Titles are hard.

This past Saturday was Philip's birthday. Since he had to go to Houston for a bachelor party Saturday morning, I made plans for his birthday in College Station for Saturday afternoon. They were a surprise, much like him surprising me with horseback riding plans for my birthday (that unfortunately got rained out). So after he left for Houston, I went and picked up the tandem kayak I had rented for the day. I also went to Kroger and got several types of cheeses (he loves cheese) and some fruit and crackers to go with it for a picnic after our boating. I then went to Spec's and attempted to find a wine from one of our first dates, but to no avail, le sigh.

When he got back to CS, we loaded up my truck and headed to Lake Bryan. There were a ton of people there, but we found a good place to put in the kayak, climbed aboard, and off we rowed. I don't know how long we were out on the water, but I will admit that my arms started to get tired sooner than I would have liked them to!

We got done kayaking, pulled the boat on shore, then just hung out in the lake for a while. Those of you who know me know that I am TERRIFIED of bodies of water--lakes, oceans, etc. Walking into the lake and feeling the gross bottom of it resulted in many disgusted noises from me, yet I managed. The water felt really nice, and with all the people around, I wasn't TOO concerned about getting pulled under by the Bryan Loch Ness Monster.

After we got pruny, we enjoyed our picnic under the shade of a tree. I also made Philip pose for a picture, since we are terrible about remembering to take pics (please ignore the ugly blue stripe of paint on the end of my truck; someone vandalized it a month ago or so while I was parked in the mall parking lot).

After we got home, we went back out for dinner to Philip's choice of restaurant (Wendy's) and rented a movie. It was a great day that went much too quickly.


In other news, after not hearing from the lady supposedly interested in Rosa for over a week, I'm assuming she is not coming. Which means Rosa is mine, ALL MINE! Muahaha. At least, for now.

I'm still keeping an eye on prospects that are available in the surrounding areas that I might be interested in, just in case. Just in case of what, I don't know. In case I win the lottery, even though I don't play? In case someone drives up and hands me a check for several thousand dollars? Use your imagination.

But that's currently neither here nor there, so for the time being, I'm going to enjoy the horses I have.


Finally, I got some exciting news today from the publisher I work for. I've been training for a full-fledged editorial position, and I got incredibly positive feedback today on the work I've done. In fact, the managing editor was so happy with it that she has made me the official editor on the two manuscripts I've been working on--which means my name will be on them when they are published! I am really excited. She also wants to get me involved in the marketing and acquisitions processes and says that she sees a lot of potential in me long term.

So now I've opened up the communication lines for these two authors and turned their edited manuscripts back over to them with my suggestions. This is the start of my career. I have more experience to add to my resume. Let me reiterate: I am SO excited!