We’re back from vacation, some of us well-rested, even! We all had a great time, and we did ohmygod so much it was astonishing. Highlights include:

–a beer cocktail from Craft & Commerce, where the staff all dress as though from the Gangs of New York.
–seeing Leonardo DiCaprio at the San Diego Zoo. His hat was pulled low over his eyes, but I spotted him.
–seeing a sleeping cheetah super up-close.
–more beer. San Diego is renowned for its microbrewery scene.
–fish tacos, including swordfish, salmon, and halibut.
–Legoland’s Miniland exhibit. Sounds doofy, but the Lego recreations of cities are truly astonishing.
–a hot tub. At night. Yay!
–the Legoland waterpark.
–the San Diego beaches, even though a stingray got one of our party and another one tried to take a nap on the beach (guess which one?), not realizing a wave would crash over her iPhone and destroy it. Oopie.
–mac and cheese with truffles and pancetta. Yeah. As good as it sounds.

Back to work, back to working on projects, back to eating cottage cheese and trying not to think of bacon.
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Today is my and Scott’s fifteenth wedding anniversary.

Yay!

This is an almost recent picture of us on Election Night:

How sad is it that the highlight of my day is that I have NOT succumbed to a nap?

But anyway. I have not. Woot for me.

And in other news, we are (seemingly) adjusting to the Fall Schedule, although the Hardworking Spouse finds it hard to leave work before 6:50, even though he gets there at 8:30. Stupid hardworking guy.

I’ve been writing, yay, and hope to finish this historical novella thing in a week or so. By which I mean maybe ten days, since a week? No effing way.

This week is my and Scott’s fifteenth anniversary, too, the celebration of which will entail wine, bread and cheese. Yay!

Okay, back to work.

Today I bring the Spawn to his grandmother’s house for a bit (I head to National next week so he needs taking care of). I’ll be schlepping the iPad and keyboard with me for some down writing time, yay, and I hope to finish three chapters of the Paranormal before I head out of town too.

Meanwhile, Scott and I get to have some nighttime dates that don’t always involve a bottle of wine and the TV at home. Yay!

The Nearly Eleven Year-Old Graduated from his primary school today. Sniff.

Too busy, not to mention insanely dull, to post actual words. But I did down/up load some pictures, so I thought I’d share:

Yes, I am the Queen of Hyperbole, why do you ask?

When I got home Saturday, the (Thoughtful) Spouse presented me with three packages: One contained a yoga DVD I had rented multiple times from the library, one had Richard Armitage (swoon!) reading Georgette Heyer’s Sylvester, and one was a bike helmet. Which meant on Sunday we went and got this:

Today the Ten Year-Old and I return to Brooklyn. We’re both looking forward to seeing the Spouse/Father, not to mention the own bed and the Wii games (guess who’s who?).

We had a great time here, it’s so nice when your family is loving and cool like this one. Aw, Megan gets all gushy and somewhat boring!

Anyway, back to Real Life next week.

Yesterday was lovely. I got up, worked on freelance, then headed back upstairs to take a nap. WIN1

Then I worked on my own writing, and finished this short Regency-set story I’ve been doing. WIN2

Then, McVane came up with the perfect anagram for my name: Tramp, Fang On Me. WIN3

The Picky Vegetarian, who’s been working like a dog WITH dogs (and cats) called, which was nice, but cell reception stinks so all I could hear was “Happy Birthday.” But still, it was nice. WIN3.1

After, I read more of The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks, which the Faux Critique Partner recommended. WIN4

[Many, many happy birthday wishes from Twitter and Facebook, plus a special post from my P-I-C] WIN4.1

Then, STEAK! And family, and wine, and laughter. WIN5

A gift of tube mascara and Godiva chocolate. WIN6

After that? The Nocturnal Aunt and I watched North And South, and she adored it. WIN7

A really, really good day.