Happy birthday to Cash, megan, Matt, and ita's dad! Also, ita I am so glad to hear your mom is doing well.

Seeing Amy last night was wonderful. And oh hey, maybe my feeling like crap wasn't just a flare-up of the assorted bugs in my system, but a mild hangover. Huh.

I'm doing my usual option for Halloween: Victorian vampire. But I have new special effects options for bloodspattering my clothes! Thanks to Bloodstix glue gun sticks, I won't be covered in sticky stage blood this year.

Thanks to Bloodstix glue gun sticks, I won't be covered in sticky stage blood this year.

Ooooo. Yes.

I am ridiculously excited to try them out. Pete is worried that the color is too brightly red, and not dark enough for what he thinks blood should be, but I think it'll be fine.

But first, I have to get through Steamcon this weekend.

The garage sale shit may not be yours, but any money will be, won't it?

Oh, yes. Yes, it will. Guys, you should see my garage! It's like my superpower is being mainly a one-person Hoarders clean-up crew. (Dan did help for the last hour and a half or so.)

I still need to haul all the stuff out from the dining room, and do some pricing, but I am getting down to the "Everything in X box is a quarter" section of my energy. And I can do some pricing in the morning, cause I'm having Dan get me up at 5, when he wakes. The garage sale starts at 8 am.

Damn, I hope our wi-fi reaches to the garage. I know it does to the deck and in the driveway.

I'm work until 9 and then I'm calling it quits for the night, except for maybe continuing some laundry. Load 18 and counting. Taking a tea and smoke break now...Dan's talking to M, and I should get on the phone, but my mood is...cranky. I'll call him this weekend.

Good luck with the sale!

I really need to start tidying up for the parents.

Oh Jilli, I am sending a fabulous baby bat your way. If a poised young lady named Gillian come up to you, I sent her. She loves your book, and her mom is my bestie from high school.

And oh hey, maybe my feeling like crap wasn't just a flare-up of the assorted bugs in my system, but a mild hangover. Huh.

Apparently being the driver (and finally getting an actual good night's sleep last night) saved me from a hangover today! I woke up feeling great.

Well, and when drinking something called a Rosemary Collins, I cannot keep a straight face to order more than one. Not without accidentally calling it a Rosemary Clooney. Which would likely be a very different drink.

Burrell, is she going to be at Steamcon? I'll keep an eye out for her!

Today has been an incredibly long day. I am just now sitting down for the first time since I came home. But you know what is really awesome? TJ's chocolate covered peanut butter, pretzels, potato chips and almonds!

Even better though, is the feeling that someone whom you have only met once before likes you enough to buy all that and bring it from Seattle!!

Thanks, meara!

Burrell, is she going to be at Steamcon? I'll keep an eye out for her!

Yep, she'll be there. I sent her a copy of your book, I just hope she gets it in time to have you sign it.

(sigh, I am a bit of a failure when it comes to the mails)