Book V of the Reaping Covetous series is now available. There are two more books that are left in the series. Book VI, Pushing Up Roses, won’t be out for several months. Books VI and VII are written but haven’t gone through official editing yet. Book VI will go out soon for its first read through.
I’m glad this series is coming close to an end. I’ve enjoyed writing it and telling Leah, Dave, and Cecile’s stories, but I’m ready to move on to other things. I’ve got a few ideas floating around in my noggin’, which is better than some of the other things that often fill my head.
Work is . . . well . . . work. We are still super busy. A few weeks ago, my boss and co-worker had COVID. She is doing well and recovered quickly, but had to quarantine at home. That left me alone holding down the clinic fort for a few days. It was rough, but we got through it. The staff at the clinic did great and really pitched in to help. I think I did better through that than I’m doing now. I guess I’m just tired and there’s not really any relief from it. Taking time off is a bit of a pipe dream right now.
On a brighter note, we are well and truly getting a third doctor in June. Yeah! He will be a “baby vet” and we don’t want to throw him to the proverbial wolves, so we are going to try and take it easy on him with appointments. It will be slow going, but he’s a very intelligent and capable individual so I think he’ll do great and most likely quicker than I did when I just came out of school.
Speaking of just coming out of school, it’s hard for me to believe, but this May will mark twenty years since I graduated from veterinary school. Yikes! I feel old. At the same time, I wouldn’t want to go back to those days. I still struggle with cases, but not in the same way and not as badly as I did when I was fresh faced and wide eyed.
My pets are doing well. Fennik goes to the groomer today (thank God). He is really dirty. Of course, he’ll get dirty quickly again given that it is winter and the weather keeps us at a constant state of muddy. Poor Fen just has too much hair. I’ve often said, when they were passing out fur, Fen Fen stood in line twice.
I think that’s about it for now. I will try and post another update next month, even though there won’t be any new books out. Most likely you’ll all be subjected to more photos of my pets 🙂
Thank you for reading. Stay well, safe, and warm.
MJ May
veterinarian and fiction writer 