Please Packed Your Knives and Go
May 19th, 2007 | Posted by Shannon
Yes, that’s right, it is 6:30 in the morning on a Saturday in May. “What is she doing up that early?” you ask. “Ah, she must be taking off in an airplane for somewhere really cool again.” Because that is the ONLY good reason to get up this early on a Saturday.
Unfortunately though I am not taking off in an airplane for somewhere really cool. I woke up to the sound of screaming at 5:30. Seriously, it sounded like someone was being murdered. After some time I went outside and it was one of my normally quiet neighbors (most of my neighbors are really loud, so this was a surprise.) She was SCREAMING into the phone, crying hysterically, for a long time. Pretty freaky. Anyway I have to drive my grandma to Phoenix today for my cousin’s wedding so may as well get an earl(ier)y start.
The sun has not come out here in days. It is May Gray and there is a cool wind off the ocean that I am going to really miss when I get to insanely hot and dry Phoenix. It’s frikken 100 degrees there already. Yick.
Other than that, not much except for my very first magazine article was recently published and I am really happy with it. The article is about Venice, it’s in Packed Magazine, and you can download it, very slowly I might add, here. I’m on page 42, which is weird because I AM 42. Or maybe that’s not so weird. Whatever. It’s the May/June issue.
One can only hope it leads to many great things. In the meantime, off to Phoenix.
May 19th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Congrats! That is too cool. I especially love your bio. Have fun in Phoenix. Sue
May 24th, 2007 at 11:40 am
Shannon, at least it was a person screaming that woke you. Two nights ago, something was screaming/screeching in the woods behind our house. Hate to meet the animal making that noise, scary but it’s getting too hot to sleep with windows closed, so animal screeching and birds chirping it must be.