So the Has A Hard Time Relaxing Spouse and I have been doing many fun things while our son is away; last night, we had dinner at the other end of the neighborhood, and strolled the long way home.

Today, we got our bikes out and took advantage of the New York Summer Streets program, where they shut down big parts of Manhattan for bikes and runners and such. We did 23 miles, and I finally got to go over the Brooklyn Bridge. I’d never done that before!

I’ve been revising my manuscript, that should go to a brand new beta reader at the end of next week, and then back to the Fabulous Agent. Plus been brainstorming another project, yay, and working many hours at HeroesandHeartbreakers.

So there you go. That’s me. I STILL have not seen Cowboys and Aliens, feh. Soon, hopefully.

Shoot, it has been a long time.

Let’s see: I am in Minnesota right now for just a few days, visiting the Sailing School Boy. I am trying to get some work done, but technology can bite me right now, so I’m frustrated. But not taking it out here!

Last weekend, the Spouse and I went to a Hot Dog Cook-Off, held at Kelso Brewery in Brooklyn. It was awesome. We ate bites of gourmet dogs, drank mad beer, danced, met cool people, and went to bed before 11:00 (trust me, it was necessary). Later on in the week, we went out to eat, just us two, which was also lovely.

Earlier today, I took the SSB to see Acro-cats. Yup, sorta trained cats doing a few sporadic tricks. It was a lot of fun, too, even though it sounds incredibly lame.

While I’m here, I’ll be working on revising a project, maybe working on another project, and hanging out with my relatives and Son.

It’s weird that tomorrow is August already, and I’ve got nothing to show for myself except for a very cluttered house. And the whole work thing, which is great, but that’ll continue beyond the summer.

I have NOT yet seen any of the superhero-type films currently out, even though I am dying to see them. Patience. PATIENCE!

Hope all are okay out there. Happy I was able to find time to pop in. Thanks for sticking with me through my sporadicness.

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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I play a dangerous game–I am attending the RWA National Conference today, and I am wearing shoes with a heel. Will I be hobbling by the end of the night? Or looking fresh, fabulous and fantastic?

I am hedging my bets by bringing a pair of flats, too, just in case. But I have worn these shoes all day before, and I hope they do not prove traitor.

(These are, indeed, the shoes in question).

I’ve talked about this a lot all over the place, but today, HeroesandHeartbreakers has a post near and dear to my heart–Barbara Cartland: Queen of Romance or Derivative Moralist, and it reminds me, again, how much I loved those early Bantam books.

I can’t even begin to count how many times I read them. And I loved the covers, which I was able to find online–woot!

Okay, so I did say I didn’t have time to post much here, but the lovely Carolyn Jewel said she wished I would post more often, and I’ve got something really important on my mind: Namely, my shoes.

See, I bought these cute purple pumps from Aerosole, like the ones pictured here, only in a nice dark eggplant color. And they were on sale! And the first few times I wore them, they were really comfortable!

So today I put them on when my feet were still damp from the shower–I think that was the issue–and all of a sudden my shoes went nutty, and caused me extreme pain and gouging.

What the hell, shoes? Why you gotta be a bitch?

So tomorrow might be Birkenstock day. Just sayin’.

Oh, and some gratuity:

…in defeat, not in joy. Okay, sometimes in joy.

See, I love my job. All of them. But that means I don’t have time to write anything down here, so I’m totally embarrassed at how long it’s been. So then I don’t post, also ’cause I got nothing to say beyond, ‘working/tired/working.’

See how that works? It’s one of them Catch 22-type things.

Things are much the same, too, which is also a blah. For you, not for me–things are okay, beyond the working all the time/tired all the time stuff.

So, um, how are you?

So this month is the RWA National Conference, which I’ll be attending, and also doing a workshop (with Liz Maverick). She and I’ll be discussing Social Media, so yay. We know tons more about it this year than last, and last year was fun. I felt knowledgeable and stuff!

I haven’t been writing, but have been pondering new projects and counting WW points so I will hopefully not be as much of a house as I’ve morphed into. Maybe I’ll be less a Florida room, or something. I refuse to buy new clothes. Refuse.

I’m enjoying the nice weather, and the fun Frampton boys, and even survived a weekend visiting my mom (!). Wait–have I become an adult?!? No. I’m likely just tired.

Anyhoo, I do feel kinda (read: VERY) lame at not posting more often here, but I do post a lot of stuff at the day job, HeroesandHeartbreakers.com. I complain less about my personal life there, thank goodness.

This is one of my new favorite songs:

(Yes, those are enormous bear heads).

Okay, so it’s been FOR-freaking-EVER since I posted here, to which all I can say is: Honestly, there’s so little going on you’re just as happy I’ve been quiet.

I have been writing, perhaps a few words a day, which is an improvement from before. Not sure what I would do if I had to write more than, say, 100 words, but at least I am opening the document and moving forward, albeit at an infintesimally slow pace.

Work is great. I love my job. It is very busy–I bring my lunch, for a host of reasons, but the upshot of that is that I am at my desk, nearly non-stop, from 8:00am to 2:30pm, eating at my desk and stepping away only to microwave food and other such business.

School is winding down, for which the Spawn is quite grateful. He seems to have finally adjusted to middle school, just in time for it to be over.

I saw Thor, which I greatly enjoyed. I want to see it again.

I rejoined Weight Watchers (see that ‘always sitting at my desk’ thing, above), so I am committed to not buying new clothes, at least not unless I can buy smaller ones.

And…that’s about it. Sad, right?

I’m looking forward to warmer weather, but not to how some NYC women decide to dress for the climate. A tip from me: We don’t want to see as much as you want to show. Just saying.

Seriously, Megan? This is the best you can do?

Sadly, yes.

My eyeglass problem is, I think, solved, so I can see again. Yay! (A recent study, btw, found one out of six women would rather be blind than obese. Morons).

And while I haven’t written yet this week, I think I will find time to do so soon.

And work is still fun! I am writing a whole bunch of posts, and managing to fit in the odd Clive Owen reference and such when I can. Sneaky, right?

I have not yet seen Thor, but that treat is in the offing. Can’t wait!

One of these years, I’ll find time to do everything I want to, and still get enough sleep. And if wishes were horses then beggars would ride (which I understand, in theory, but if wishes were horses we’d all be riding, I think. Wishing is not restricted to poor people, is it? No. It is not.)