All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand.

I finally turned in my notice at work, although I may stay on there a couple days a week once I'm back from Camp McDowell. Things are a little better now, I suppose. Working with Kari has helped that. I'm still overly tired, though, and summer school, while more condusive to my style of learning, is stressful because of my lack of time (and let's be honest, time is just a poor code for motivation).

I'm actually enjoying composition a lot more than I thought I would. I knew it would be interesting and laid back because it's Garner, but I didn't know we'd be workshopping so much. I believe taking Nature Writing helped me gain the confidence I needed to be honest in my edits. What I hadn't realized before was how much I enjoy editing, and that perhaps (*gasp!*) I have a talent for it. It's something I hadn't thought about before now, but it's a fun idea to toy with. I'm also eager to bring more pieces to the class to be workshopped. I do think I have some talent as a writer, but I'm afraid that I may have one solid style of prose and that's it. Some authors I can read back to back to back, and their style never fails to intrigue me. Others I enjoy, but if I read to many of their books in a row, I begin to feel like it's the same characters in a different story. I hope my writing isn't like that (or if it is, I hope I have the ability to develop it futher!).

Let's seque from writing to reading with a question... who is reading this old journal of mine? I've been suprised several times in the last year to find different people find this old blog interesting (even people who aren't involved in my day to day interactions). Recently, Lindsey mentioned a Matt who reads it (which may be a mutual Matt, I'm not sure), and an Andrew commented before... anyway, you lurkers with private profiles, leave me a hello message sometime! :)

I think I'm going over to Sheffield now to shoot some pool with my brother if he's around, or maybe my sister or Moonie. Tonight we're eating out for O'Brian's birthday (which was yesterday)! Mom and Dad leave tomorrow for Anna Maria, so color me jealous on that account. Florence Pride picnic is Sunday from 10-2 at Veteran's Park. Meagan's 19th birthday is Monday. Jessica will be here in less than two weeks, and Special Session is in less than three.

We're almost halfway around the sun right now, and Christmas is just around the corner.