Happy Calends of April! Anyone need water? We’ve got some extra!

I wish it was all just an April Fool’s joke, but…*sigh* This is all getting about as tedious to write about as the interminable Account Cancelation Saga.

It’s lovely, sunny, mild and peaceful out, but just like two weeks ago, that’s deceptive. The Nashua River rose more than a foot higher than forecast and was 13.7 feet at 10:30 a.m. this morning. It’s receding very slowly and will still be over 12 feet tomorrow. Rte 119 is closed, along with Shirley Street south of it and River Street in Groton. If Main Street has to close, Pepperell residents will need to go up around through Nashua just to get from one side of town to the other (the post office is across the river from me, and I have to go there for my mail since mail isn’t delivered to my house). IOW, we’ll have to go through another state to get across town! This is because the covered bridge is closed for its restoration work–that and 119 are the only other bridges over the Nashua River in Pepperell. I used to think living in a town on a river was really cool, silly me. *wry look*

On top of that, the police website says there may be some harmless discoloration in the tap water today “due to the water break this morning” (no explanation of which break this is). But I definitely won’t complain, because I hear that Ayer residents are now boiling all their drinking water thanks to the town pumps being inundated!

And we thought February was rough. 🙁

I’m all testy and hyper because I’m waiting for the Smashwords “shipment” of BLUM titles to Sony and Apple. I’ve been waiting ages for Sony, and I’d really like to be in the Apple iBookstore for its launch on Saturday. I’ve done everything I’m supposed to do and re-checked it multiple times, now I just have to wait. I’m also getting ancy to see if The Longer the Fall will get any pre-pub reviews. If it does, they should be appearing soon. Since both Gideon Redoak and Krymsin Nocturnes got them, I’m daring to hope that my book has a fleeting chance. I shouldn’t get all invested in it, I know…