The whole hitting-on-me thing

Okay. I was thinking about this in the airport yesterday.

People talk to me. Personally, I think I just have one of those faces, or one of those auras, or one of those whatevers, that leads people to talk to me. edie22, stronae, and yendi, among others, always assume the person is hitting on me, and I always object.

I guess part of the reason for my objections - besides the fact that I don't find myself to be pretty - is that I would much rather credit this to something thinking I seem cool or like a good listener than someone thinking "whoa, nice rack." I want to believe that my personality makes more of an impression than my appearance. I really, really want to believe that.

I dunno. If you've met me, what was *your* first impression?

So.

Miss Kid is oficially Gone For The Summer.

Her camp seems good.. they sent her an info packet with name tags, cabin assignments, and a full hour-by-hour schedule for the 6 weeks she'll be there. Not just swimming and horseback riding... karate. "Mad Science". It looks good.

My projects for the summer:

Reorganize her room
Clean out the hall closet and the closet in yendi's office
*Write*.

My goal is to get 10 issues of Shayara written this summer, as well as the graphic novel of the night of the Purges. Been thinking a lot about the Purges lately, and I want to get that down... it was a major turning point for so many of these characters, and it's something that many of them will have flashbacks about, so it's important to have that complete script for the concordance. And, of course, I wanna see it in pictures. :)

What a day...

My shoes hurt. And I forgot my PTSD appointment *again*. Luckily they squoze me in...

Also...

re: the previous, friends-only Shayara post - know that it's so very not-ready-for-prime-time. It's a rough outline only - just something so Mouse and I can keep in mind where people are and what specific events happen in what order. So I know it's not well-written, but that's not the point. :)

For darkmattr

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Gerbil Porn

So for Elayna's birthday, 3 months ago, we bought her two gerbils, Freddy and Woody. We have been operating under the assumption that these are two boy gerbils, and they have done nothing to disabuse us of this assumption.

Until now.

yendi called me over to observe... Freddy was mounting Woody. Like, a lot. Woody was attempting to run like hell. So we're concerned, as we do not want baby gerbils.

As yendi said, it would be perfectly fine if they were gay. I mean, we have a pillowfucking cat; gay gerbils would fit right in. So. Does anyone know if homosexuality exists in gerbils?

Please?

Kidless.

My first full day without Elayna here.

The morning was weird, but it didn't really sink in until tonight.... driving straight home instead of picking her up and ferrying her to karate. It's 8:58 now. I had no clue. My time sense is just gone. She was my time sense.

I don't get to kiss her goodnight.

For 7 weeks.