Happy New Year! Wouldn’t it be nice if it really was that way—the turn of the calendar set things back to rights and erased the bad of the previous year. I suppose we’ll have to wait and see what 2022 has in store for us. So far, it looks like a repeat of the past couple of years.
The fourth book in the Reaping Covetous series is out and available on Amazon/Kindle in digital and paperback. The next in the series, Ashes to Ashes, will hopefully be available in late February or maybe March. I sent it today for proof reading and it should be back in 2-4 weeks and I am still waiting on the book cover so it’s a little up in the air. Book 6 is written but hasn’t gone out for editing at all, yet. I’m maybe half way through writing book 7, which is the final book in the series. I have a spin off series in mind plus other stories that have nothing to do with this one. I haven’t decided which way to go yet after Reaping Covetous is done.
On a different note, it looks like winter finally decided to show up this week in the Midwest. It is blustery and cold today and later this week the highs are supposed to struggle to get to 20 degrees. Brrrr . . . That’s getting a little on the nippy side. So far no major snow in the forecast which I’m more than okay with. I wouldn’t mind the snow if I didn’t have to shovel and try and drive in it. Snow and cold just makes like harder. Obviously, that’s just my opinion. There are some whacky people out there that actually like winter. Personally, I think they have a couple of screws loose in the noggin’ but hey, to each our own.
My pets are doing well. The kitties got a new water drinking fountain for Christmas. It’s just like there old one minus the lime scale buildup inside the pump and along the sides. I just put it out today and am amazed at the flow of the water. It makes the old one look even more tired. Newton and Copernicus have both been at the water fountain. I think they enjoy playing in it as much as drinking. Fennik likes it too. I can always tell from the water on the floor when he’s joined in on the fun.
Not much change to report in the veterinary profession. We are still very busy. I don’t anticipate that will ease up, even though this is supposed to be our “lighter” time of the year. My surgery schedule is currently book out through mid February and the doctor I work with is the same if not worse. We are still crossing our fingers that we might get a third doctor this year, but we don’t know for certain. It would be great to be able to take some of those vacation days that are written into my contract 🙂
That’s all for now. Please try and stay well—both mentally and physically. It’s a struggle out there. And for what it’s worth, I’m wishing all of you the happiest 2022 possible
MJ May
veterinarian and fiction writer 