i'm back from outer space

The one thing I hate about going to the beach on Memorial Day weekend with the boy...the traffic. The hellish traffic...hence the reason I'm already home. Because boy woke me up at the asscrack of dawn to "beat" the traffic. Now I'm catching up on friends' list and preparing for lunch with the family. My mother wants to see a movie, but there is nothing that we *all* want to see (and that's her requirement). She keeps recommending this movie called Layer Cake. Anyone heard anything about it?

The good thing about the weekend that was awesome - while the boy went off on his sailboat, I sat and read two books. Ahhh...I miss just reading a lot, without worrying that none of my own writing is done.

Of course, now it hits me that I have TWO ficathon pieces due tomorrow and wednesday. Eep! After family gathering today, I will force myself to write! Oh crap!

Anyway, reading Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell, I am once again reminded that she and I are the same kind of nerd. I love to go to Presidential Libraries and do all that historical stuff - and as I read her latest book, I find myself thinking, "That would be cool to follow John Wilkes Booth escape route from DC one weekend." The boy proceeds to state that I'm too intrigued by crazy, racist zealots. He's probably onto something, but it's still interesting.

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Not much else to report. Hope everyone had a good weekend!

I'm already counting down the days to next weekend in the Poconos for girl's weekend. I love my summer full of trekking about on weekends. Now if only I had the money to travel like I used to (damn rent really put a damper on my traveling), it would be even better!

Woo-hoo!

It's done! My takethehouse fic is complete and in the hands of my trusty betas. Hopefully, it won't make them cry because of its terribleness. Hopefully, it meets the request and the person it's for will end up liking it. I tried a few of the other requests available to me, but for some reason this was the one that wanted to be written. It's weird because originally I thought I'd be ignoring that one. Nope. It's the one that got written.

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So it's done. And since there is nothing on television I can go back to reading The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing without any guilt over not finishing my story. Woo-hoo.

That leaves the I Miss Chris Ficathon piece to be written, but that's not due until Friday (I love being the person running it, thus enabling me to postpone the due date. heh.) That one shouldn't be too hard. Angsty!Chris muse tends to live in my head most of the time - he's always bugging me for more attention - and this just gives me the opportunity to do what he wants.

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Okay, I'm off to do some reading and hoping that the betas don't hate the story. Wouldn't that suck?