insane amount of Sprite, I’m finally starting to feel almost normal. I’m hoping it lasts, since I’ve written less than 1,000 words all week.

Speaking of writing, I’ve decided it’s time to buckle down. I have two stories close to completed and one halfway finished, and I need to finish and submit them all. My goal is to submit at least two of them this month, which would be easier to do if I wasn’t going to be working insane hours at the day job during week 2 of July. I’ll also be out of town during week 4. But I still think two is achievable, so I’m going to get on task and do it.

How is everyone else doing?