Sunday morning

I know, I know..it's been awhile. C'est la vie. I went to Paris for a long weekend in March and I think a part of me stayed there. It's been difficult getting back into the swing of my life. I've been super stressed out over work, friends, family, career and my writing.  It's strange. Sometimes the fit of my life is a bit too tight and I can't breathe. This past week I've been plagued with migraines. A full week of low grade migraines which meant I was functional and at work even with the pain. Then Thursday the full blown one came crashing down and had me out for the count. On Friday, I was a bit of a zombie but functional and then Saturday was another full blown migraine again. A rebound migraine. What crap. Today I feel a bit more awake but I can feel the muscles and bones beneath my skin in my face. It's a odd thing to be hyper aware of the spaces that were in pain all week. There is a dull, throb in my head but it's so dull I wouldn't even call it pain.
One of my sisters is coming over and I'm cooking up some brunch for us. Spicy chorizo with scrambled eggs and mashed black beans. It's the first day in four days that I actually have an appetite so I can't wait. In the meantime, I am sipping on a large mug of Earl Grey tea. All for now...
Lily~

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Submission sent

It's amazing how fast time flies when hyper-focused on a task. I left work 30 minutes early to work on my Application/Submission at home. I went through the play a final time, fixed typos, changed a line or two but really kept revision to a minimum and uploaded the draft, my resume, artistic statement, references and short bio. Phew!  It's done, it's out, auto-notification indicating its been received. On to the next thing.

Now I can focus on the short story deadline coming up in 5 weeks.  Eek! Now all I have to do is write a story for it. :-p

Peace,
Lily

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Success!!

I have reached my minimum page count today. Woohoo! I'm not saying this draft is a masterpiece but I have no problem submitting this play for this application deadline. I won't lie, I am a little surprised. My muse showed up and we started at 9:30 am on this rainy Sunday morning. By noon, I crossed the 10 page mark.

Afterwards, I worked on the artist statement and a resume. I sent the draft to the people who will be my references and my sisters. I told every one to be gentle in their feedback because its the first play I've written in a while.  By 3:30 pm I was done for the day.

I haven't yet submitted all the elements to the application BUT I'll do it Monday night after work. I want to give the whole project one last pass before I submit it.  I rewarded myself with a couple of episodes of Stranger Things season 2. Yay!

Peace,

L~

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