I have a bloggy tradition of posting a round-up of the year's major events at the end of the year. This one is a little late and perhaps a little cold-medication-y, but here it is ... 2010 as was. Thank you so much for your comments, support and friendship over the past year. Here goes!
1) I edited The Cry of the Go-Away Bird ready for publication - and took my first official author photos!
Crick in the neck after this one.
2) A momentous occasion in a vintage-lover's life - my sister-in-law's mother kindly gave me her entire wardrobe from the '60s onwards, as she was cleaning out all her closets. I can't tell you how exciting this was.
3) I went back to a publishing company at which I used to work (as assistant editor) and did some freelance work for them. I really, really enjoyed it. It was great to see everyone again, and it was fun to be back in an office-commuting-buying-lots-of-takeaway-coffee environment after a couple of years of working from home.
4) I had my remaining wisdom teeth removed and experienced the worst pain I had ever felt in my life. But now I have no wisdom teeth, which is a definite bonus (hate those evil little buggers).
5) I walked (in an ungainly manner) in a vintage fashion show to raise money for Endometriosis New Zealand.
Awkward smirk.
6) I turned 25.
7) I got my full New Zealand driver's licence! Hooray, hurrah. Although now I need to get my Texan licence.
8) I revised my second book three times. Yep. But I'm relatively happy with where it is now.
9) I visited Austin, Texas for the first time, on a reconnaissance trip to get to know the city and to find an apartment. I loved it.
10) I also visited San Francisco for the first time - and I loved it too!
11) One of my very best friends, Hannah, got married, and I was lucky enough to be a bridesmaid.
12) I saw my book's cover for the very first time!
13) I had my first breakfast tacos. Seriously, this deserves a mention.
14) I visited Auckland for the first time which, after eight years in New Zealand, seems a little odd.
15) This is a fairly obvious one, but - LOML and I moved from New Zealand to Texas! Originally we thought it was to be for just a year or two, but now it looks like a semi-permanent move. Yay!
16) As a side-effect of this, we packed up all our belongings (including the famed Mink) and shipped them to the other side of the world, where we unpacked them again in our new apartment.
17) My mum visited us in Texas and helped hugely with unpacking and the settling-in process.
18) I received the first Advance Reading Copies of my book - and then the book itself!
19) I made some wonderful new Austin friends.
20) Publicity for the book began, and I got my very first review.
21) We had our first Christmas in Texas!
22) And we visited New York for New Year's.
We made some new friends.
Happy New Year, everyone!
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