Now, that's an odd experience

I got a voice mail from the mail order pharmacy (part of my medical plan) last night that said they needed to verify my address. Since I recently moved to a new state, I figured, sure -- makes sense to me.

I called the 800 number this morning and got a cheerful recording. I expected that I would be directed to a menu with "Press 1 to talk to a human", "Press 2 to be annoyed for 30 minutes", and so on.

Instead I got a recording that said, "Your privacy is important ... this will be monitored .. yada yada" I listened with half an ear. Then I heard, "To be sure we're correct, is this {my name here}"?

I sat up straighter. Whoa. How did they know ... yikes. They tracked back the phone number, right? I answered "Yes". Then the recording proceeded with "We need to verify your address. Is it {my address here}?" I answered "Yes" again and I got a cheerful, "Thank you. That's all we needed. We'll process your order."

I don't know whether to be creeped out or relieved it was so easy. I mean, pizza places do a reverse lookup when I order pizza, right ("What's your phone number? Okay, is this {my address here}?") Why shouldn't medical people do it ...

But I still have the eerie feeling I am no longer in stealth mode. I've moved and now They know where I am.

Yep. She's busy, all right

You know, I have no idea where the time has gone. Yikes.

Three books out in 3 months.

Two more books self-published.

One more book ready to upload.

Two more books to upload at the end of the year.

One more in progress.

A new series planned.

Oh, and I'm still working full-time, packing to move, and yes, I have a social life.

The merry-go-round continues! I'll try to update one web site/blog or another on a weekly basis. Until then: please do a bit of shopping (see the tab above) and have a fun summer!

So much to do, so little time!

Packing to move has consumed a lot of my attention lately, but other things are zooming along nicely:

All three books in the Deadly Landscaping Romances are now out (see previous posts and the shopping link for how to find 'em).

I have Book 3 in the History Patrol series ready to upload. Will do that before I move, I think.

I'm half-done with my Work in Progress, tentatively entitled Righter. It's about a man (an author) who goes undercover as a woman at a writer's (get it? writer? righter?) conference to catch a killer and he ends up falling in love with a woman attendee there, but he's in drag, so ... it gets complicated (grin).

I've finished edits to Twistered, my "homage to the Wizard of Oz" book. I hope to upload that later this year.

I'm doing edits to Mist, my kidnapping book ("I was captured and held against my will. Then I escaped. Now it's time for my revenge"). See the cover in a previous post. I LOVE that cover.

What else? Let's see, having some health issues (chronic pain in back and hips) but the good news is we've ruled out the biggies: MS, ALS, Lyme Disease, etc. For now it's "non-specific chronic inflammatory neurological disorder" or PAIN. I can cope but I have to rest a lot. What a hassle. I'm not a resting kind of person.

Still working full-time and will be keeping my job and telecommuting when I move. I've got some major deadlines at work, so that's keeping me jumping.

Busy busy! So forgive me if I don't update here often. I appreciate you stopping and I promise, once I get moved and am no longer using a temporary desk made out of boards and packing boxes, I'll be more thorough in my updates.

Happy summer!

Ah, upsy, downsy life

We're house-hunting remotely (in a location 300 miles away) and have been diligently searching the Internet (thank you, bing.com/maps) for the perfect place.

We drove to the area last weekend and met with our realtor and saw 4 houses. We almost settled on one. ALMOST. We discovered a major road project may take place there in the upcoming years. Since we plan to live there for 20 years (hopefully), are we ready to gamble on losing our beautiful wooded lot to a freeway?

This really tells you where your priorities lie, doesn't it? Do we go with the great house on the beautiful lot and hope for the best? Or do we back off and think twice, three times, then say 'no.'

We're still waffling while searching for more houses. No rush on this, our house isn't on the market, there's no urgent need to move. It's a 'want', not a 'need'.

But boy, I liked that house...