Back down to Earth

 After my book launch on Saturday evening which was a truly splendid time I 've been on a bit of a cloud but as we all know we can't stay up in those soft fluffy clouds forever as much as we would like to. As par for the course , life has that usual way of planting our feet back on the ground and telling us to get on with it. It , meaning reality. So what 's been my reality? Fixing the broken chain in the toilet tank with a pair of kitchen tongs , a chopstick ,and a big gob of super glue (and that was after I finally got my fingers unstuck! ),  cleaning up soaking wet garbage in the pouring down rain , that a raccoon had strung all over the back deck,  and getting so tired of having the door mats slip sliding away every time I stepped through the door that I got fed up and nailed them to the floor. This afternoon it's off to the vet with two furry boys who won't stop scratching and I can not find one single flea. My luck their skin will be sensitive to the  air from the woodstove !  So needless to say any thoughts that might have raced  through my head thinking that  becoming a first time author would somehow shift me to another realm have vanished like the sun. But it's such a wonderful memory, signing my very own little books . I'll be up in Wentworth this Saturday morning woth my books at the Christmas Craft Fair at the Rec Center and looking forward to that. That's if I have enough money left to put gas in the car after my visit to the vet .   The Muse