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Matthew’s still sorting through all of our Dragon*Con pictures, but he showed me a few he took of me.

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Matthew just called me. After a marathon session of phone tag, he was finally able to get a hold of our loan officer guy.

Haggling and number discussions ensued, resulting in a dizzying climax of: We have successfully refinanced to the tune of $200 less a month on our house!

WOOHOO!!

Agh! I ran out of coffee at work! Calamity! Catastrophe! Not a good thing!

I might have to buy some of the vile sludge that comes out of the coffee machines in order to make it through the day.

In better news: it’s my short week. Three-day weekend, starting tomorrow. Woohoo!

Last night, Matthew and I ordered sushi delivery from the little place around the corner. These guys make the best vegetarian sushi. Shitaki maki, mmmm. But we made the mistake of putting the sushi out a minute before feeding Hobkin. He lunged for it. Matthew grabbed him. But apparently the aroma of wasabi and sesame rice was too much for Hobkin’s self control. (He is, after all, a small animal with a brain the size of a walnut.) He bit Matthew. So I grabbed him (Hobkin, not Matthew) and then Hobkin bit me. Ouch. Eventually, we managed to lure him into his area with a bowl of veggies and skunk chow (beans & rice, yogurt, healthy powder) but then had to tend our wounds before enjoying our dinner.

Wisdom of the hour: Be wary when trying to keep a sharp-toothed animal away from your sushi.

Hobkin was contrite about it later, when his belly was full of his dinner, and came up on the couch for snuggles after dessert.

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Gah! I can’t believe they’re doing it. They’re conference calling me in for a full day’s training session! I thought they’d send me the handouts and maybe a quick synopsis, but no, they’re actually calling me in for the whole day!

My ear’s going to fall off. Even with my handy dandy headset. It’s going to just drop off my head.

Sigh.

I’m debating whether or not I should re-read the Anita Blake series again. To, um, study Laurell K. Hamilton’s technique with actions scenes, and her, um, character development. Yeah.

Oh, who am I kidding with that blatant rationalization? Her books are vacuous, sexy soap opera violence with plenty of goth, BDSM, and erotica to keep it spicy. But damn, I’m so addicted to them. I’m weak. Help.

Do you ever have days when darkly visceral little thoughts and fantasies pop into your head for no good reason?

. . . just me then.

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Decadence is slumping on the couch on a Sunday morning, munching Salt and Vinegar potato chips, while watching people exercise on TV. Hah.

Just finished writing 32 thank you emails to critters for reviewing the stories I had up last month. Gah! But I’m caught up on thank yous now. I know I don’t have to send them, but I think if someone goes to the effort of reading my stories and sending me their feedback, the least I can do is write a quick “thanks!” to them.

And I say “please” and “may I” too.

Also, the chaotic disorder of my Dragon*Con costumes has been neatened up. After a convention, there’s always a disaster area feel to the house with hose, accessories, and rejected ensembles flung helter skelter every which way. But now the black vinyl has been hung up and put away, the corsets neatly stored back in the closet, and the various boots tucked back into their cubby holes. Whew. Life is beginning to return back to normal.

Matthew and I rented Time Machine (the 2001 version) last night and camped out upstairs in front of the 60″ with ice cream, chocolate sauce, and potato chips to watch it. Mmm. Heaven! Although the movie was a bit lame. It was pretty, though.

Or friend Al Cantrell took these pix of me in my chainmail wings on Friday at Dragon*Con.

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