Comments on: A quarter of the revisions done…and stomach flu hits… http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Sherrill http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Sherrill Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:33:56 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-133 Errr, so how is the work coming on the new office, anyway? Or should I not ask . . . I wish I could come and spend a few days and help you out with organizing books, keeping house, helping with the children, and feeding you chocolate. Here's hoping you are able to finish the revs by tomorrow so you don't have to LUG the ms to NYC. God bless, Sherrill Errr, so how is the work coming on the new office, anyway? Or should I not ask . . .

I wish I could come and spend a few days and help you out with organizing books, keeping house, helping with the children, and feeding you chocolate.

Here’s hoping you are able to finish the revs by tomorrow so you don’t have to LUG the ms to NYC.

God bless,
Sherrill

]]> By: FlockOfSillies http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-132 FlockOfSillies Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:06:59 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-132 Everybody sing, "Hurple rain, hurple rain..." LOL. Everybody sing, “Hurple rain, hurple rain…” LOL.

]]> By: FlockOfSillies http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-130 FlockOfSillies Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:02:28 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-130 Ah, yes, the rain of vomit. My 6yo dd did that off the top bunk a few months ago. Both beds, the ladder, cracks and crevices, and the carpet. Man, NY is going to seem like a vacation for you! Ah, yes, the rain of vomit. My 6yo dd did that off the top bunk a few months ago. Both beds, the ladder, cracks and crevices, and the carpet. Man, NY is going to seem like a vacation for you!

]]> By: Mel Moore http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Mel Moore Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:43:52 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-125 wow. gee, i, um, sure wish we were down there right now. or not... we're praying for you! wow. gee, i, um, sure wish we were down there right now. or not…

we’re praying for you!

]]> By: Mindy http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Mindy Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:41:08 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-124 Oh, I love timelines!! I don't even mind turning the page sideways! :-) Cleaning up puke is that part of motherhood that they never told you about when you sign up for the job. Hang in there. This, too, will pass (so to speak!!) I must confess when I buy and read your book I'll be wondering which pages were "the flu pages." Thanks for a glimpse into the life behind the book. It will make me appreciate it all the more. Oh, I love timelines!! I don’t even mind turning the page sideways! :-)

Cleaning up puke is that part of motherhood that they never told you about when you sign up for the job. Hang in there. This, too, will pass (so to speak!!)

I must confess when I buy and read your book I’ll be wondering which pages were “the flu pages.” Thanks for a glimpse into the life behind the book. It will make me appreciate it all the more.

]]> By: Melissa in VA http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Melissa in VA Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:19:00 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-123 Egads woman! Welllll..... being the underachiever that I am, my advice would be : 1. puke buckets for all 2. Beg for more time 3. RUN to NY, (embarrassed maybe(HUGE maybe), but..you know...ALIVE and speaking coherantly) O.K., so I'm not the best one to give advise on such topics. But I will be praying for you and the family. I DO understand the stomach flu thing. Our family managed to get it the week before my husband left for the Mid East for 4 months. Ugh. I honestly don't know how you do it. I really don't. But I do love the end result of your hard labor. Each of the books so far have filled a huge gap for me, and I honestly don't think that it would have been filled otherwise. So, thanks. I hope that you find strength and encouragement this week. Egads woman! Welllll….. being the underachiever that I am, my advice would be :
1. puke buckets for all
2. Beg for more time
3. RUN to NY, (embarrassed maybe(HUGE maybe), but..you know…ALIVE and speaking coherantly)

O.K., so I’m not the best one to give advise on such topics. But I will be praying for you and the family. I DO understand the stomach flu thing. Our family managed to get it the week before my husband left for the Mid East for 4 months. Ugh.

I honestly don’t know how you do it. I really don’t. But I do love the end result of your hard labor. Each of the books so far have filled a huge gap for me, and I honestly don’t think that it would have been filled otherwise. So, thanks. I hope that you find strength and encouragement this week.

]]> By: LB http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-122 LB Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:31:31 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-122 Oh yes! I am all too familiar with the scenario of a 9 yr old leaning over the top bunk to spew. Must be a 9 yr old boy thing. I agree with Elizabeth- get a puke bucket. Works well. ((Hugs)) to you and I hope you stay healthy through what sounds like a stressful week. Does knowing how many of us are planning on buying your book make it any easier to make the deadlines? ;-) Oh yes! I am all too familiar with the scenario of a 9 yr old leaning over the top bunk to spew. Must be a 9 yr old boy thing.

I agree with Elizabeth- get a puke bucket. Works well.

((Hugs)) to you and I hope you stay healthy through what sounds like a stressful week. Does knowing how many of us are planning on buying your book make it any easier to make the deadlines? ;-)

]]> By: Lynn in WI http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Lynn in WI Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:41:37 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-119 By all means keep your revisions away from the children! We're all rooting for you this week (and praying). By all means keep your revisions away from the children!

We’re all rooting for you this week (and praying).

]]> By: Kolbi http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Kolbi Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:08:40 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-117 Oh Susan. Oh (((((((((Susan))))))))))). Well, and oh (((((((((Pete))))))))). Yucky yuck yuck. Everything you're doing will be appreciated by so many. I hope you don't catch what the children have, and I hope your trips are wonderful and productive. Oh Susan. Oh (((((((((Susan))))))))))). Well, and oh (((((((((Pete))))))))). Yucky yuck yuck. Everything you’re doing will be appreciated by so many. I hope you don’t catch what the children have, and I hope your trips are wonderful and productive.

]]> By: DarjeelinGirl » Blog Archive » I think the flu is contagious through the Internet http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-116 DarjeelinGirl » Blog Archive » I think the flu is contagious through the Internet Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:50:09 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-116 [...] We haven’t met anyone with it in real life, but they’ve got it here and here. And we’ve got it here. ugh. [...] [...] We haven’t met anyone with it in real life, but they’ve got it here and here. And we’ve got it here. ugh. [...]

]]> By: Janice in NJ http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Janice in NJ Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:21:59 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-115 Good heavens!!! I wish I could do something besides type. It seems like such a pathetic way to respond to a situation like this. Because I can't do anything tangible, my prayer will be that you can emotionally rise above the chaos and clutter of your surroundings and find a clear head and the peace that you need to just hang on! Sending hugs. Good heavens!!!

I wish I could do something besides type. It seems like such a pathetic way to respond to a situation like this.

Because I can’t do anything tangible, my prayer will be that you can emotionally rise above the chaos and clutter of your surroundings and find a clear head and the peace that you need to just hang on!

Sending hugs.

]]> By: Elizabeth in Canada http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Elizabeth in Canada Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:33:22 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-113 Two words...puke bowl. And make them carry it everywhere! Truly, I wish this week was easier for you, but "come what come may/time and the hour run through the roughest day." (or days...) and it will get better! Two words…puke bowl. And make them carry it everywhere! Truly, I wish this week was easier for you, but “come what come may/time and the hour run through the roughest day.” (or days…) and it will get better!

]]> By: Susan in TX http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Susan in TX Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:58:11 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-112 I'm imagining you as one of those plate spinners at the state fair, but while you are trying to keep the plates up, the kids are going down. Arrggghhh!! Praying in TX for you! S- I’m imagining you as one of those plate spinners at the state fair, but while you are trying to keep the plates up, the kids are going down. Arrggghhh!!
Praying in TX for you!
S-

]]> By: Diane http://www.susanwisebauer.com/negotiations-with-editors/a-quarter-of-the-revisions-doneand-stomach-flu-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Diane Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:43:04 +0000 http://susan.peacehillpress.net/blog/?p=15#comment-111 Oh, oh, oh....LEGO and VOMIT in the same sentence. This brings back my worst memory in fifteen-and-a-half years of parenting. Think: Mommy pregnant. Husband on "contemplative retreat" (the contemplative part adds insult, I think) and son vomits into a toy chest FILLED with lego. "I knew you wouldn't want me to ruin the carpet, Mama, so I threw up in the lego bucket." He meant well (and still does) but it was GRIM. The only way I got it out of the house was having KateCA living in the granny flat. Her husband was my hero, donning a bandana over his nose to get it outside. SO GROSS. You're in my prayers! Scented candles in the hallway might help, too (-: Diane Oh, oh, oh….LEGO and VOMIT in the same sentence. This brings back my worst memory in fifteen-and-a-half years of parenting. Think: Mommy pregnant. Husband on “contemplative retreat” (the contemplative part adds insult, I think) and son vomits into a toy chest FILLED with lego. “I knew you wouldn’t want me to ruin the carpet, Mama, so I threw up in the lego bucket.” He meant well (and still does) but it was GRIM. The only way I got it out of the house was having KateCA living in the granny flat. Her husband was my hero, donning a bandana over his nose to get it outside. SO GROSS.

You’re in my prayers! Scented candles in the hallway might help, too (-:

Diane

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