Pseudo-Sanity Breaks

Yesterday I attended to some business in the morning, and then took a break for lunch with Kat – followed by a little shopping around Ballard. I picked up a new dress to wear to my brother's graduation (lavender, simple, stretchy knit), plus a new bucky-stuffed travel pillow (left my old one in OKC, dammit), and a few other odds and ends. Then I headed home where more business-stuff awaited (it never ends, really), and today I'm starting it all over again … with the added fun of laundry, a trip to the bank, and packing for Washington D.C. (I leave in the morning, before dawn).

But to answer a FAQ – no, just this once it's not a business trip; and no I won't be signing or doing any events. This jaunt to the East Coast is strictly a family visit, to watch my baby brother launch out of college. And also to feel old.*

So! Today there is much to do, not least of all catch up on some idea-slinging and brain-wringing for the day-job so I can send off a fat batch of potentially useful material before dashing off to the other side of the continent. Therefore, I shall cut off my internet time thusly … and if I don't see you over on the Twitters (or the Facebooks, to which the Twitters cross-post), then I'll catch up to you sometime this weekend. If the jet-lag doesn't get me first!

* Yes, I'm quite a lot older than him. My own college graduation was in 1998, if that tells you anything.

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