Sophia, I love you, and we have much in common. But it's a good, good thing we don't work in proximity. The squirrels and I would be chewing through the cage bars, subjected to talk radio for more than seconds. In fact, I withdrew my support from our local public radio station and wrote them a letter detailing why when they went all-talk, all the time.

Of course you work with your hands and can listen to words. I work with words, and I can't even have music with lyrics playing, or I get confused between the words I'm hearing and the words I'm trying to read or write.

Brains are nifty things. Confusing and scary, but nifty.

New from DC: We have sunshine!

We have sunshine, too! It's lovely.

And I'm frigging BOUNCING because my editor sent me the book trailer they made for Cold Kiss, which she completely forgot to tell me they were doing, so I was shocked. It's SO cool! And I can't share it yet!

::bounces more::

I'm in the multimedia room of PS230 while Dylan finishes up his second day of pre-k. Y'all, I have a kid in SCHOOL.

How can you have a kid in school? Unpossible.

Bev, I thought about you this morning whilst folding sheets (smelled lovely from being line dried). I will never ever learn the skill you have for making the fitted sheet anything other than a clumpy mess.

Ate too much mac and cheese for lunch. Send help. Or possibly vegetables.

In fact they could live with gas mileage that really sucks even if gas goes up to $10 per gallon, as long as they can get a good safe cheap-to-insure reliable car at a low or moderate price. If they live with gas mileage that sucks is a bargain possible on good used cars.

An old Ford Crown Vic might work well. They should be really cheap and they're supposed to be pretty bulletproof.

sunshine? is that what that is? I popped out for a lunch break (had to make it quick because my boss gave me an urgent project without saying she needed it asap) so I ended up with a cupcake for lunch. My eyes got all squinty and it's warm and steamy outside ... guess that's the sun, huh?

It's raining now, and we're supposed to meet people at an outdoor bar tonight. Piss. Not that we have money to drink it up, but I think can empty the change jar and get a couple of cheap drinks apiece. My friend's in from Alaska, so it's An Occasion.

OTOH, I have been extremely accomplished today! Woo! And I think I netted my first completely independent of anyone I know writing gig! It's a small one (partial water bill!), but with potential to edit/proof this person's non-fic e-book! YAY!

I can't listen to talk radio while writing. I stop and listen too much, or else I start muttering to myself.

When I was looking at the forecast yesterday, I couldn't figure out what the yellow circle meant.... and now it's all bright outside! Confusing.