why yes, i am avoiding work

(sorry for repost, it is due to WP/LJ crossposting dipshittery) – get a picture frame » put together gift basket box – get envelopes » put chance issues in envelopes :) – box up Walker Papers for Mr. M – DEMON HUNTS revisions^H^H^H^H change of plans, work on critique instead – call bonk – make bread – do laundry (Ted’s doing this, bless him) – send receipts (VERY IMPORTANT) Nice swim this morning. I did my first 500 in 9 minutes, which is faster than I usually…bother to do, if…

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bits and bobs

Ted went Christmas shopping in Dublin yesterday, where he says he did not find anything at all that he was looking for for me. On the other hand, he did find the man who sells honey-roasted pecans and cashews and cinnamon-and-sugar-soaked dried apple slices, and this is probably worth the price of admission. Except, of course, the danger of knowing where that shop *is*, now…. :) We are not, at this house, in a turkey stupor, because we’re not holding Thanksgiving until tomorrow (when our ONE IRISH FRIEND WHO *LOVES*…

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tomorrow, we write

Today is going to be full of Doing Work That Isn’t Writing. I have a dream that someday I will no longer be behind the 8 ball. (This would no doubt be made easier if I would stop taking on new projects. I spent a good hour on Saturday looking at my shelf of books I’ve written and trying to figure out where “taking a break” fit into the next few years of finishing those series. I did not come up with an answer. On the other hand, nor did…

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