It's my birthday in a few days. I both love and hate this annual event. The closer it gets, the sadder I become. I think I get sad because I'm actually super, overly-excited for my birthday. And yet I know I shouldn't be. I'm an adult now; I'm not six. Birthdays stop being magical before you hit the double digits. But it's as if there's this rogue emotion in my body, demanding to throw glitter on everything and eat ALL the cake while dancing until I puke. I know my expectatio

I had planned on writing this post the night before release. But I had the flu. Or something. I still have it a little bit. It's probably some mild cold, but with my compromised immune system it may as well be the plague. So the night before release, I was at the doctor's office with a raging fever. A fever I had had for 10 days. I know, I know. The husband already frowned a bunch and the doctor was very cross with me. But I have a good reason! It was for the book! I needed t