Not teaching today for the holiday, and it's why I don't approve of teachers taking days off when it's not a holiday or other vacation day. I've already talked about it on this blog, so I won't go into it again.
Because what's on my mind most is that contract I just signed. It's in the USPS Priority Flat Rate cardboard envelope sitting on the table by my front door. Can't mail it today because the Post Office is closed for this holiday.
I've composed three emails which are sitting in my Saved Drafts folder of my email page on the computer. I guess I'll be sending them today. It is kind of a sad feeling, really. Here were real publishers taking an interest in my book, and I have to tell them no thanks, I've got another offer, and/or a better offer.
It does make me wonder. What if a better offer, still, is just around the corner. I mean, if this offer is better than the last one, why wouldn't the next one be better than this one? I can go crazy thinking like that.
Should I even think like that? I did before, and it came to be true. Why shouldn't it come true again? But then again, maybe I shouldn't push my luck, either. A contract in hand is better than two in the bush, right?
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