Have a Heart

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~The Semi-Grown-Up Version~

February, 2007

Friends,

For the second year in a row, I missed the February 14 deadline for my Valentine. I've had a great year, but I must admit that it was a lot easier to gush about my life when I was single. Being fabulous is a breeze when everyone secretly pities your spinster life. Now I have fun and love since there is the wonderful Rod. Blathering on about traveling and rock & roll has been replaced in my life hierarchy by comfort food and grown-up conversation. I miss superficiality sometimes, but I'll dig down deep to see if I can summon some frivolous fluff for '07.

~Colette

Was life really all that different before I moved to Upstate New York?

Life Before

Life After

Played drums in the Franklin & Marshall Wind Ensemble

Play drums for the RIT Orchestra

Followed the group KISS

Watch Sabres games on TV, followed by a kiss goodnight

Sang at karaoke bars every Thursday and Sunday

Watch American Idol every Tuesday and Wednesday

Lived without cooking

Live with an excellent cook

Lived in a condo in Lancaster, PA

Landlord of a condo in Lancaster, PA

Wrote a romance novel but didnít really believe in romance

Living it

No time for pleasure reading

Dying for the new Harry Potter

 

Goodbye, Gene.
Hello Genes!

After moving to Rochester, NY last spring, I started a search for a new job. I had been reading Phil Jacksonís most recent book about life as an NBA coach (my dream job), so it seemed like fate when I landed a teaching position that included a personal coaching component at the Rochester Institute of Technology. I teach five classes of freshmen all the basics about academics, integrity and glamour goals.

 

The weekend before I started at RIT, I flew to Myrtle Beach for one last hobnob with Gene Simmons of KISS. Little did I know that RIT had made plans to pair me with the Biotechnology department, so genes would be a part of my new life, too. Fate has a funny sense of humor.

 

 

www.ColetteShaw.com

Colette@KISSfiction.com

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