With my internet access back up, my websites finally operating after 24 hours of being down and email transferring again, I feel like I can get back to all the projects that I’m more than a week behind on.
My first priority today was to finally get my Press Packet mailed off. Due to time constraints the packets I’m having printed up at a print press won’t be ready in time for the group that needs it now. With Microsoft Word, Adobe PhotoShop and a little creativity, I was able to create a good press packet beginning.
The hardest part for me was the obligatory Press Packet Photo – a frightening step for me. Although I’m twenty-eight, the magic of Oil of Olay keeps me looking as though I just turned twenty – which I’m told will be something I’ll appreciate when I’m 52 but now it’s sometimes bothersome when I try to assume credibility.
I was worried that I might look to young in the photo until I realised there wasn’t much I could do about it unless I caked on makeup, figured out how to use eye-liner and try to find a pantsuit to wear since I gave all mine away. Instead of trying to pull off some kind of “look” I decided to be me. Because if I’m not, then all my talking about trusting yourself and doing what you need to do doesn’t have any credibility – and that can’t be fixed with any photo.
The Press Packet Photo oh my! With my regular look, I took out my Nikon Digital Camera and within the first few clicks saw a photo I could use.
When my husband came home I showed him the photo and asked him what he thought.
“It looks like you,” he said.
“Yes, it does,” I replied, smiling.
The Chronicles of Girl at Play began in April 2001 as a way for me to chronicle my leaving a successful corporate position to become a self-employed writer.
