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Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

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in memoriam

sad news for those who know obi_ki and her son Alan

obi_ki and her son Alan have been two of my Con*Strict friends. I've just today learned of Alan's death. Too sad for me to write more here but you can read about Alan's life and his family and his friends at Alan's obituary.

Current Mood: cold

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Vacation and weather

My vacation starts... now.

It's been pretty chilly nights here in the South, but I've been resisting putting my heat on. Instead, I've been doing some laundry every day to use the dyer. LOL. I'll probably put it on tomorrow. I like to be home the first time, so I can monitor to be sure it's working well. I think I can definitely put away my shorts for the year, now.

I wanted to enjoy Halloweeny stuff on my week off, but instead I'm obsessed with Miami Vice so I probably won't do much if anything to enjoy the holiday.

Current Mood: tired

Horrible insomnia

I turned off the light last night at 1:45 am. I assumed since it was so late I'd fall asleep quickly. I did not. I did not fall asleep at all.

Finally at 7:30, after literally being awake all night, I got up, had breakfast, and went back to bed and slept til 12:30. That was not enough sleep. But I got through the day.

I had coffee, and put in a Shipt order. Then I took a shower and dressed. The Shipt order actually came early, which was a nice surprise.

I put it away and puttered online. At 4:00 I went to the bedroom and lay down and played on my phone til 5:00 when I got up and went to my Al-anon meeting in the Bronx. As usual I had pizza first.

The meeting was rather small but quite good. M drove me to the bus stop afterward.

Then my battles with the MTA began. The 50 bus was about 15 minutes late. It finally arrived, and I got to 31st and Linden to wait for the 25, and found there wasn't on for almost half an hour. So I did what I did last week and walked home from there. Grrr,

Got home finally and Teamed the FWiB. We couldn't talk as long as I would have liked cause it was so late but we it was good.

Then I fed the pets and started here. I need to get to bed soon, my head is bussing I'm so tired.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My meetings and the people there.

3. Pizza.

4. Held myself to only two donuts this week.

5. Shipt.

6. Bed soon!

And this mountain, I must climb feels like the world upon my shoulders

It's Friday! Time to do the happy dance. I cleared some things off my Saturday, so I have nothing to do until around 7pm when we have game. It occurs to me that we also have game tonight, and I'm not sure I've read the module. I should get into that.

Yesterday was a steady day. I spent most of it getting emails for people to call and backfilled a couple of cardiac slots. In between, I wrote some more on the campaign, and created a new Kanka website for it. There's a lot of things that I need to do for it, but I feel good to have the beginnings sorted. I also want to make one for Crooked Moon, which is really what I should be working on, as that game is in a month.

I've also been reading that module. The book is 638 pages, so it's been slow going. I'm looking forward to the game, but it's a lot of prep. I'm thinking I'm going to be done by 11/26, but we shall see.

Today shall probably be a bit quieter, maybe? I can never tell. Plus it depends on how many cancellations there are that I end up filling.

I'm really looking forward to Sunday when I can go to the Renn Faire. I think we're going to leave early, and do our booze shopping at the Winery half first. If we get there early, we can put the booze in our car to bring home, and then go to the Faire and eat our way through.

Does this not look amazing?

The downside of the wine shop is that this is my favorite winery, but I hardly ever get up there to get wines, so I'm going to be shopping til I drop. Since the last time we were there, they added a brewery, a cidery and a distillery. I want everything, probably to the tune of $200+.

I will downsize. Maybe I don't need a Reisling and a Niagra wine. (Oh yes, I definitely do.)

Okay, time for me to get myself together. Everyone have a most excellent Friday!

Current Mood: cheerful

TV night once more

So I actually managed to get up at 10:00, amazing because I forgot to turn on the alarm so there was nothing to wake me up.

I had breakfast and coffee, then called

mashfanficchick who said I should come over around 3:00. So I puttered online awhile, then showered and dressed.

Then I did something that I'd been meaning to do for a few days. One of the two lightbulbs in the ceiling lamp of the kitchen blew out so I had to change it. This is more involved than it sounds as I have high ceilings, a bit higher than eight feet, and I am short, 5' 3" if I haven't shrunk. So I have to stand on the very top of the step ladder, the step that isn't supposed to be stood on (but everyone does) and stretch to reach the lamp. It is always scary and nerve-wracking.

But I did it in a shorter time than usual so I am proud. After that I puttered online until 2:15 when I started getting ready to go.

I took the 44 bus, and then the 46, and got to

mashfanficchick's by 3:15, so it took a bit longer than usual. There was another fare check by the transit police along the way They didn't even bother to scan my card this time, I guess I look responsible, or else they just don't care.

Anyway I got there and we hung out talking til 6:00 when ze had to do something private on the phone, so I went down to Starbucks and had a pumpkin spice latte and attempted to Team the FWiB. Unfortunately the music in the Starbucks was so loud that it didn't work out, so we got off and I started reading the book I had brought with me, Somewhere Beyond the Sea, the sequel to The House on the Cerulean Sea. (I finished Wooing the Witch Queen last night. Very nice and satisfying ending to a cozy romantic book)

mashfanficchick called me and said ze would meet me there and we'd get food for dinner. So that's what we did. We decided on Indian. I got chicken korma and a mango lassi.

We took the food back to zer place and ate, and at 8:00 we watched 911. It was a very good episode. At 8:30 during the commercials I called Middle Brother. He is fine, took a walk in a park yesterday but was disappointed there was no water in the pond. He's looking forward to Halloween though.

At 9:00 we watched 911: Nashville, which was better than the preceeding episodes were. Still awfully soapy though.

We hung out for awhile afterward, and then I Ubered home. Got here and fed the pets, and started here.

Gratitude List:

1 The FWiB.

2. Good TV.

3. Got the lightbulb changed with no problems.

4. The new Lois McMaster Bujold Penrick and Desdemona novella is out (though not for Nook yet, darn it)

5. Indian food.

6. Middle Brother is well.

And I'm here, to remind you of the mess you left when you went away

Watch on YouTube

I will never understand how this got airplay on the radio in the 90's. I guess by that time Tipper Gore had mostly wanked herself to irrelevance. No, instead they had to worry about my Poison album having a long tongue.

Yesterday was kind of a chill day. Not horribly busy, but enough stuff that I wasn't losing my mind. I got a few patients in for their scans, which makes me happy. After work, we started watching campaign 4 of Critical Role. We're going to be slow as shit, but I wanted to give it a try. The episodes are usually 4-5 hours, and we can get 45-60min at a time.

Then, as I settled in to go to bed, I had a little burst of inspiration, and got more of my fairyland fleshed out. I'm reading through fairytales of the world, and picking out ones to be represented.

I'm also making a ton of work for myself, but we'll get through it. IF anyone has any good mapmakers, please send them my way. So far, I'm a patron of Czepeku, Darkestmaps and 2 Minute Tabletop.

I have a feeling that my world map this time is going to be a mess. I am not legendary at inkarnate or any of the map making software.

I'm kind of proud of myself. I need to add maybe two more lands, and then get to building cities, but I've done a lot.

I may do some work on it on Saturday. We don't have anything planned til our one-shot at 7pm.

But first two more days of work. Which shouldn't be too bad, I hope.

And on that note, time for me to get myself together. I need to boil some eggs so I have breakfast! Everyone have a perfect Thursday!

Current Mood: peaceful

Watching The Diplomat

I slept even later than I have been this morning, almost 2:00, though in my defense I had trouble sleeping last night and was awake late. But even so, this must stop. I WILL get up at 10:00 tomorrow!

But anyway, I got up and had breakfast and coffee, and puttered online for awhile. I called the plumber back up and ascertained that they were going to winterize the cottage on the 3rd. And send me the bill. Laurie emailed during the day about the winterizing and I was able to tell everyone it was set.

I then watched three episodes of The Diplomat. It's as tasty as the other seasons. I am loving it. Sad that it's only an eight episode season. Which means I'm halfway done already!

I stopped watching at 6:00, and Teamed the FWiB early tonight. My gaming session was cancelled because the GM wasn't feeling well, bummer but it meant I could talk longer to the FWiB. So we went for a little over an hour and a half.

Then I had dinner, and went to the bedroom and played solitaire. Then I called

mashfanficchick to discuss tomorrow.

And then it was pet feeding time. I am almost out of turtle food. Petco for some reason discontinued the large cans of specifically adult turtle food I was getting delivered, and substituted smaller cans of regular turtle food. I went into my settings a few days ago and changed the size of the cans I'm getting, but the next delivery isn't until November 20th. So I'll have to get more before then.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Good shows.

3. Able to take a day to just watch.

4. Popsicles.

5. Winterizing is set.

6. My cousins.

It's not fair, to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me

It's Wednesday and we're halfway there! Yesterday was a long day at work, but a pretty good day overall.

Work was busy. My email was flooding with the patients I needed to call to offer earlier appointments. My first emails were there waiting for me when I signed on, and they really didn't stop. I figure I ended up with about 20 incoming calls? The rest were all outgoing.

During quiet moments, I worked on my game and started working on a subclass for one of my player's new Pied Piper Bard.

Jess kindly went and had no trouble getting the money orders from the post office, so after work, we got dressed (and prettied up a bit in my case) and went to get our passports started. The lady was SUPER sweet, and despite some mistakes (on our part) that necessitated refilling the forms out, she walked us through and did our pictures, and lo, we were done.

Yesterday morning, I saw a thing about some bars near us that had liquor license violations (serving minors). I looked at them and discovered that there's a bar right on the main drag that's an Irish Pub and restaurant. They're very close to the library, so I suggested picking up dinner from them. We ended up going and eating there, which worked out well. It was such a little dive, but the food was really good. We started with curry fries, which were amazing. It's hard to find British curry around here, and this was perfect. I had the shepherd's pie, which was excellent. It had the little rosemary kick that I really wanted. Not overwhelming, just a nice little touch. Jess had a steak and stout pie. I liked mine better, but it was still pretty good. The best thing about them is that they have a back parking lot, so you can 100% avoid the main road. Very convenient and tasty and atmospheric. We took my sister some fish and chips which she enjoyed.

Today, I'm definitely going to cook something, just not sure what. Probably steakums. We'll see. I also have chicken out, so it could be either.

As the week has gone on, I'm getting more and more exited for the Renn Faire. I keep going back to the list of food and trying to make a game plan.

On that note, it's time to go forth and get myself together for the day. Everyone have an outstanding Wednesday!

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fic meme!

I snagged this from

tinkaton.
Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for [starting] a fic title? One fic per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

A — Accidentally in Love (Smallville, Clark/Oliver)
B — better together (MCU, Steve/Tony)
C — close to each other (far from the others) (MCU, Sharon/Maria)
D — Dancing in the Rain (Smallville, Lois/Oliver)
E — the easiest path (isn't always the right one) (9-1-1, Buck/Eddie)
F — fly with me (Smallville/Nolan Batman, Clark/Bruce)
G — getting ready (for our future) (DCEU, Clark/Lois)
H — home for the holidays (MCU, Bucky/Sam)
I — i don't mind falling (as long as you'll catch me) (Smallville, Clark/Lois/Oliver)
J — Just The Way You Are (Smallville, Clark/Oliver)
K —
L — let it snow (Gilmore Girls, Paris/Rory)
M — maybe in the future (you're going to come back) (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Kimberly/Tommy)
N — no tricks, just treats (MCU, Bucky/Sam)
O — on three (he will stay) (DCEU, Diana/Steve)
P — playing pretend (with real feelings) (MCU, Maria/Sam)
Q —
R — Rumor Has It (Smallville, Clark/Oliver)
S — Several Weaknesses ... Only a Few Regrets (Smallville, Lois/Tess)
T — Taking Risks (Smallville, Lois/Lana)
U — underneath the mistletoe (Smallville, Lois/Lana)
V —
W — where you go (i'll follow) (MCU/What If ...?, Peggy/Steve)
X —
Y — you know me (honey, it's all or none) (Smallville, Clark/Oliver)
Z —

21/26! I am surprised I didn't have a fic with the letter "K" but I did find out that I had two fics with the exact same title! Whoops. I also seem to have a lot of fics that start with "i" or variations of that, which I didn't realize until I saw it laid out like that. Also I was reminded how I have written 1/3 of the Clark/Oliver tag on AO3, which is kinda fun. Someone left a comment on one of my fics a couple of months ago (after going through a lot of them) and was like "you are holding the Clark/Oliver tag down" (paraphrasing), which was not something I expected to hear in 2025 but I do love it. :D

Here's the meme for anyone who is interested!

Current Mood: good

Restful day

Another day of doing very little. I slept late again, til almost 12:00, then got up and had breakfast and coffee. Called

mashfanficchick to see if anything was up. Nothing was. Took a shower and washed my hair.

Dressed, and then took out the garbage and walked around the block. Puttered online. Called about winterizing the cottage, they were supposed to call me back and didn't, so I'll have to call back tomorrow.

While i was making calls, I finally called the building management company to complain about the front door, after having emailed twice and gotten no response. The guy, who had an accent so thick I could barely understand him, said he'd look into it. I emailed again, just because. And if still nothing happens, I'll call 311.

The Kid texted me and we had a short conversation.

At 5:00ish I was reminded that the third season of The Diplomat has dropped on Netflix, so I watched the first episode. Very good.

At 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB, and we talked til I had to get off for my Al-anon meeting at 8:00. It was small, but M and S were there which was nice.

After that I had dinner, and then went into the bedroom to play solitaire and call

mashfanficchick again to see about tomorrow. Ze has plans but possibly we'll get together in the afternoon. If not, Thursday for 911.

Then it was pet feeding time, and I fed the pets. And started here.

Bed soon, and reading more of Wooing the Witch Queen.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Clean hair.

3. Got the garbage out.

4. Good TV (well, streaming actually).

5. Fun books.

6. My meetings and the people there.

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current fandom events

comfy-vember is a November prompt event for fanworks based on hurt/comfort themes and centered around gen/platonic relationships

nonconvember is a November prompt event for fanworks centering around non-con

yuletide, an annual fic (1000+ words) exchange for rare and obscure fandoms, is open for sign-ups until October 24th, 9PM UTC.

holly_poly, an exchange for polyamorous relationships, is open for pre-nominations, which is a period to transfer nominations from the last two year’s tagsets into this tagset, from now until October 26th, 11AM UTC.

doodle4doodle, a multi fandom fanart exchange, has opened sign-ups until October 27th, 10PM PDT.

toothhpastejuice is running Rarest of Rarepairs ficathon, a ficathon for ships with less than 50 works.

minutia_r is running a Multifandom Poetry Fest. Click on the banner below to get there. :D

poetry_fiction has opened sign-ups for their annual Poetry Fic Challenge until December 31st, 11:59PM CST.

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Baltimore Area Fans - Fandom History Rescue Help Needed

Fandom History Rescue Help Needed: Edgewood Maryland (1 hr north of Baltimore)

A Star Trek fan needs help retrieving her fandom history collection from her apartment now that she is in a nursing home. It consists of correspondence and fanzines dealing with Star Trek and Sime Gen fandom history in the 1970s and 1980s. If there are any volunteers willing to help sort and box for shipping, please send me a DM or email me at morgandawn @ gmail.com

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Fandom History Rescue Help - Phoenix Arizona

A few months ago Phoenix fans helped rescue a fanzine collection and were in the process of boxing the collection for shipping. The organizer/volunteer has been ill and we're looking for volunteers in the Phoenix area willing and able to help with the final push of boxing and shipping the zines to their final home. Please send me a message or email morgandawn @ gmail.com

I'm just a notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song

We survived Monday! It was a busy day! Lots of calls, lots of callbacks. I was definitely kept hopping.

Today, I work, Jess runs to the post office to get money orders for our passports, and then we go forth this evening to apply for our passports. It'll be awesome. It'll be a busy evening, but we'll get it done.

I'm looking forward to having my passport. It's been 34 years since I got my first one and I let it lapse, which was dumb. I guess I figured I was just tied to the house so why would I? And it's not like financially, I ever had a situation where I could just fly to Europe. So I didn't. I sat for 31 years, and did nothing. About 3 years ago, we did Disney, and that was the best thing I'd done for myself. It gave a last sweet memory before the 2 years of Dad hell.

But now, it's finally time to live again. It's very weird to realize that we can just go. I can just say "can we go to Comic Con in Pittsburgh so I can get pictures with Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman?" and the answer can be "sure, let's do it."

Once we have our passports, if we want to go to out of country for a long weekend or a vacation, we know we can.

But first, all the in-country trips!

The week is going very slowly since I'm looking forward to the weekend. I cannot wait to eat my way through the Renn Faire. It looks like they have a lot of good food.

Things are slowly starting to shape up for the fairytale land game. Which is good, even though, it's so far off. I will have a fully fleshed out plot, and everything set up to go by the time it's needed.

Jess booked their next tattoo! It's going to be a phoenix feather to match the raven feather on their other forearm. The artist is amazing, so I can't wait to see what she makes of it. Pictures when it's done, of course.

Okay, time for me to go forth and get myself together. Trash ain't going to take itself out. Everyone have a terrific Tuesday!

Current Mood: okay

Got my laundry

Got up at about 10:30, and had breakfast and coffee. Put in a Shipt order that was supposed to be delivered between 1:00 and 2:00.

Waited for it, it was picked up by a shopper but they never started shopping. (The website shows that)

Laurie texted me about the cottage winterizing, and we exchanged texts about that.

Finally I went and took a shower.

While I was showering, Shipt HQ texted me. They were updating my delivery time to between 2:00 and 3:00. And there was a different shopper. So I have no idea what happened, but it was somewhat annoying.

Finally my order came. I put it away, and went and picked up my laundry from the laundromat.

I called

mashfanficchick to see if ze was up for anything, but no. So I started puttering on line.

Eventually I went to the bedroom and puttered on my phone. I ordered two of the calendars I need for people for Christmas. I called the Kid and asked her to call me about the cottage.

Finally at around 6:30 she called me back. We had a very long discussion wherein she lectured me about my finances. The sad thing is, she is pretty much right about it.

After we got off, I Teamed the FWiB. Only for about an hour because the Kid's call took so long.

When we were done I did some of the financial things the Kid was saying. And then I had dinner.

Went and lay down in bed, called

mashfanficchick again, waiting for zer to call me back.

Fed the pets, and started here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My family, especially the Kid.

3. Clean laundry.

4. Shipt.

5. The cottage.

6. The book II ordered for the Kid for Christmas came.

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Dear Yuletide Writer!

(Reposting this...accidentally deleted it!)

Hello, Writer! However you ended up writing something for me, I thank you--I'm glad and grateful. ♥

A note about treats, in case it's relevant: yes, I am all for them!

(Also, let me say that you'll notice it's very common for me to ask for some of the same fandoms from year to year. If you've written for me previously, please do not ever think this is because I don't still love your gift! I do--it's just that I am still-and-always in the mood for more of these characters and I love them so much. And I am greedy. :D)

If you already have something in mind you think I'll like, go ahead and write it! I want you to enjoy yourself.

If more information about my preferences would help and inspire you, then here's some:

( Some of my preferences )

Here are my signups, in alphabetical order: Hot Fuzz (2007), KeixYaku (TV), Nero Wolfe - Rex Stout, The Sting (1973)

( Hot Fuzz (2007) )

( KeixYaku (TV) )

( Nero Wolfe - Rex Stout )

( The Sting (1973) )

Thanks again for writing for me--I appreciate it! *\o/*

I chime in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?

And just like that, it's Monday again. I've moved back to my normal space, which is going to be so nice. It just didn't seem like it was worth it. Hopefully, they'll send us a note before they come do the dryer, but I'm just not going to be able to wait for it. I've spent three weeks in my sister's room, on a much smaller monitor and desk. I'm not going to do it any more. I need my sunny window.

Yesterday, my sister got back from vacation at about 12:15, which gave us time to slip out and get some delicious Indian food from the buffet. It was quite tasty. Then we came back, and game got delayed because all the players had migraines, so I had some time in which I could conceivably been productive, but was not.

The biggest thing I did yesterday was to begin to plot my next D&D campaign. It's for the other server to come after Arvandor. That still probably has a few months, maybe more, left. But probably in spring, we'll be looking at a new campaign. I've got the setting, and the basic premise, but now I need to figure out the actual plot. I've got a while, but I want it to be ready to roll out right away.

I decided on a Fairytale land, where the land is slowly dying, and no one knows why. The king picks a bunch of fairytale or fairytale adjacent people to find out, traveling around the domain, into various kingdoms, each holding one or two fairytale archetypes. They'll have a quest for each but they'll be interacting around the tale or intervening in the tale, or whatever as well. (For instance, I don't think my players will be cool going about their business when the prince is on his way to have his way with Sleeping Beauty.) Like I said I'm not very far into it, but I do love me a dark and messed up fairytale. I want to go multicultural, so I'm going to be doing some looking at non western European fairytales as well. I know that Japan and the Nordic countries have some fucked up shit, and I'm betting others do too.

I was talking with

poisontaster last night about how many of our campaigns will be wrapping up over the next few months and there's a fair number of them. It kind of makes me sad, but some of these games are fully five years old. It's time for them to wind down and make room for new. We've got a lot of new people on the server, and a bunch of campaigns that are closed. @

poisontaster mentioned that shed like to offer a campaign with a focus on the new people, so they can get a shot, and I'd like to as well. I don't know what that'll look like, but I'm excited to see.

We had a fairly short game with just two players last night. It was a lot of fun, but I feel like the sweet spot is right around 4-5 people. Next weekend, I'm running two one shots.

Okay, time for me to go grab a shower. Everyone have a superb Monday!

Current Mood: giddy

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Miami Vice ficlet - Innuendo-Laden Lunch

Written for prompt 162 Compunction, at

vocab_drabbles
Title: Innuendo-Laden Lunch
Fandom: Miami Vice
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: M
Words: 242
Characters/Pairing: Sonny/Rico
Summary: Chinese food and flirting
Notes: This is what happens when I pass by a Chinese restaurant with these two on my mind. About that last line… I'm not sure I want to know what they got up to the night before, frankly. Takes place in my Freefall series, but you absolutely need know nothing beyond it being post-canon.
And the song… forgive me. But I want to include song lyrics in all my stories since music is such a big part of the show, so…

( Innuendo-Laden Lunch )

Current Mood: excited

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Sunday Night Check in: Miami Edition

Yes, I'm doing these again, because I'm writing again!

Been really enjoying myself. It was definitely just what I needed for a distraction, because my mental health was not doing well due to the things happening in the country and world right now.

I love when fandoms come along just when you need them most. It's not the first time that's happened to me.

( Read more... )

Current Mood: okay

Took down laundry

Slept quite ridiculously late today, after 1:00, but to be fair I didn't get to bed til 2:00. But anyway I finally got up and had breakfast and coffee.

Then I puttered online for awhile, including setting up the account that the Kid suggested I do. Don't know how actually useful it'll be, but I have it. I called her but she didn't answer, texted me later. I also sent an email to John, Denise, Laurie and the Kid about winterizing the cottage. It needs to be done soon. No reply yet.

Then I put up some more Halloween decorations. I haven't put up any lights, not sure if I will or not.

And then I descended on my clothing. The first thing was a serious search for my missing Halloween pants. Not of course the new ones I just bought, but the ones I couldn't find that was the reason I bought the new ones. And I found them! The problem was that I remembered them as white, with Halloween patterns, when in fact they are black. So I overlooked them several times until I really started moving things around.

But then having found them, I got together a load to take down to the laundromat. Then I threw on some clothes, sweats and a tee, and I took the laundry down.

Accomplished that, and came back and had a seltzer. It was by then late enough that I just puttered online some more until it was time to Team the FWiB.

We talked for an hour and a half, til 8:30, when it was time to call Middle Brother. He is fine, got his hair cut and went to lunch at McDonalds, which made him happy.

The Starsky and Hutch chat was moved to 7:00 today because Babs had a concert to go to. Obviously I couldn't go at 7:00 because that's when I Team the FWiB, but after I called Middle Brother I tried to pop in and see if anyone was still around. But apparently it had already ended. Oh well, next week.

I called

mashfanficchick but ze was still busy with zer friends that ze went out with today.

So I had dinner and went to the bedroom and played solitaire and played on my phone til pet feeding time.

And here I am.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Halloween decorations.

3. Found my pants.

4. Laundry being done.

5. Heard from the Kid.

6. Middle Brother is well.