It's time to Get Lit!

Yes, how sad is it that I'm posting about my job? However, this week, Get Lit! is my life. So, if you're in the Spokane area, you best be going to some of the wonderful events that we've set up for you!

If you don't know, Get Lit! is the literary festival in Spokane, which I work for. There are some awesome authors coming (including Jane Smiley and Laurie Notaro, can we say I'm excited?) plus workshops and panels, the whole shebang. Needless to say, I won't be having much time to myself anytime soon. Maybe I'll get to talk to people again come April 20th when all this is over, if I'm not passed out for two days that is.

And now, for you're viewing pleasure, here is a picture of me standing on a milk crate, reading to the good folks of Northtown Mall. Oh, Get Lit!

Life in a Nutshell

Well, once again, it's been a while since I've updated this. Here is what you need know if you want a recap of my life:

* I went to Portland (which I loved) for a long weekend in January with the girls. While there, we went to Voodoo Donuts, Powell's, a variety of thrift stores, and I let our friend Michelle cut off all my hair.

* I went to AWP in Chicago in February. It was absolutely amazing. I loved Chicago. I loved the conference. I loved seeing my parents and old friends and professors. All in all, fantastic. If you want stories (and there are some good ones), just ask.

* Anthony came to visit over his spring break. It was a good time (even though he had to spend it in Spokane.) He slept on the couch with our dog, who got very angry when he left. He went with me to readings and dinners and drank with Torren. Unfortunately, it was cold and snowed the whole time. However, I don't think this should defer other potential visitors.

* The Get Lit! Festival (which I work for) is almost here. I have become, as my boss puts it, the "Get Lit Whore." Seriously. I've started talking to random people in elevators about festival events. Come April 10th-19th I will probably be talking to no one, because I will be taxiing authors around and helping put out various fires and generally not sleeping. See me the week of April 20th. I promise I will be much happier.

* My thesis is not finished. There, I said it. I need to turn it in in a month if I want to graduate on time and I'm mildly terrified. However, my writing schedule has gotten much better, so that's a plus.

* I went to the Spokane St. Patrick's Day Parade. Yeah...they don't know how to do that here. Not at all. Although it did have the "cool bus." Yeah, that was the excitement.

* OK, here's the hard one if I haven't told you already. Are you ready for this? Torren and I have decided that we are staying in Spokane for another year. Oh, how I wish I could hear the reaction to this from everyone who is just learning this information. I've gotten a lot of silent pauses and awkward noises for this one. If I haven't told you this directly yet, well, it's because it's hard to tell. And yeah, call me. We need to chat. And, seriously consider beautiful Spokane, Washington for your summer vacation. Because we do really miss you all.

Well, that's life in a nutshell.

~love