Finally got back to writing the other day (I have about 355 pages so far), and I've finally figured out how to move the story forward. My meeting with the agent is next weekend. Ten minutes to pitch my book and myself, and to make myself stand out from the who-knows-how-many-other potential authors the agent will be meeting with. I'm a little nervous about it, and I normally don't get nervous.

Oh, and the Barnes & Noble I was planning on transferring to in Baltimore is now telling me I can only work maybe 20 hours a week in receiving (the back stock room with flourescent lights). The manager (whom I had spent two weeks trying to get ahold of) couldn't wait to get off the phone with me and totally brushed me off to an assisstant who essentially told me that even if I came in on my visit to Baltimore this weekend they wouldn't be able to tell me anything else. And my paychecks from my store here are steadily getting smaller because of all the time I've had to take off to prepare for this move.

And the student loans I was counting on in order to actually attend classes might not go through because I forgot to send in my stupid signature through snail mail until this week.

Yay, everything I've been working toward for the past year is slowly crumbling.

Fun times....

But here's a video you all should watch (it's kind of long, but trust me, it's worth watching).