I hit the ground running.

My career just took a big right turn it seems. And I think it is a good direction, as far as I can tell.

Almost two weeks ago I took a new job. I am now a reporter for a local newspaper. It started with a trial by fire- before I even met my editor I covered a city council meeting, which turned out to be a hot one. I wrote my article and submitted it before I even met my boss! It seems this job will be very self-directed. I will have certain meetings I will cover every month, my "beat"- plus I will do human-interest type stories, interviews, etc. which will be my ideas. I am on my own to go get the information and turn in articles.

I am able to do my writing at home and email the articles and photos in, which allows me to have a more flexible schedule. Also, I will now have a use for my new/used camera, and a much larger audience for my photographs! The writing is new to me- especially in newspaper format-so it is an new challenge!

Right now it feels like everything is in a flurry- I am leaving my cafe job, working at this new position plus busy with all the normal summer stuff. Saturday I spent the day covering a local town celebration. So it seems like I have had lots of stuff to post about, but too little time to do it.

My gardening has pretty much fallen by the wayside this summer!