Oh yeah. ElfQuest. The newest book is out, although I never would have found it, because I know ElfQuest is being published by DC Comics now, and I have been diligently looking at the new DC/Vertigo stuff in hopes of finding it, since it was supposed to be out in July. Ted happened to see it today, back in the corner with the rest of the ElfQuest stuff. Eric, the manager, whom we were speaking to, was surprised to see it there, and asked somebody else what it was doing…
Whew!
Got the paperwork off to the consulate. The rest of it I’m going to leave in a pile on my desk and deal with Monday (the rest of it being Deirdre’s paperwork). Yay! Also, Ted miraculously fixed the speedometer on the Audi by filling the gas tank, which was 1/4th full, up. o.O
gnrg!
Gnrg! Had all my ducks in a row, or so I thought! Got the passport pictures! Got them signed by the highly bemused managers at the bank! Got passport and birth certificate and FBR certificate photocopies! Prepared to put it all in an envelope–and discovered that they require a cashier’s check or money order and won’t take a personal check. Arrgh! Gnrgh! Argh! OTOH, I managed to get to the chiropractor this morning and I am well-crunched and feel better. Whew.
airline reminder
need to call the airline as soon as I get home.
We went berry picking! Raspberries, and while none of us alone got what looked like much, when we put them together into one bucket it looked like a reasonable amount. I should ask Mom how much there was. Were? Whichever. Thwarted in chiropracting yesterday. Went over, and they stared at us in bafflement and said, “The doctor’s not in today.” I said, “Uh, I made an appointment last week for today.” They said, “We called to say it was cancelled.” No, they didn’t. There’s no message and Shaun didn’t take…