To all readers out there ready to chat about the first half of the second Chicken Lit bookclub read, here we go! I hope there are at least a couple of participants ready to post. Reading alone isn’t nearly as fun as reading with bookclub members.

Any comments about pages 1-144? Post a comment below with your thoughts or suggestions on discussion topics… like maybe, is the former Executive Vice President Michael Gates Gill’s employment at Starbucks believable? Or how about, are all of the flashback-flashforward scenes confusing? And maybe, what is up with Michael’s unforgiving high-and-mighty daughter who couldn’t wait to see her old Daddy in action at Starbucks? Your thoughts?

It’s about time I posted a ‘What I Had for Lunch’ blog, don’t you think? So here goes.

This morning I helped out in the media center at the Catholic Kids’ school, keeping my growling stomach under control by drinking bottled water and chewing gum. These tactics worked for a few hours, but by the time I returned back home to re-charge and get ready for more errand running, my stomach was screaming:

FEED ME ALREADY, WOMAN! CAN’T YOU HEAR ME GROWLING DOWN HERE?! LIKE I’M DOING THIS FOR MY HEALTH?! SHEESH.

So I’m pulling out the proverbial ‘big guns’ and having myself a big bowl of popcorn & Quaker Snack Mix alongside a Lean Cuisine meat & cheese lasagna.

Rumbling all gone. How heavenly.

What’s in your lunch today?

No way, José. While on a call with family recently, I was asked:

So how’s that semi-retirement treating you?

And I had to laugh with a furrowed brow, mostly because I’ve been fielding calls from the Mother House as the on-call consultant WHILE developing and launching 2 brand new websites from the ground up. Let me tell you, the only thing holding me together is the freedom to work in the comfort of my own home office on Sundays while still in my jammies. Seriously.

As it turns out, God gave me a nudge at just the right moment - because had I not resigned and changed employment status to a consulting basis when I did, I would’ve pulled the hair right out of my head due to overload stress sending the whole wide world running in the opposite direction. So basically, the timing was perfect.

Meanwhile, in the event that you’re wondering how my ‘Semi-Retirement’ is going these days, think again. All I can say is that the Lord works in mysterious ways, and I’m all for the way it’s working right about now. *genuflects*

Who am I? Who am I? I am… the walrus.

Ok, not really, but thinking about the whole ‘YourName.com’ business has me asking myself that question, giving me a big flashback to The Breakfast Club and the Beatles - in that order.
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