Just Another Day!
Saturday, February 17, 2007
But a Saturday the day we celebrated so many things. My nieces 2nd birthday for one. She was adorable after the party I went back to my hotel room in Fargo, ND to pack to go home on Greyhound of course as I wont make the mistake again of using my frequent flier miles to come back to MN. Eh when I got there I had two surprises for me. My books from Ebay were on my front hotel door and no one stole them. My mom got them for me from my old address in Minnesota at the post office and left them for me to take home with me along with a letter from a publishing company. I opened the letter. I won 1st prize that is my poem did win. I got a chance to publish all my other poems in a book too. My Chapter book of poetry. I got a thousand dollar check in the letter too. The prize includes a trip to NYC to meet with the publishing company and meet with an agent too. I get to speak if I want to at a conference award ceremony for other writers while they give me a plack with my name on it. I will be there for three days to three weeks depending on what the agent and publishing company wants of me and the 9 other winners. I was number one winner though. I was estatic and called my aunt and cousin in Texas right away using a prepaid calling card of course telling them of my feat. My cousin is a writer too. He is really excited for me. I have to get several dress outfits and comfortable clothes for 1st week of May when the award and contest winners must meet in NYC. I also get royalties off my poems too, since I published other poems that won merit only, but it shows I am established poet deserving the royalty from the sales ahead of the sale. I get my airfare and hotel and transportation paid for when I get to NYC. I am so excited the next couple of uncomfortable days on the bus will fly bye and I wont notice, because I am on cloud nine. Yes I am still taking the bus. I am saving the thousand dollars for my trip to NYC for tourist sight seeing. I will be taking my cousin and my mom with me. I will be joining them in Texas since my mom will be down there as my cousin lives there. This makes more sense. My whole day and stay has been totally overwhelming for me. I don't know what to say. Alright not even my sister's in-laws cutting remarks to me, because I am poor and my lifestyle how I live fazes me now. What a stay. I hope it gets better everyday. Well its freezing here so I am going to the heated pool to warm my aching bones. It's nice to know the Universe loves me, if not anyone else, but strangers and my niece. Well bye for now.
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