Still no word on my novel submission but I'm still holding positive thoughts.
However, my mind has been troubled by other thoughts these last few days. I found out on Friday that a girl [she is/was a woman but I will always think of her as a twenty-something girl] whom I was once close to died this past summer. Dyan and I hadn't been in touch for over thirty years but whenever I thought about the first few years after I graduated from nursing school, memories of Dyan are right in there with everything else. We attendedth esame snursing schol in NYC. Dyan graduated a year behind me. She and I worked the same shift at the same hospital [different units] after graduation and we hung out often after work. Dyan had an infectious laugh and a wonderful sense of humor. She was a fun, caring person to be with and it's hard for me now to reconcile with the fact that she is no longer in this world. I wish her peace.

Still no word on my manuscript and I am still keeping good thoughts. I have decided no news is definitely good news. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
On another front...some fellow writers and I are looking into starting our own writing group. We have been members of another group that is probably going to disband very soon and we don't want the networking, learning opportunities to end. So, a few of us are banding together in the hopes of getting another group off the ground. But there is so much to consider! Far more than I ever anticipated. This may take some re-thinking on our part. It might be easier to just join up with another group already in existence.