Do I look older?
Watch it now how you answer. My birthday was yesterday. No,
I don’t remember how old I am. Don’t
ask. Yes, I celebrated it with my family. My mom always makes an awesome meal
and cake for me. That part I like very much and spending time with my family.
Getter older—not so much.
Writing
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It’s not a good thing when you know a market
takes 3-4 months to read your submission and they send it back in one month.
I lost my mind and sent a manuscript
with 200 words more than the magazine wants.
I’d like to believe I’m a detail person, so I don’t know what happened. But, I was invited to fix it and send it again. I did. I don’t know why it went out with the
wrong number of words. But then…
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I stood and watched an empty toaster—waiting for
the toast to pop up. After a couple of minutes, I realized I hadn’t inserted a
slice of bread.
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I’m still working on a short for a children’s
magazine for my Write 1 Sub 1 monthly challenge.
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I still need to write five more posts for the A-Z
April Challenge. And I need to edit the others. Bloggers are still signing
up for the challenge. When I wrote this there were 1083 bloggers signed up.
Work
Recently, we had a PD day on what to do in case of an
intruder. We’ve had many directives on
what to do, but I don’t remember an actual training. It was awesome and tense.
We had to be a part of three intrusions, after the training.
Let’s just say, I was shot two times, but never killed. Let’s
just say that the third time, I took action with the men and one female teacher
(in my group) and kept the intruder out.
We were tense and stressed which made it a good simulation.
Some things I learned:
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Fight back when necessary. It’s better to fight back and risk being shot
than not
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Most people do not die from gunshot wounds.
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Only God is omnipresent, omniscient and
omnipotent. An armed intruder is not. (My summation.)
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Cowering under a desk makes you a target.
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If escape isn’t safe or there’s a breech in your
hiding place, fight back.
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Intruders don’t go into a school to get sympathy
they go to kill and be killed. They have nothing to lose.
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Even though it seems we hear a lot about school
killings, they are actually rare when compared to our population.
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Don’t be a victim. Fight.
Have a great week. Be productive. Be
kind.


