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anyone know, or know how to find out, when something rotten is due out in paperback?

and: comments on yuletide stuff answered. [checks this off to-do list] (except the ones where people didn't leave e-mail addresses. them, i'll have to track down.)

when i said i got to remain anonymous for another hour and a half, of course i meant for another thirteen and a half hours. duh. silly me. [eta: and people are digging it. cool.]

but actually it's even longer than that, since the Yuletide reveal -- which i thought was going to be at noon today -- has apparently been delayed. which, let me be perfectly clear, is no problem at all, as the lovely astolat deserves all the shut-eye she can get. [genuflects before astolat and tzikeh]

back in my parents' house. lopped a day off the family visit because my grandparents find it wearing to have people in the house so much -- more on that tomorrow, perhaps. am only at skip=250, which is a decent thing about going away for a short time over a holiday when the posting is light. have been getting lovely comments (including some from people i admire very much) on my yuletide fic, which, if i could thank you all in such a way that you knew it was me, i would, but not yet. only, i'm pleased. :-)

am full of dinner. my brother's sister- and brother-in-law were stuck on the plane for a lot longer than they were supposed to be (actually they were supposed to get in yesterday, but their flight was cancelled, and then today they landed on time but sat there for an hour before anyone was able to connect the plane to a jetway), so dinner was late, but still good, and good company, and yay. roast beef, yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes, veg, salad, and more dessert than you can shake a stick at. brother's mother-in-law brought triple chocolate mousse cake and replica wedding cake (from the same baker who did the original). we also had christmas pudding, which was a big hit. am stuffed.

must now chip away some more at the yuletide pinch-hit, and get up in the morning to drive to my grandparents'. i will likely (extremely likely, since i don't think i'm even going to bother bringing the laptop with me) be internet-less until late in the day on the 28th. but i will have my cell phone with me.

happiness and peace, y'all. amen.

yuletide assignment is off my desk. huzzah! yay for the betas, and now the chance that i will forget about the thing entirely until i wake up in a panic on the 22nd and it's too late and the thing was done but just not submitted and i have effectively banned myself from ever participating again is nil. huzzah!

[crosses this item off to-do list]

and now, it is almost 5am, so soon i will hop in the shower, emerge from the shower, pack my last few items, stop downstairs to ring QueenP's buzzer so he doesn't oversleep and miss his bus, and head out to catch my bus -- on which i will sleep and be taken to the airport.

woo-hoo!