Gray, Gloomy Friday

Mason is off from school today for "teacher appreication day." Right now the TV room is full of the sound of Pokemon battles (Mason wants you all to know he just beat the Elite Four in Black.) Later, despite the gloomy overcast sky, I'm going to try to coax him out to get his hair cut. Mama thinks it's crazy-long, but I sort of like it. Shawn is a big fan of the 1950s flat-top look on little boys. I like the way his bangs look, but I don't care nearly enough one way or the other to make much of a fuss about it.

Speaking of hair, I hate my current style. I don't know what the stylist did, but for some reason all the hairs on the back of my head stick straight up while the rest lays flat. I look a bit like a cockatoo. It's not my best.

I was thinking this morning, like I often do, that I should get a camera to carry around with me in the car. I have this idea to improve Tate's blog with pictures of houses around St. Paul that I imagine belong to various characters in her Ana books. Given how little I say over there, I have a surprising number of "subscribers" or whatever it is that blogspot tracks. More to the point, I just think it would be fun to feature some of the cool things about St. Paul on my blog.

I've decided that even though there wasn't a massive response (20+ people on Facebook and 1 here), I'm going to continue Free Mouse Tuesdays. As my friend Frank pointed out, I kind of left Mouse stranded in a car, and I've gotten invested in the story myself. I find the best writing I've done is the stuff I write to amuse myself, so what the heck. I might not be as dilligent, especially as I continue to race toward the deadline for Ana #3, but I will continue the story. Besides, now that there's an AngeLINK book in print I like to have lots of extra fic floating around for fans. I always try to give myself what I'd want.

Mason has gotten it into his head that he'd like to taste lobster, so we're all going out to Red Lobster tonight so he can try it. It should be fun. We don't usually take Mason out to eat with us (he doesn't have a lot of patience for the whole sit down experience yet), so this will be a BIG deal for him on a lot of levels.

Anyway, I should try to sneak some writing in while he's distracted.