unexpected social activity

We went into Cork today to find Ted some shoes (apparently this is the Fortnight Of The Shoe) and upon arriving at Patrick Street, discovered trundling toward us. Actually, Ted discovered her, and said, “Hey, isn’t that ? To the left. The left. The *left*,” while I looked all over the place and failed to find her. Turned out she and and their daughter were just about to go have lunch at the self-same restaurant Ted and I were planning to eat at, so we agreed to meet there after…

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my day otherwise

Ironically enough, my day was otherwise extremely good. -sigh- Last week, or possibly the week before, the gentleman running PCon this year emailed me to see if I’d be interested in doing an interview with a student who was looking to do an interview with a comic artist for a film class. I wrote back and said I’d love to, but I was only a lowly writer. Turned out a lowly writer would do, so I went in to meet the guy today to talk about the interview and stuff.…

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so late it’s early

Staying up all night to watch over the dog, who’s still sicking up. Possibly she’s sicking up now because she’s a bit dried out and apparently when dogs get dried out they’ll vomit if they drink too much. Like, you’re supposed to reintroduce water 2 teaspoons at a time for a dog Chantico’s size. That’s not very much water! Poor puppy is *all* tired out. I expect I’d be tired, too, if all I’d been doing since Wednesday morning sometime was throwing up or sleeping. o.O …y’know, I’ve got nothing…

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