And my life in fraud gets weirder and weirder -- they (the perps!) made a payment on the Neiman-Marcus account! It wasn't from my actual account, which is something, I guess.

I guess they don't want to ruin their/your credit rating??

The line was: I take it it your still single and childless? :) I wish i was sometimes!!! LOL

And then she talked about her kids.

I took a stab back since she mentioned she heard that Rob, a boy we knew in high school, was all buff and tattooed and hot.

I replied that we dated after college, and could confirm the hotness.

Do you have a deadline as to when it has to be completely finished, from your end?

My personal deadline is June 1st, the editor's deadline is July 1st. I just want the time for a couple of beta reads, so I can tighten things up.

Her first question: "Are you still single and childless?"

My response would be. "Yes I am gloriously single and childfree. You are, clearly, quite the bitch."

ETA: Okay, maybe she was joking so, less bitchy, but still a weird response from someone you hadn't heard from in years.

Jesse that sounds like the perfect use for your grad money.

I want someone to email me and ask me that rude question. Using "LOL" in the body of the e-mail is just a bonus.

I guess they don't want to ruin their/your credit rating??

I'm thinking it's an attempt to use the card for longer. The lady said it wasn't the first time they've seen that.

I take it it your still single and childless? :) I wish i was sometimes!!! LOL

Oh yeah, she thought it was cute.

oh lordy. drama in the office.

senior staff is out the next 2 days. A couple of folks thought it would be fun to watch movies over lunch in the conf room these 2 days. Me? I knew that wouldn't fly when the CEO was here, so I stayed at my desk.

Well, as things go, a contract part-timer who is a friend of the CEO decided to email one of the managers about the movie watching.

I got another employee to go get them out, but it was already done. Now the movie watchers are all pissed off. Emails have come in from the managers (nothing bad really). And contract person is just clueless.

My personal deadline is June 1st, the editor's deadline is July 1st.

Oh, you're clever to have them separate.

I just want the time for a couple of beta reads, so I can tighten things up.

Me! Me! MeMEME!

Um, I mean, there's also the benefit of having some time between the actual writing and the last reading and polishing, right? Some distance from the words as well as the emotions, to look at them a bit more clearly, even with your own eyes?

Okay, I got clarification. "childless" was just a poor word choice. She's gushing about the book and promising to be first in line to buy it. I feel much better now. Man. POOR WORD CHOICE.

POOR WORD CHOICE.

See? You're a writer. You recognise that. She isn't and doesn't and so there nanny nanny boo boo.

Okay, off. I think I've sent all the e-mails and printed all the stuff required.