i had a day “off” yesterday which consisted of returning emails, returning calls, writing thank you notes, cleaning the rv, cleaning myself, making festively plump cleatus run for 20 minutes…and discovered he would sleep forever if i didn’t make him get off the couch!  i then discovered as much as i don’t like working out every day, i do like working out some days. 

i paid bills that were way overdue…and discovered no one cares if you’re on your first book tour and your mail is getting forwarded to you in your rv!

i prepared for an event with justine magazine that’s happening at the end of the month…an event, by the way, I PUT TOGETHER!  here’s a perfect example of what i have been talking about at all the schools and libraries.  you wanna know who put this event together??  ME!  yep.  ME!  i am the one who emailed the publisher/editor of justine and told her about my tour and before i go.  i have scheduled it with her from the beginning.  not my publisher, not my publicist.  ME.  i discovered if you want something done, DO IT YOURSELF.  there are no rules.  and you never know what great things can happen!! 

okay, so here are a few more things i have discovered…(if you didn’t read the first list, look in my blog a few weeks ago!)

1. as i said in the beginning, i might not like working out every day, but i do feel better when i do.  mentally and physically.  of course, it didn’t help me with any “the black widow” ideas but i’m keeping the faith for my stroke of brilliance.

2.  i’m realizing that my stroke of brilliance is really, really hard to get when the idea is not from my heart!

3.  while cleaning yesterday and putting up pictures from MONROE, i discovered still love traveling in an rv.  i’ve come to the conclusion i am obsessed with it at this point. 

4.  i discovered i REALLY LOVE MONROE, LA!!  and i miss everyone there!! 

5.  i discovered i can function on even less sleep than i thought.  and quite frankly, that scares me.  (and mom, don’t comment on that discovery!)

6.  i discovered i still have a deep, serious affection for i can’t believe it’s not butter spray.  as in, i never, ever want to be without it kind of affection.

7.  i realize my love for i can’t beleive it’s not butter spray could potentially be considered a problem in most parts of the country.

8.  i LOVE everyone from MONROE, LA!  (ok, not so much a discovery but still!!!  i DO!)

9.  i still realize i have no control over anything…and i still hate that more than i can say.

10.  even though i said this exact thing last time…it’s even more important now that this first section of my tour is ending…

i discovered i have so much determination, persistence, faith and belief that my little dream, which turned into before i go, will touch so many people, of all sexes, all shapes, all colors, all religions and all beliefs!  more people than i ever thought possible…

…and i have discovered i still have that determination, persistence, faith and belief…even when i think i don’t.