Getting to know Victoria
We all have moments where we can’t help but to laugh at ourselves. Tell us about one time you had to laugh at yourself.
Okay, I’m chuckling as I write this. My best friend Esther and I were coming from a book signing on a cold November, Friday evening. We were supposed to take our behinds straight to church for choir rehearsal. Well…we took a little detour on our way to this shop called The Mood. Now this is a place for adults and that’s all I’m going to say. Anyway, we look out the door and see our bus is sitting at the corner, so we take off running down the street.
Somehow Esther trips, and as she begins to fall, she reaches for me to break her fall. Before we knew it, she was tumbling forward and puckering up to kiss the pavement.
Don’t ask me how it happened, all I know is I was standing on Esther’s arm, semi-hysterical screaming, “Oh Lord, Esther get up! Are you alright?” It took a few seconds for both of us to process all one hundred and twenty-something pounds of my weight was on her arm! I thought something felt funny under my feet.
One of the best things I love about my best friend is that she’s just as silly and goofy as I am. After I helped her up and brushed her off, we took one look at each other and burst out laughing so hard until we were crying. We could not get ourselves together.
We learned two things that night. One, we proved that we were as agile as any teenager. That’s right… we did not miss our bus! LOL And two, stay away from naughty shops before going to church! LOL
What is one of the most embarrassing situations you have found yourself in?
OMG! There was this one time when the hospital where I work was doing a disaster drill. Well, my supervisor didn’t tell me it was a DRILL! She just called wanting to know how many staff members I could free up to send down to the emergency room to help with the disaster. “I’ll call you right back,” is what she said.
Well…because I thought it was the real thing I discharged all my patients a couple hours early so my staff and I could help with the disaster.
Me and my nosy self, I’m looking out the windows for ambulances, fire trucks and police cars. Nothing. Nada was going on. So I called my supervisor back and was like, “What’s going on? Should we report to the emergency room or what? I’ve already discharged the patients.”
She laughed. Yes! She had a nerve to laugh at me! “Oh, that was just a drill,” she said.
After I hung up the phone and told my staff they all started crackin’ up laughing at me. You see I was having a fit! “Oh! Lord Jesus! I don’t want to go down there stepping all over people with missing body parts!” Yeah, yeah, yeah…I’m a nurse, but there’s a BIG difference between a nurse whose practice is based on health promotion and disease management vs. emergency care. I don’t do guts and gore…thank you very much.
I must admit, after I calmed down I had to laugh, too. But what was really embarrassing was that my supervisor had to report my blooper to her boss, who is the freakin’ VP of Nursing! My boss was really cool though. She took the blame because she hadn’t informed me it was drill.
If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be?
Wonder Woman! I was a little girl when the t.v. show starring Linda Carter used to come on. I looooved how she kicked butt, repelled bullets with her gold cuff bracelets and snatched up the bad guys with her lasso!
About the Book
As a young widowed mother, love is the last thing on Karen Johnston’s mind. Her busy life revolves around caring for her two young children, which becomes even more challenging when her children begin to show signs of needing a father in their lives. Just as things start to go haywire in the Johnston household, in walks ruggedly handsome Dominic Peretti, Jr. The attraction between the two is undeniable. Karen spends restless nights dreaming of his touch. As he begins to crowd every space of her life, will she give in to her sensual desires? Or will she sacrifice her desires for the sake of her children?
Dominic ‘Dom’ Peretti, Jr. isn’t looking for a serious relationship when he accepts the task of surrogate father to Karen’s children. But he can’t get the ever so lovely and sexy woman out of his mind. His intention is to have nothing more than a hot, steamy fling to satisfy his appetite. However, as he gets a taste of life with the Johnstons, he has a decision to make. Will he give love a chance? Or will he walk away, leaving Karen and her children in harm’s way?
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Victoria sounds like my kinda friend!
Hey Renee! Victoria, that was too funny! You know we all have moments of falling……we can think about and laugh at! Well, let me tell you…..Second Chance at Love was off the hook! I truly fell in love with the relationship between Dom and Karen’s Kids first, and then the way he wanted to just be her all. You see, I come from a broken home and when my mother and father remarried, I had the wicked stepfather and stepmother to contend with. Cinderella had nothing on me! LOL!!!! There is something special about a man that will truly love another man’s children as his own! I’ve also gotta say that Dom came in a close 2nd to Kevin who is my favorite male hero in When Love Comes Around! Anywho, I highly recommend this book to all who wants to experience a lot of love and romance mixed with a lot of motherly “adult” advice! LOL!!! Have a wonderful day!
Love your responses! I love a story with kids in them so of course I fell in love with Karen’s kids. They were hiiiilarious with their plotting and planning lol!!! Dom wasn’t bad at all either
Renee – thanks for setting up the blog tour. I know I’m going to have a blast!
Iris – Thanks for stopping by!
Dee – Girl, those falling stories are too funny. LOL So glad you enjoyed Karen and Dom.
Jen – Hey Honey! Weren’t those kids funny? I had so much fun creating them.
They were lol! I was dying laughing during the restaurant scene.
I thought it was too funny when Zoe asked her cousins Ashley and Kyle to help her get her parents to give her a brother or sister! LOL!!! I was waiting to see how they were going to make that happen!
LOL!!!!
Now THAT would have been toooooooo funny! Ms. V should have let them planned it out. Baahahahhahahaaaa!!!
I am loving your stories, real life and books!
I loved Second Chance at Love,. I was in Austin on Saturday with my Kindle and showed 3 people
the acknowlegement page and did my victory dance! I shared your titles and will do again.
I can just see you and Esther falling trying to get on a bus!
I loved Second Chance At Love. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t read the book, but it was one scene that brought tears to my eyes.
There was one for me too but I’ma hush up right now lol!!
Sounds like a good book !
Anna – You know you my girl and I just had to give you a shot out!
Sharon – LOL…girl we still laugh about that night. It was funny then and it’s funny now!
Linda – Thanks for stopping by! And i must say, I think it’s a pretty good book!
As always with Victoria’s books, I really enjoyed Second Chance at Love. It’s like visiting family you haven’t seen in a minute and getting an update on what new thing is happening to whom. Loved the kids and the deep abidimg friendships, love and forgiveness of the family. Work it girl!
Hey Gayle! Thanks for showing a sistah some love. Girl, I’m tryin’ to work it!
Wonderful stories and loved the lessons from your laugh at myself moment!
I have Second Chance at Love – just need to find time to read it.
Hi Victoria ,
These are do great story and I can’t wait to learn more about you. Take care
Both you must have been flying not to miss the bus! rofl
Thanks Beverly and Louise glad you enjoyed my stories and thanks for stopping by!
Mona, girl we were flying! LOL