This Move Will be the Death of Me: Moving Drama, ER trips, a new poem up at The Pedestal and a book party date set!

Our move is done – though we are far from finished on either house projects or unpacking – and there was enough to drama to hope that this move (our eighteenth in our 22 years of marriage) is our very last one. We moved on a 90 degree day and it took a full 12 hours in the sun despite just being a move across town – the movers brought too small a truck, for one, and we probably could have used either larger guys or more guys on the moving team – Glenn and I frantically packing at the last minute – and me ending up in the ER that night from midnight til 4 AM for an infection that flared up (probably brought on by dehydration, my own fault – I’d felt a little sick for a few days but just thought, I’m stressed, I have cancer, etc so…didn’t do anything about it.)

On the positive side, of course our kitten kept us entertained throughout the move. Here are some pics of the kitten and the view of Mt. Baker from the back deck of our new place.

How could you unpack wit this little face staring up at you?

The view from our back deck of Mt Baker

Anyway, trying to find lost items in the new house is my new hobby! And Glenn has at least several days of home projects left to do – more work on the bathroom floors, drywalling, venting, and backsplash – and we’re putting together furniture we’ve dismantled so we can put away books, clothes, etc. Comcast messed up our move in so many ways that I spent over 40 hours on the phone with them and still everything isn’t fixed! So remember kids, don’t ever need internet/phone/cable service, because those monopolies that provide them are the devil!

In poetry news…

In the meantime, while I was away, I had a new poem (“Post-Apocalypse Postcard from the Viceroy Hotel, Santa Monica”) from my upcoming book appear on the newly updated and refreshed The Pedestal Magazine. It looks great, I think!

I also think that the ARCs for Field Guide to the End of the World will finally be ready by the end of the week from Moon City Press, so if you are interested in getting a review ARC, be sure to contact me at jeannine dot gailey at live dot com or Moon City Press.

I’m ready to get my new office in order (pictures to come) and start writing and sending out work again, plus working on the final copy of the book so I can make sure the acknowledgements are all updated and there are no awkward typos anywhere. I’ve also now got a date and venue for the book launch party! September 18 at 3 PM at Matthew’s Winery in Woodinville, WA. (Wine and snacks provided, of course!) I hope you put it on your calendars now. There’s even a little B&B – the only B&B in Woodinville – on site in case you want to spend the night checking out wineries and doing all the wine-country-type things afterwards.