I'm in my new house. Tired but happy.

Releasing the ma back into circulation.

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I'm off (or anyways off-ish, pending finally finishing all the packing and running around the house like Mike the Headless Chicken) to the ever-charming Charlotte NC for the US Fencing Association Summer Nationals.

No, we don't have a Winter Nationals. We're just a little odd.

If you're tempted, you can hunt for Division III Women's Saber results at USfencing.org -- but if past years are any indication, they'll get around to posting last weekend's results sometime in October. More to the point, I'll try to check in with an update or two here and in LJ, but other than that, I'm dark until the weekend.

Wish me luck, and I'll see y'all when I get back!

I'm up for my one year review this week, where they decide my raise, and BF is right now out interviewing for a job. He's been out of work and looking since January 1st. Wish us both ma, we could definitely use it!

The ma, she is powerful stuff. The BF got the job! He is going to be working at a small production company which does a cable show about cars and motorcycles ("Life in the Fast Lane" on Fine Living Network) . He's be pitching. writing, shooting and editing segments and getting all the production experience he needs, plus getting to travel to all kinds of cool locations and drive cool cars. It's a small place, so there is lots of room for him to develop ideas and maybe even shows. Money is not a lot, but we don't need much. We're both tickled to death. Yahoo!!!

Since a batch of you have emailed me in the past using my profile addy, I figured I should note that said address has changed from gasconne at yahoo dot com to lysana at gmail dot com (yes, I am a sheep). If you all could change your address books, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks for all the -ma. Of my two suddenly sacked friends, the one who's a single mother and was in the worst straits now has her job back. I don't know about the other lass, and I'm not very optimistic, but hopefully she'll either be re-hired or find something better. I return half the -ma with interest, but retain some of it on behalf of my other mate.

So, it's official. By the end of the month, I will be in Los Angeles permanently. Apparently whatever was in the water in Michigan spread south. I'll be looking for housing and work, and trying not to get myself killed on the freeways, and so will probably be around somewhat less for a while.

Looking for some health baby -ma. My four month old daughter Abby has a major eye infection we have been in the hospital since Thursday. We hope to have her home monday or tuesday.

I don't post that much but I am a big lurker and I have seen the power of buffista -ma.

Some more generalized health-ma directed at the Boston area would be greatly appreciated again. Also, if vw or I have fallen out of touch or failed to respond when we should've, it's not because she/I/we wished to, or wish to lose friends. Life is annoying and distracting, but/so all friendship is greatly appreciated.

Sneaking in after a considerable absense to note that pictures from the Chicagoista Picnic F2F on June 19th are now up here. See aurelia juggle penguins! See eight Buffistas squeeze themselves into tommyrot's magnificent car! Wince as we try to put out the grill! All this and more, folks.

Also, on a slightly more personal note, my sometime-adventures in Chicago can be found here, if you feel inclined to keep up with my not-being-hereness. Miss all ya'll something fierce.