It's been about a month since the wedding now and I thought I'd give an update on how things are going. First off, thank you to everyone who made it to our wedding and to others who sent their support from afar. We could not have asked for a more beautiful wedding. It was absolutely everything we wanted it to be. Secondly: jobs.
Allison is working for a mental health outpatient facility here in Columbia, MO. She has clients who are suffering from severe mental illnesses whom she has to stay in touch with for whatever they need from her. She drives them to doctor's appointments, makes sure they are taking their medication, takes them to get groceries, etc. She's really enjoying it thus far and thinks it is going to be a great experience towards getting a graduate degree in counseling (which will probably begin in the fall of '07).
I am currently writing six days a week (taking saturdays off to hang with the wifey) and have written just over a third of the novel I'm working on (120 pages). I get up early when Allison goes to work and write until 1 or 2pm. In the afternoons I play Betty Home Maker. That's right, I'm comfortable with it. Make your jokes, point your fingers and then STICK IT, cause I'm a damn good house wife! I do all the tedious little chores like laundry and cleaning and cooking dinner, getting groceries, etcetera, etcetera (and then I drive the kids off to soccer practice in my SUV made for hauling dead bodies off Mt. McKinley before relaxing at the country club for lunch with my boyfriends...On HER credit card! OH! So naughty. Seriously though, I do fold clothes and that shit sucks. It's no laughing matter.).
And that's it from MO town. Will somebody please leave a comment besides these goddamn internet sales people (That's right, I'm talking to you Mr. "I really love what you've done with your blog and even though it's completely inappropriate I'm going to advertise on the comment section under your wedding pictures! Find a new job. One where you don't have to be a souless sniveling scum bag.).
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- Jeff Hardesty
- Writer, husband, father. Check out my new novel, "The Stork Of Course."
9 comments:
yo i love this site...i check it almost every day to see what you guys are up to. so glad to hear that the novel is going so well. can't believe that you have pumped out so much in such a short period of time....impressive.
christina
Jeff -
We are happy to have ya here in BoCoMo. This is my first time visiting your site and it's spectacular. You are a witty, talented person with a gorgeous wifey. May the force be with ya on your book. I've heard those can be tough,
See ya soon,
Love,
Mrs. O'Haire
My dear Jeff and Alyson,
It looks like you are progressing with the novel and
have a regular schedule. William
F. Buckley, Jr said that is the
way to write, get up at a certain
time everyday and do it, at least
try to do it. I love Frost, too.
" I have promises to keep
and miles to go before I sleep".
Will see you Thankgiving, I
guess. By the way, the Whooping
Cranes may be landing in Oldham
County today. Someone who lives
there, is going to call me if they
are able to leave Muscatatuck.
They were stalled by bad weather
for several days. They imprinted on a ultralight plane as chicks. Love, Grandma
Fabulous pictures!! That's why HE is the photographer and I am a wannabe!
Love the homemaker dissertation. Jeffery don't you let them put you down. You wear it all very securely. Excited to read the soon-to-be famous novel.
Sue
Jeff you have truly lived your life, every step of the way, by following your heart. I love seeing your pictures and reading what you guys are up to. I still have some of the things you used to write back in high school. Maybe you will want them back when this book makes you famous. 'A Jeff Hardesty Original' .... that has a nice ring to it. Congrats, congrats be sure to find me whenever you venture back to your original hometown. love,
amy
Thank you everyone for all of your comments! I wish we could keep in better contact from afar, but isn't technology grand (some of it, the stuff I like anyway. Like bombs--not a big fan. Electic can-openers--moy bueno! Oh, and blogs.) I really appreciate all of the nice stuff everyone has said. I'm glad people still support dreamers even when we are unemployed and working six hours a day on things that will never make us any money. If any of you have digital cameras and want to share your life, these blogs are free and pretty easy to use. I'd love to see what you all are up to. Drop me a line if you start one up.
Much love and appreciation,
Jeff
So proud of you and Allison... the wedding was amazingly beautiful and original, really glad I went and I had a great time with you and family. You go Betty! Love to see husbands supporting their wives! Auntie Adrienne
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