Weekend whispers

My son came home today for awhile and we had a cowboy dinner and watched a movie (True Grit) together. It was so nice to see him! My wife made a great dish of barbecued spare ribs and baked beans. My insides objected strenuously but that didn't diminish the pleasure I derived from seeing my boy and eating well. The only thing I like to do better is watch John Wayne movies while wearing my cowboy hat and holding one of my guns. Sounds corny I know, but it adds a lot to the entertainment value. (And yes, I do have a Bowie knife I like to play with while watching the old Jim Bowie tv series.)
My wife is at the tail end of a severe cold virus and I hope I am too, or rather that I am just experiencing some more allergy symptoms. Both she and I have been to the doctor already this year. I came away with a prescription I can't use because of adverse side effects; she came away with three prescriptions she could use and a good scolding.
A couple came to the house this evening with their real estate agent and asked to look at our home. They came in and looked at each room with the expected amount of interest. Apparently they are interested enough to seek financing. Unfortunately, we have been down this road before.
I am hoping to make some progress with writing next week. I've been thinking about trying to get up earlier than I normally would and try to do research and preliminary work on some magazine articles, get out some query letters, and find an agent to send my book submission to.
I've also been thinking a lot about the opening where I work for a marketing writer and communications coordinator. I don't have any formal training doing that but I'm confident given a chance I could do it, at least after an initial break-in period and some on-the-job training.
I already approached my supervisor about shadowing someone in marketing and she said she'd look into it but I haven't heard anything since.
I also have given some thought to just going up to marketing, introducing myself to the manager of that department and asking if I could do an internship (paid or unpaid) there like maybe one day a week.
Might be a great experience for me. I wondered, too, if it might not be better to try to do the shadowing first to get an idea if it's really even anything I want to pursue or not. I like the creative aspect to it. I'm not sure if I could cope with the deadlines and pressure there any better than I can at my present position but the idea behind all this is to try and prepare myself to go back to work for myself eventually. I'd feel more confident if I could only get something published in paper, even locally.