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Cats can get diabetes, too.

Isis, my oldest cat, who I picked up off the street in September 1997 and the vet said was about 3-4 months old, was just diagnosed with diabetes. Today she’s in the hospital at the NC State Vet School, being … Continue reading

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Disney World!

I went to Disney World with the in-laws for winter holiday festivities and togetherness time. I hadn’t been since winter 95 or so, and the park has expanded a lot since then! I won’t go into excruciating detail here, since … Continue reading

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Long time, no update.

I haven’t written here since October 21, according to my blogger dashboard. Yikes! I guess I don’t think the day to day tedium is all that interesting, either to write about or for you to read about I’ve been working … Continue reading

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Vacation, editing, and a rejection

First, the rejection. I wrote a piece of flash fiction (a story under 1000 words) earlier this year, and I submitted it in March. I got periodic updates, saying that my story had made it past the first and second … Continue reading

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Attention span of a gnat on speed

Or, as I like to call it, fannish ADD. I have eleventy million shiny things I like, and each one is my all time favorite shiny thing of the day. Until the next one comes along, of course. I still … Continue reading

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I get bad ideas.

About a year ago, I was lamenting the fact that I didn’t have vacation time to burn so I could take a Goethe Institut course. They have 2-, 4-, and 8-week intensives throughout Germany, and they’re highly reputable. They offer … Continue reading

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My tech skills are mighty. Sorta.

OK, my google-fu is strong. I just got an Asus EeePC 900 4G (it’s purple with little swirls on it. Hush.) Problematically, the wireless card didn’t work, and since the thing’s a netbook, the point is kind of that you … Continue reading

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Plenty of work…

I just picked up 45 hours of work over the next 2 weeks, in 5 shifts. I’m going to spend several days on the coast (ish), sleeping in a hotel. Not that I’ll have time or energy to drive down … Continue reading

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Going on vacation

For our 9th anniversary, Ben & I are going to Asheville for a long weekend. There will likely be pictures. Monday I get to drive to Fayetteville for training, then after that, I can start working. Yay. I’ve got 20,000 … Continue reading

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Looking up!

I’ve got about 14500 words on the space opera action romance novella. I’m vaguely concerned it’s not fast paced enough, since the action doesn’t start until about 12000 words in. But there’s romancey bits in the first half. I got … Continue reading

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