Reconsidering my priorities

Posted on 2006/08/22 18:57:58 (August 2006).

So, here I am, in front of my screen, a beer in my grasp. Time to bring up to date my correspondance with you guys...!

Not that I have been idle for the past two months, no. But I had to reconsider my priorities in terms of carreer. You all know that I desire to be a script writer and -- be sure of it -- one day I will be! Fact is, I need time to stomach my current setback (see previous entry). A setback, I said. Not a step back. Nor a defeat. As they say, I lost a battle, NOT the war. I swear, the 'system' will not bring me down. I know that if I persist and keep improving, it will finally pay off...!

Which makes me think of my next script: My Grandfather's Diary. I have a few questions for you, my British friends, regarding the framework. The story is about a 14 year old boy who attends class in a French lycée in London. So far, nothing improbable. There are indeed French schools in England. But I would like him to fall in love with a girl of approximatly his age, a girl who's the granddaughter of a French notary, named Duby, practicing in London. Duby would work in collaboration with the French embassy and his clients would be French nationals living in the land of Shakespeare (and mint jelly) mostly for professional reasons. How does it sound? Is it plausible ? Are French notaries allowed to practice in England? Or is it too complicated? I'd like to have your opinion on that.

Otherwise, I carry on with my studies. If you don't know yet, I'm studying to be a landscape architect. It's much more thorough than I thought, as I will be expected to work in a firm, behind a drawing table and a computer, in collaboration with topographers, civil engineers and other architects. If everything goes well, I should have finished by August, next year. Then... then the gods shall decide !

Oh, and one last thing, Christelle is expecting another child. I am overwhelmed with joy, naturally...! Overwhelmed, though I cannot refrain from feeling a bit anxious. I'm so immature, you see.

Hey, hey!!! CONGRATULATIONS Sheri!!! :)))) I shake you by the hand and offer you a cigar!!!! Splendid!!

Brinsley will now have a sibling to play with (and conspire against the parents with!!)

Everyone will tell you this Sheri, but the second child is always much easier for you (I dare not add, Christelle too, but you get the idea!) You know what to expect now, so that will help!!

And of course, all those sleepless nights will be an ideal time for you to do more writing (at three in the morning etc!)

:))))))))))))

By the way, I will get those chapters back to you as soo as I can etc :)

Posted by Nigel at 2006/08/22 21:34:48.

Congratulations Sheri!

As for the new script idea - what is a notary?

Posted by John at 2006/08/23 12:48:57.

Hey, hearty congratulations to you and Christelle, Sheri...!!!!

Posted by Bryan at 2006/08/23 12:59:53.

Gosh!! I leave for two weeks and you get all upset and make a baby!!! :) :):):)

CONGRATULATIONS to you and Christelle, I am sure that this new one will bring not only happiness and sleepless nights, but maybe that spark that you are looking for to light the fuse of success!

As for the script idea I think that it could work only if the french notary had an english degree and had passed the bar exam overthere...

Posted by Lox at 2006/08/23 07:13:59.

Thanks to you all!!!

Nigel: The writing at 3 in the morning.... Is it supposed to make me feel better ? Bast! I know you're rubbing your hands, telling yourself:"At last, someone else on this blog will suffer as much as I did"!

John: A notary -- notaire -- is someone who deals with inheritance and real estates. What would be the equivalent in England ?

Bryan: glad to hear from you!

Lox : If it were to be a boy, Christelle and I have decided to call him Lox ......................................................... Naaaaa! Not a chance !

Posted by Sheri at 2006/08/23 07:40:20.

YEAH! I was about to propose it, if it's a girl then Loxya will do. Thanks! :) By the way how many months is Christelle?

Posted by Lox at 2006/08/23 14:16:15.

The baby is due for the end of April.

Posted by Sheri at 2006/09/01 08:17:05.

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