Robinson's holiday company party was in mid-January this year. It's always a bit strange to have a party weeks later than the actual holiday, at least to me, but that's what they do. Robinson claims it's because they don't want any of the temps to attend, though no one has actually said it aloud.
This year, the party had a fortune teller, complete with long skirt, hooped earrings, and handkerchief wrapped about the top half of her head. She walked around the room, shuffling her cards, looking for people to practice divination upon.
My friend Rachel was determined to get her fortune read and stalked the fortune teller from table to table until she finally pounced upon her as she was getting up from a table and practically dragged her to ours.
The fortune teller gave Rachel her reading first - which later Rachel said was completely and wholly inaccurate - and then asked me if I would like my cards read.
"Sure," I said.
"Is there anything you want to know about?" she asked.
"My professional life," I responded, since the only thing I was unsure about was Imagination Library and writing my novel.
She shuffled. I drew three cards. She interpreted, saying that I will stumble but the best thing is to get right back up.
Nothing surprising, in actually, but a good lesson in reinforcement. If something is hard, don't give up. Keep going. Someday it will get easier.
This year my Yule wish was to finish my novel. It's hard. It's so hard because I have committed myself to so much: quilts, Imagination Library, grant writing, my family, my boys - but I won't ever become a writer if I don't. So, I'm going to try; even though it is difficult and a big challenge for me to focus on that one thing.
I'm going to stumble. I'm going to get distracted. I'm going to fail a bunch. But I'm going to keep going.
Blessed be.
This year, the party had a fortune teller, complete with long skirt, hooped earrings, and handkerchief wrapped about the top half of her head. She walked around the room, shuffling her cards, looking for people to practice divination upon.
My friend Rachel was determined to get her fortune read and stalked the fortune teller from table to table until she finally pounced upon her as she was getting up from a table and practically dragged her to ours.
The fortune teller gave Rachel her reading first - which later Rachel said was completely and wholly inaccurate - and then asked me if I would like my cards read.
"Sure," I said.
"Is there anything you want to know about?" she asked.
"My professional life," I responded, since the only thing I was unsure about was Imagination Library and writing my novel.
She shuffled. I drew three cards. She interpreted, saying that I will stumble but the best thing is to get right back up.
Nothing surprising, in actually, but a good lesson in reinforcement. If something is hard, don't give up. Keep going. Someday it will get easier.
This year my Yule wish was to finish my novel. It's hard. It's so hard because I have committed myself to so much: quilts, Imagination Library, grant writing, my family, my boys - but I won't ever become a writer if I don't. So, I'm going to try; even though it is difficult and a big challenge for me to focus on that one thing.
I'm going to stumble. I'm going to get distracted. I'm going to fail a bunch. But I'm going to keep going.
Blessed be.
