Brain Drain

 Sorry I've been a bit absent.  I've actually been generally absent-minded the last few days.  I worked at Maplewood Library yesterday and ten minutes from home (but too late to turn around) I realized I left my coffeemaker on....  Luckily, I knew there was enough coffee left in the pot that I wasn't actually worried it would burn the house down, but I knew we'd be coming home to that LOVELY smell of burnt coffee.  At work, things were so rushed, post-President's Day holiday, that I forgot to take my break (and, as it happens, left a tamale in the fridge.)

Today was very similar in that it started with Things Forgotten.  We had to turn around for this one, though, because it involved missing shoes for Mason.  I might have made him stomp through school in his boots, but it's gym today and sitting out for lack of proper footwear can mean a lower grade.  So....

But I treated myself to coffee at my favorite coffee shop (2 cups, thank you very much) and the day is turning around (even though it also involved briefly losing my cell phone and then finding it in the back of the car where the cold had sapped the battery.)  

I'm also feeling dopey today because last night was Japanese class.  With Mason's early start time, staying out to class until 9:30 PM feels weirdly grueling.  Plus, our instructor is insisting on teaching us hiragana and katakana.  We got all the letters in an hour and a half (one class each, but last night, when he was teaching katakana, you could actually see most eyes glassing over... including, I have to admit, my own.)  Thing is, while I WANT, eventually, to learn to read and write, I'm not keen to do it RIGHT NOW.  I'd be fine waiting until I knew a few more words. But I think we're good with written languages now, and I can practice hiragana at my own pace while he teaches us more useful phrases.

The only other thing I have for y'all is a new WattPad installment of the School of Wayward Demons story.  We're up to chapter 8, Kitty Brings a Knife and Memories.  If you've read all this only on the web site before, it might be worth you checking out the WattPad version.  I've been uploading directly from the novel, so there are some significant changes, particularly to Kitty's backstory.

I managed to not get UnJust Cause written this week, but I blame brain drain.  Next week for sure.