Day 5

It's a great day. It's day 5 in our new house, I found out yesterday that my book is now on Amazon.com, and I killed a snake in the back yard.

1.) Yes, we bought a house! After renting for almost 4 years, we've bought a house--about a mile from our last townhouse. We bought the house from our friends, Jeremy and Denise, who have recently outgrown the home they'd owned for about 10 years after the arrival of child # 3 in less than 3 1/2 years. We're still working on it and are still putting stuff away, but things are going well and we're making progress. I'll post pictures.

2.) My thesis advisor was contacted a few months ago by a German publishing house who was interested in speaking with me about publishing my thesis. I went through their process, and it was approved for publication! I checked yesterday, and it's now for sale! For $64. $64? Yep.

3.) I pulled weeds today and was taking a load to the backyard when I saw our snake. To say Jon is terrified of snakes would be an understatement. He's a wonderful man with many, many amazing qualities, but his fear of snakes is debilitating. He called our pest control guy who declined to come out here. Jerk. I was feeling brave (VERY brave), so I went out there, tracked it down and bludgeoned it with my newly christened snake-bludgeoning shovel. What does it feel like to be a hero? Well, I wouldn't call myself a hero... yes I would!!! And it feels pretty darn good!