...and just so you all can stop worrying, yes, I'm still alive.
I've been in a bit of a holding pattern the last few weeks. School's started, but I'm not back in my groove yet. I managed to bang out about a thousand words on The Mermaid's Curse yesterday (celebrate the little victories, heh), but my house is still a mess. My grass is not cut. My filing is still waiting to be done.
Mostly, I've been indulging my internet addiction. Not blogging so much myself (although I did a couple posts on LVLM if you want to take a look), just misbehaving in other people's houses as it were. My one comfort in that is that the addiction cycles on and off, so I know it won't last much longer. And part of me is happy to just do nothing. After the summer I had, I need to recharge. Just...have some time without anyone needing anything from me. My poor kids. Their mother is running on empty. I'm just glad they're mostly self-sufficient--as long as I keep them in Froot Loops, Mini Wheats, oranges, grapes, frozen pizzas, a couple home-cooked meals a week, and they can find a clean pair of pants in the mountain of unfolded laundry in my room, they're okay.
I've also been sick with the plague for the last several days and took three shifts off work (two of those were extra, so it's not so big a loss, really), and the time alone was...beautiful. I got hardly anything done and don't feel guilty at all.
In other news, my youngest, Blammo, has taken a bizarre interest in vegetables, and has developed the ability to belch on command. Daughter is almost taller than I am and can no longer borrow my shoes because her feet are bigger than mine (which means she'll likely grow up to be an Amazon). Firstborn has apparently discovered an attraction to the opposite sex. I know this because he now showers every day without being asked, asked me to get him some whitening toothpaste, and has started scrubbing his acne. I'm worried.
In other, other news, I received galleys for Chancellor's Bride the other day. It's due out in print in May, yay! Unfortunately, I have nothing to put under the "Coming Soon" heading at the front of the book. :( Which means I really need to get working on my...stuff. Soon.
If any of you all have a whip handy, feel free to ply it. I can take it.
That's it.
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Firstborn has apparently discovered an attraction to the opposite sex.
I'm worried.
Time for anonymous condom placement in the underwear/ sock drawer maybe, no? The rough years are upon you. I wish you luck.
Blammo loves veggies? But this is good. The belching... such a guy thing. He's a cute little...guy. LOL
I hope you're feeling better. It so sucks being sick. I hate it. Especially if you have to do things. But lucky you could take a short break.
Messing around in others' houses? That's what they're there for. :D
Time for anonymous condom placement in the underwear/ sock drawer maybe, no? The rough years are upon you. I wish you luck.
I've already told both him and his sister that when they start thinking about having sex, they just need to let me know and I'll get them all set up. I love the way TV facilitates conversations. We were watching late night TV and a condom ad came on, and Firstborn was kind of shocked they advertise them on the tube. I said "Yeah, they started about 15 years ago. Wish they'd started a year earlier..." Brilliant 15-year old boy that he is, he got the joke right away. :D
That led to the "serious discussion" of safe sex and how they can count on me to not judge them and all that crap. All I can say is, when the time comes, I hope he doesn't get all his ideas from porn.
Blammo loves veggies? But this is good. The belching... such a guy thing. He's a cute little...guy. LOL
He doesn't LOVE the veggies. He's...obsessed with the idea of liking them. I think they're doing a nutrition thing in school, because he's been asking for a piece of cucumber with his cheese and crackers ("but just a little, because I don't like them much"), and then tells me he's "even eating the skin!"
As for the belching, I should video it and send it to you. It's...quite disconcerting to hear that big a noise coming from a kid that size.
And yeah, I've been all over the internet over this Lambda thing, and still haven't sorted out how I feel about any of it. Other than being annoyed. Sigh.
Miniwheats. On my grocery list.
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