Whee! New Angel starts tonight! So does syndicated Buffy! And only eight days till brand spanking new Buffy! WHEEEEEE!!!

Sorry. Had to get that out of my system.

What a week. Last weekend I went to Nashville, to hook up with some friends from the Buffy boards. Yes, this was supposed to be the fanfic writing weekend, which was supposed to have culminated in the most amazing episode ever of Dancing Lessons; but other things were on our minds, and our episode schedule has been thrown off kilter, so we didn't get any writing done. We did some brainstorming, and came up with a battle plan, but mostly, we just hung out and enjoyed each other's company all weekend. It was nice, and well worth the drive.

But by the time I got home last Sunday night, I was sick. I thought I was just tired, but Monday morning I woke up with a fever and swollen glands on one side of my neck. Yick. So that went on a few days, during which I mostly slept. In my waking hours I tried to study for a test I had to take Thursday in Social Problems. Some of the studying must have been successful, because I'm fairly certain I passed, which was what I was aiming for. Friday I was feeling better, so I went out to do some shopping with my sister-in-law. She's been married to my brother for five years, and this was the first time she and I have ever gotten together to do anything where we weren't part of a larger group. It was nice. We had fun. I bought some clothes I couldn't really afford, which is always a nice mood lifter. Since then, I've been playing catch up.

Speaking of which, my e-mail account that's linked on all of my web sites has been inaccessible for several days now. If they don't fix it today I'll probably open up a hotmail account, at least temporarily. If you've sent any e-mail to that address, I can't get to it. If you know me well enough to be privy to my ISP addie and have sent e-mail there and haven't heard back from me, see above for my excuse.

I'm almost caught up. Still have some e-mails to answer, and some tapes and CDs to make for people, and a story to finish, and then I start studying for another round of tests, beginning with another Psych test this Thursday. Yay.

Oh. Remember that story that I entered in a scholarship contest sponsored by the Scientologists? Well, the L. Ron Hubbard foundation, at any rate. Same difference. Anyway, I didn't place, but they said it was a "commendable effort." Whatever. These are the same people who think Battlefield Earth is a s/f masterpiece. So anyway, now I'm going to try to sell it, so wish me luck with that.