It’s hard to believe in just two days I’ll be heading to Dallas. It’s an exciting time and a nerve-wracking time.
I can’t wait to see all my friends again: my fellow bloggers from Inkspirational Messages, my critique partners, Shannon Vannatter and Lorna Seilstad, and all the other authors I’ve friended thanks to the Internet. And, of course, I’ll make new friends!
I can’t wait to worship side-by-side with hundreds of others, our backgrounds and denominations differing, but our praise aimed at the same God. I can’t wait to learn from the experts. And, I admit, I can’t wait until the banquet on Saturday night, anxious to hear if I won the Genesis.
But, until Thursday gets here, I’ll be bustling to mark off the remaining items on my To-Do List. Let’s see, so far I’ve checked off:
✓ Edit (3) synopses
✓ Polish and print (3) proposals
✓ Create and print (7) one-sheets
✓ Put together conference folder
✓ Put together series folders
✓ Put together individual novel presentation booklets
✓ Coordinate schedules & exchange phone numbers with friends
✓ Confirm and print flight and hotel itineraries
✓ Buy a dress for the banquet–I seriously was NOT looking forward to this, but I got to spend an afternoon with my daughter and we found a dress that was perfect.
✓ Buy shoes to match the banquet dress–Ladies, why do you enjoy shoe-shopping so much? I don’t get it! I’d rather eat lutefisk. Well, maybe not that bad … but close.
✓ Purchase those other pesky, but necessary, clothing and/or accessory items that this stay-at-home mom never uses.
Sounds like I’m ready, right? Well, not quite. I have a few items left on my checklist. They’re mostly home oriented, but still important.
- Pay bills
- Clean bathrooms
- Grocery Shop
- Write Genesis Thank You, just in case
Finish reading Opening Moves by Steven James. Stole the book from my slow-reading husband who took the book from me. Reading this may prevent me from completing the first tasks on the list. James is the master of the page-turning, can’t-put-book-down thriller. Opening Moves is no exception, in fact, it may be his best work to date.- Try to relax – I think this one’s the most difficult
What about you? Are you ready for the conference? What’s left on your To-Do List?