Decisions were made today

When I say decisions were made today, I actually mean I officially emailed the people and gave them my decisions.  I had made my mind up a few days ago.  I declined my offer for a book contract.  I don't want my "fans" paying $15 for a paperback book or $7.99 for the kindle version.  That is way too much.  I also decided to pay the large amount of money for the same illustrator who did my first cover.  He will be doing my second cover because he did an outstanding job with the first.  I had a mock interview today.  I did much better than I expected.  I was weak with explaining what I would do with reading instruction.  Since I have very little experience teaching reading, I expected that.  My principal gave me excellent resources for me to become more knowledgeable in that area.  I really, really think that I will get an elementary teaching job for the 2013-2014 school year!  Let us pray!

3 weeks until my cruise!

I leave for my cruise 3 weeks from today!  Where has the time gone?  To say I am more than ready for this vacation is a huge understatement.  I can't wait to be sitting on deck with a beverage in one hand, my iPod on, and my kindle in the other hand soaking up the sun!  The best part about the cruise is that it's my first one without parents!  I will be going with a close friend so I will not have to listen to parents telling me what to do.  Unfortunately, I know the cruise will come and go before I know it.  I don't want to think about that, though.  I want to think about the sand in between my toes and the blue-green water in Cozumel.  That's what I call a vacation!!!

No magic for USA swimming tonight

4 years ago, at around 11 o'clock at night, I watched the US  4x100 men's freestyle relay swim against a France team that was supposed to "smash" them.  I will never in my life forget that finish.  My parents were in bed (I found out later, they were awake and watching).  My younger brother was asleep downstairs.  I was upstairs in my room watching, trying as hard as possible to be quiet because I thought everyone else was asleep.  When Cullen Jones swam the 3rd leg of the relay and finished, I thought there was no way US could come back and beat France.  There were down by about 1 second (which is a large margin in swimming).  After Jason Lezak swam the 1st 50 meters, I knew a silver medal was imminent for US.  Then, he started swimming harder than ever before.  I could no longer keep quiet.  I started screaming, "GO! GO! GO!"  Unbelievably, he came back and out touched the France team by .08 and kept Michael Phelp's hopes alive for 8 gold medals!  I had chills throughout my body watching that inspirational comeback.  I randomly watch that movie on YouTube and still get chills four years later.  Tonight, US was the underdog again.  This time, Australia was supposed to beat them.  US had a body length lead after 2 swimmers.  The anchor, Ryan Lotche went in with a slight lead.  On the last 50 meters, the guy from France started picking up his pace and passed Lochte and won by about half a second.  This night went to France.  Australia didn't even manage to get a bronze medal.  It was still a courageous effort by US.  I was happy that I didn't hear or see the results before I saw the event like happened yesterday with the 400 IM when Lotche got the gold medal.  There is a lot more swimming in the Olympics for Phelps to break the record for most Olympic medals.  He needs just 2 more and has I think 5 more events to do it.  GO PHELPS!

Watch the video below to see the magic that happened in 2008.

Adirondack Extreme!

Today was my first time going to Adirondack Extreme and it was AWESOME!  Unfortunately, I missed out on a few obstacles because my arms did not want to cooperate with me.  Climbing, zip lines, walking across logs, and much more.  It was well worth the money and time spent.  My arms are killing me and I am sure they will hurt more tomorrow.  Since I'm not going zip lining on my cruise, I was happy to be able to do it today.  I would definitely go back here and do the obstacles again!  I would recommend it to anyone who is ready for a tough, physical adventure.

Big day tomorrow

I've got a lot going on tomorrow (what else is new?)  I'm going to Adirondack Extreme to do a tree climbing obstacle course.  I'm really looking forward to that.  I've never done anything like it before.  Then, if I get home in time, there are two extremely good horse races going on at the track that I plan on winning.  They are both very tough to handicap, but that's the fun of the sport!  I revised my cover letter today and talked to someone about my resume.  He thinks it needs to be one page and I think it's practically impossible to get everything that I need in my resume onto one page.  We will see what my principal says on Tuesday.

Productive at home, not at work

I feel like I did absolutely nothing today at work.  That's ok.  It was my Friday doing my tech cleanup job and I actually did get some important stuff done.  I did, however, send out a cover letter for homework club, which is a job I did last year.  The job was posted already.  In addition to that, I also revised my resume again.  I really, really think it looks great this time!  I have my mock interview next Tuesday where I will show my principal that.  She will let me know what she thinks about it.  She liked my resume she saw in I think March.  I think (hope) she will love this one.  I emailed my publisher with several more questions today about the contract.  I am waiting for a response from him and other authors from that publisher before I make my final decision.  Tomorrow's goals are to go for a run, revise my cover letter, and start looking at the standards I've tried to look at for a month now!  If I'm really productive, maybe I can write a chapter in my book.  I haven't written a chapter in over a week I think.  Busy, busy, busy!

No one said this would be easy

I typed out the pros and cons of signing a deal with this specific publisher.  I had a long talk with my parents about it.  I also told them that I feel like I am going to regret either decision I make.  Luckily, I still have over a month to find out more information and think about it.  Right now, I am trying to contact authors that chose this publisher so I can hear about their experiences.  It has the potential to be something big.  It could also be a major bust.  As you all know, I'm a gambling man.  This would be a huge gamble.  I really never thought it would be so hard to say yes to a publisher that is offering to sell my book.  It seems like a no brainer, but definitely isn't.  Maybe something will happen over the next month that will be a sign telling me yes or no.  Who knows?  Only time will tell.

Nickelback!!

The concert was awesome!  The traffic getting in and out was shockingly not bad at all.  I'm sure it's because we parked far away.  The only problem with the show was that Nickelback only played for an hour and a half.  I expected them to play longer.  Naturally, as with any rock concert at SPAC, you had the drunks, the smokers, and the, um, illegal substance users.  That smelled horrible!  Anyways, a fight almost broke out right in front of us.  Luckily security stopped it right away.  Overall, a great night!  I talked to the publisher today.  I asked him several questions.  He helped clear up some things, but I still am not any closer to deciding what I'm going to do.  I never thought it would be this hard to make a decision on a book contract.  We will see what happens...

The days fly!

Naturally, the days off fly and the days at work don't.  I do think tomorrow will fly, though (hopefully).  I am not going to complain.  I am just going to go room to room and get it set up for the year and do my job with as little stress as possible.  It's going to be a productive day before the Nickelback concert!  I didn't get much changed on my resume today.  Yes, it still needs changes after a different lady checked it over today.  However, she was really good.  We talked about formatting.  she would ask me if I thought certain parts needed to be moved and made recommendations on what to add.  She gave me a lot of good advice.  Now, I just need to fix it up and keep sending them out.  I really need to start looking over the new standards so I can answer a question about that if one comes up during my mock interview. It's already coming up next Tuesday, which coincidentally is the last day of July!  Where did the time go?  I never got a call back from my publisher to discuss my contract, maybe tomorrow!

I'm positive that I'm trying to stay positive

Busy, busy, busy!  I have a meeting with a different person tomorrow about my resume and job search.  I fully expect that one to go much more smoothly than the other day.  Then, I have to call the publisher that is interested in my book to discuss my contract.  I only have about a million and a half questions for him.  That should be interesting.  Nickelback is coming to town this Tuesday.  I'm going and I can't wait!  That deadline I gave myself for finishing my second book by August 1, is not happening.  There are just too many other things going on!  My top priorities right now are figuring out my book contract, making my resume and cover letter as perfect as they can be, and doing some research for my mock interview next Tuesday.  I still hope to work on my book in between though!

One month until my cruise!

I just booked an excursion for my cruise that I'm taking in one month!  Hopefully it won't rain that day!  I had an awesome night out with friends.  So far, the race track hasn't treated me so well.  There are still 38 more days for me to make it up.  That's all for me right now, I have to work in a few hours, oh joy!

Nothing is Cheap!

I contacted several lawyers yesterday to see how much it would cost for them to explain a contract for me.  It's a small contract and would take well less than an hour.  One lawyer responded today and said it would cost $280 for an hour.  I obviously chose the wrong profession.  That's some serious dough!  I can't even tell you how long it takes me to make that much money!  I am going to continue searching for someone (hopefully cheaper) that can help me with this contract.  It is like a foreign language to me.  I edited my resume today.  Although I thought my resume was really good before, I must say, I think it's a ton better now.  I have another meeting with a different person on Monday.  Hopefully she will be easy on me, haha.Until next time!

Never Thought I'd be busier in the summer than during the school year

All I kept thinking about at work today was about how much work I had to do when I got home.  I had to email lawyers, edit my book, fix my resume, read over the contract, and the list goes on and on.  I called earlier today to book a night at Turning Stone this Sunday.  They had a room, I told them I'd call back.  I called back about an hour later, they didn't have a room anymore.  I guess that's good because I have plenty of things to do to keep me busy on Sunday and Monday instead of wasting money at a casino.  My goal for tomorrow is to edit my resume and possibly my cover letter.  I only have limited time because the most wonderful time of the year is here!  I say that phrase many times a year.  The race track opens tomorrow at 1 and I could not be more excited!  However, with my crazy schedule, I do not know how many times I'll be going to the track this year.  Good thing (or not) OTB is very close to my house...

Naturally I can't have only good news in a day

When you have a friend who knows what she's talking about and a principal who knows what shes talking about tell you your resume looks good and then have someone tear it apart, what are you supposed to do?  This person made me feel insignificant and like all the work that I've done so far was useless.  She was very unfriendly and seemed shocked at how "little" I had done so far.  Yes, I know my resume isn't perfect, but learn some manners!  On the bright side, an independent publisher is interested in publishing my book!  I have to look over the specifics to see if I am going to sign my life away.  I will keep you posted!

Kindle version of my book ALMOST ready!

The lady that I asked to format my book sent me the copy one day earlier than she said she would!  I looked it over and it looks great!  I submitted the version to Amazon kindle and it will take I think 3-5 days until it goes public.  I'm definitely looking forward to that.  It will only be $0.99.  That's right, 99 cents!  That's cheaper than anything on the dollar menu.  It also comes without the indigestion!  Today at work wasn't too bad.  It was tedious and ridiculously hot... obviously.  However, with four people working in the building all doing the same thing, we get the job done quicker.  I wish it would rain more.  It's impossible for me to get anything done when I work in the day and it's sunny when I get home.  As soon as I get home mid afternoon from work, I veg by the pool instead of writing my book.  When the race track opens in three days, that will definitely end my productivity on anything...  I'm going to have fun trying to sleep in this heat, ugh... good night!

Something I REALLY need to work on

I'm sure you have noticed that many of my posts can get very negative at times.  Whenever I tell someone that I am a computer aide looking for a teacher job, I tell them that I fully expect to be an aide for the next 10 years.  I need to stop saying that.  Maybe if I weren't so negative, I might possibly get an interview.  It's extremely hard to be positive, though.  When you have 725 people applying for two positions, how can you feel confident you will be selected for an interview?  You have a .3% chance of getting the job.  That's not 3%, there is a decimal point behind that 3.  However, you never know what could happen.  I think if I had a more positive outlook on my job and with life in general, I would be happier in general.  Trust me, I know how lucky I am to have two jobs, live at home for free, and to have ZERO college loans.  I just want more and when I try like hell and nothing comes out of it, it's frustrating.  I have many other things I need to work on.  This will be yet another thing that I will work extremely hard to fix.  After all, someone does ask me how the job search is going everyday.  I can't keep saying I won't get a teacher job for another 10 years or that might actually happen.  Patience is a virtue.

You can never schedule out your entire day

I normally go to bed at night (like most people do) and think about what I "plan" on doing the next day.  No matter how much you plan on doing, it never goes according to "plan".  You almost always do things that you didn't expect to do.  You probably don't finish everything you want to get accomplished.  That's what makes life interesting.  I hate predictability.  Yes, having a routine is very important.  However, I don't want to live each day doing the same exact thing everyday.  It gets boring after awhile.  Lately, I've been so focused on reading and writing that I don't sit down and watch movies anymore.  I surprised myself by sitting down for over 3 hours just now to watch the Titanic.  I watched it because I just read two books about the sinking of the boat and I just had to watch the movie again.  I probably hadn't watched the movie in full since it came out on VHS in 1997.  What's a VHS?  Yeah, I know, no one has ever heard of a VHS anymore.  I just watched the DVD so I wouldn't have to worry about what a VHS is.  It's such a good, yet sad movie.  It was nice to change my routine tonight.  Off to bed, I have a lot planned for tomorrow, haha!

Always, Always, Always go with your Gut!

As you know already, I love to gamble.  Today, I made a $6 bet on a horse race.  I had to pick horses in four consecutive races.  I picked a horse in the first race, and then at the last second, I changed it from horse 9 to horse 11.  Naturally, horse 9, which I decided not to use got first.  Horse 11, which I used, is still running.  If I had kept horse 9 in my bet, I would have won $158.  But no, I decided to change my mind at the last second and lose $6.  I have gotten better than I used to be with not picking horses because they have the best statistics.  For example, I used to pick horses that have run 10 times and have gotten 1st, 2nd, or 3rd all 10 times.  Now, I pick them if I feel like they are better than the other horses in the race.  The reason I made the last second change was because the jockey on the horse I changed to was having a good day.  That's a stupid reason to change my pick.  I changed because of a good stat.  I went back to my old ways.  Hopefully I will learn my lesson and never change my pick again!

Friday the 13th!

I am not one of those superstitious people that believe in that bad luck stuff on Friday the 13th.  In fact, today was a pretty good day.  A teacher in the district had brain surgery for her cancer and is doing very well after that difficult surgery.  I am thrilled to hear that!  I spent my "day off" sleeping until 10AM!  That's ridiculously late for me!  I also wrote another chapter in my book.  I am now over 1/3rd of the way done with my book.  Then I read some more before working at my dad's store.  I'm going to Lake George tomorrow night to hang out with family friends!  It should be fun!

patience, perseverance, and never giving up

I might have spoken too soon when I made the title of yesterday's post.  Today was not a good day.  I am working in the technology department helping out for the summer.  This is only my third day working with them this summer.  I got there at 8, only to listen to four of them argue with each other about what me and the other helper should be doing today and how we should be doing in.  While that was happening, we were sitting there doing nothing.  Then, they asked me to go through the routine of updating computers that they showed me how to do yesterday.  When I competed that, one of my higher ups says in a high pitched voice, "Wow, good job!  You did it!"  She made me feel like a 5 year old.  She sounded shocked that I could do that task.  This isn't the first time she has done that.  Finally, they sent us out to a school with one of the higher ups to help us.  We had a checklist of 25 things to do in each room.  I am not exaggerating!  Once the rooms were cleaned by the janitors, we had to plug in all of the computers, clean the dust off of the table they are on (shouldn't the janitors do that?), tie up cords better, clean the keyboards, mice, screens, and then run the standard updates on the computers.  However, we had to do each set of updates twice because they never worked the first time.  Then we had to do a few more updates that we send to each computer from our laptops (it's hard to explain without showing you).  We also had to plug in the projector and document camera to make sure they didn't magically break in the two weeks they haven't been used.  If the room had a TV/VCR/DVD player, we had to make sure that worked, too.  I think that was all we had to do.  Oh wait, we then had to go into the inventory database and check off the check list of things I just told you for each computer, and make sure each piece of equipment listed in the database was in the room (even though we did inventory a few months ago).  Three people were in each room.  It took us almost an hour to complete everything in each room.  We got through four rooms today.  We have probably 30ish rooms in each of the 6 buildings.  They told us to go faster.  Luckily, we had a higher up tech that told the other higher ups that in order to be thorough, it takes a lot of time to do each room.  I was beyond frustrated at the end of the day because I don't have patience for doing this type of work or being talked to like I am 5.  I completely understand the importance of plugging in all of the wires neatly and making sure everything is updated.  However, treat me like I am 25 and know what I am doing and not 5!  I feel like I would have rather worked at the grocery store this summer instead of doing this.  That's how much I am not liking this job so far.  It is very unorganized.  They have no set hours.  You basically come when you can and leave when you want.  I am not sure how much more I can take of this.  I know I won't quit because I somehow have an extremely high tolerance for stuff like this.  Someone saw the frustration in me today and said, "How can you become a teacher if you have no patience for this?"  I said having patience for kids and having patience for this are two completely different things!  I need to keep busy, not sit around listening to people argue for two hours.  At least when I start again on Tuesday, I go directly to the school to pick up where I left off, instead of going to our usual starting spot to listen to them argue for awhile.  It was especially hard cleaning in one room where my former 5th grade teacher just retired.  His replacement has already put some of her stuff into the room.  That made me angry because I wish it was me taking over the classroom and not her.  I feel absolutely useless and unaccomplished with my two degrees.  I am only a computer aide and not a teacher.  I spent a long time venting to my mom today about how I still don't feel like I'm doing enough to get a job even though I have applied all over the country (yes literally).  People don't understand how frustrating it is to be 25, living at home, have 2 degrees, and have a job that doesn't pay well and is far from my dream job.  Yes, I know, people tell me all of the time that I should be happy I have a job.  Somehow, though, I will make it because I persevere and I never give up.  No one said this was going to be easy.  I know I can't just wake up and expect everything to fall my way.  It's just frustrating that I have no control in terms of hearing back from schools that I applied for and getting interviews or actually getting that dream teacher job.  Tomorrow will be a much needed day off from the job (only to work at my dads store...)

Things might be looking up

As I said yesterday, you gotta keep pushing.  I called the lady back at my former gym.  She said, "Oh yea, we gave the money to the wrong credit card number.  I will put it back on your credit card now."  I was thinking, why didn't she just do that yesterday?  She waited until I called.  Ugh... At least I will be getting my money.  Also, I got my first royalty check for selling my book at a local book store.  That was exciting.  Finally, an independent publisher emailed me and said my book is in the final review process to possibly be published!  Keep your fingers crossed.  We will see what happens.

You gotta keep pushing

I cancelled my membership to a gym over a month ago.  I called several times to see when I would get my refund.  I finally found out that they send it at the end of the month.  That was 10 days ago.  I called the other day to find out where my money is.  I left a message, never heard back.  I called today and the lady said refunds were sent out July 3rd but there was a glitch in the system and some people didn't get them.  Thanks for telling me this when it happened!  Then, she said I should have gotten mine it was sent to my credit card.  She then read the last 4 digits of a credit card that was not my own!  Then, she said she would look up to see where the money went and would call me back.  I'm still waiting for that call!  Obviously, when I get out of work tomorrow, I will call to find out where my money is!  To say I am frustrated is an understatement.  Before this, I traveled to 4 different schools today cleaning computers.  What a fun day... (sarcasm)  Back for more fun tomorrow.

Olive Garden

Every year, we go out to dinner for my birthday.  This is a birthday tradition I love.  My favorite restaurant, even though it is fake Italian, is the Olive Garden.  Although my birthday was yesterday, we did not go out to dinner because this place is mobbed on weekends.  It was only a 10 minute wait tonight which is nothing for this restaurant.  I had Chicken Alfredo, mmmmmmmmm.  Several of my friends asked me what I would do today since it was my last day before I start up work again tomorrow.  I said I would do exactly the same thing I did the first two weeks.  I worked on my book and read some more.  Tomorrow, back to work with the tech department in my district.  What exactly am I doing, no clue!

Birthday Fun

I don't know why everyone puts so much time, effort, and emphasis on having such a great day on your birthday.  I do it too.  I make sure I don't work on my birthday.  We try to plan fun activities.  We go out to eat, get drinks, and maybe drink too much.  We get presents from family and friends.  All of this for what?  Each day we get older.  On your birthday, you just happen to have a new age number than you had the previous day.  What's all the hoopla for?  I planned on going out to bars tonight with my friends because a lot of bars in the area offer free drinks on birthdays.  I went to one place for lunch today that had my free beer and wings.  During lunch, I realized that I had had plenty to drink last night and I really didn't feel like going out to drink tonight.  Instead, I had a ton of fun going to play mini golf and eat ice cream with my two best friends.  It was much more fun than drinking way too much and staying out late.  I still had a very fun day.  Naturally, I love presents and will continue to make sure I have a "fun" birthday every year.  I just don't get why turning a new age is such a big deal.  I am now a quarter of a century years old.  Tomorrow I will be a day older and the next day a day older.  It's part of life.  Anyways, enough ranting for one night...later!

Fun Times

Although my birthday isn't officially until tomorrow, well, I guess officially, now, I started celebrating early!  Why not, right?  I had so much fun celebrating with my family and friends.  I even got ridiculously delicious cupcakes out of the ordeal!  Now, it is time to inspect my eyes for a few hours before I go out and celebrate some more!  I mean, you only turn a quarter of a century once, right?

Tuesdays With Morrie

I am currently reading Tuesdays With Morrie.  I have read the book several times.  I don't mind reading it again, though.  It is probably one of my favorite books.  I like mine more, of course!  It has such great messages in it.  One of my favorite is to detach yourself from emotions.  Morrie says to feel that emotion, and then detach yourself from it and move on.  That's nearly impossible for me, but something I definitely need to work on.  He also says that life isn't about social status, money, fame, nice cars, etc.  You need to do something you love.  You don't need to be in a rush and always moving on to your next activity.  Slow down, live life, and enjoy the precious moments.  We need to be more reflective.  I can't imagine slowing down the pace of my life.  I love keeping busy.  Speaking of that, I found out I start working again doing more computer aide like things on Tuesday.  I am sad because I have loved my two weeks off.  However, I need the money.  I know Morrie, it's not about the money!  Obviously I am not working my job for the money.  I want to be a teacher, we don't make much.  Then again, I am an author trying to get noticed, if I do get noticed, I can potentially make money.  I had a fun time bowling with friends tonight.  I found a deal where we all bowled 2 games, shoe rentals, and had a soda for $5 a person.  You can't beat that!  My birthday is Sunday.  The festivities begin tomorrow.  I can't wait!  See ya!

Trying to give myself a deadline

I think I mentioned before that I obviously don't have the problem of having a deadline to finish my sequel.  I wish I had that problem.  That would mean I have a publisher.  Unfortunately, I do not.  However, I am hoping to finish writing my book by August 1.  There is no specific reason for that deadline.  I just want to finish it and get it out there.  I still have 20 chapters to write.  Obviously, I will have to do some extreme editing when I am done.  Naturally, my mom told me not to rush it.  I'm not, I'm just trying to be productive.  We will see what happens.

Fireworks

Remember that adventure I took a few weeks ago to get fireworks?  Of course you do.  Tonight, we set them off.  It took almost two hours to light them all up because my friends bought so many.  The bugs ate me alive since it was so hot and sticky out.  Luckily, I didn't burn myself while lighting any of the fireworks.  Overall, a very enjoyable 4th of July.  I ate way too much.  I did not, however, eat 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes like I watched Joey Chestnut do today.  So I guess I didn't eat that much then.  Later!

$18 million

Yes, that's how much money I made today.  Okay, maybe not.  I was just watching the World Series of Poker $1 million buy in event.  First place in that tournament received $18 million.  $18 million!  I can't even begin to imagine how much money that is!  If I had that much money, I would gladly quit my job at the grocery store.  I would keep my job at school and continue writing.  I would not be able to "retire" because I would be too bored.  I would definitely travel all over the world.  I might take a few years off of work to do that.  Maybe by then, teaching jobs will be easier to find, haha, right!  Anyways, it has been my dream for the past several years to play in the WSOP main event.  It is a $10,000 buy in.  Unfortunately, I don't quite have that much money laying around the house.  I wonder if saving all of my change and bottle deposits would ever bring me anywhere near $10,000.  Probably not.  Maybe one day, I will get to enter that event... One day...

I finally continued to write my sequel!

I hoped to write several chapters today.  However, when I started, I edited the first three chapters again.  Then, I got interrupted several times with the phone ringing, my brother showing me cars, and my mom needing help with the groceries.  They all don't realize that I need alone time to focus and write.  Before I went outside to lay in the sun today, I was able to write one chapter.  It was only slightly over 4 pages.  You would think it wouldn't take that long to write it.  It actually took well over an hour.  At this rate, it will take me over 40 hours to finish the book.  As I have said many times though, when the weather is nice, I'd be wasting my day if I didn't spend it outside.  I plan to write another chapter (or more) tomorrow before I go outside again.

Sometimes it's good to write about nothing

Do you remember over a month ago when I started this?  Well, I will refresh your memory.  I said that I want my students to write in a journal everyday.  They can write about anything they want to write about.  Lately, I have been having trouble thinking about what to write in this blog.  I think it is completely fine to write about nothing.  At least you are writing, right?  Wait, don't they have a show about nothing?  Oh yes, Seinfeld.  I think that show did alright.  However, I found something to write about.  Right before I started writing this, I checked out how many sales I have so far on Amazon.  Yesterday, I was at 8.  Today, I hit 10!  Yes, it isn't much.  However, overall, I have sold 15 books between online and at the book store.  Once again, I know it is not a lot.  It's a great start, though!  Once the kindle version comes out later this month, I am only charging $.99 for it.  I really think it will sell at such a low price.  We will have to wait and see!