Last Spring I needed something "extra" to do.  I was a bit bored.   So I sent out a few things I'd written to publishers.  I waited.  And waited.  And waited.  By late summer, I'd given up on writing and called around to Community Colleges to see if they needed someone to teach a class.  In October, I was hired to teach a Humanities class.  I loved it.  But the school told me they didn't have anything for me to teach this winter.  That's okay... I was setting a big goal of making 100 new contacts for the new church.  That would keep me busy.  And maybe... I'd try sending in one more article?  Someone I know had encouraged me to write an article for a new magazine for women in ministry (Called).  I sent them an email to see if they'd be interested in me writing an article on mentoring.  I got a very enthusiastic reply.  Okay... so now in addition to connecting with 100 new people, I had one article to write.  But then... I got a letter from the publisher I'd sent the play to (Under the Tree).  The play has gotten through the first round of editors and is now at the second.  And then... I got an email from a magazine that I'd sent an article to last spring (Light & Life).  They want to publish the article, but I need to edit it down (more work!).
And then on Friday... I got a call from the community college.  Can I teach an English class starting on February 9th?
Eeeek!  I'm not bored any more.  Not even close.
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