OKAY.

So, this week has included, thus far:

1. vacation Monday, which ended with

2. ceiling collapse/need a new roof Tuesday.

3. roofer consultations and bids galore.

4. visit to grandchild's classroom for class opera The Friends (excellent, by the by).

5. lunch with grandchild and fam.

6. second lunch with colleague and friend.

7. book group.

8. breakfast with daughter and grandson.

9. food shopping for

10. baby shower for other colleague and friend.

As full of delights as this list is--and it is full! heaven knows, busting out all over with delights!--I need to get to work.

The historian and I just had a little midday phone call, because (a) more roofing talk, and (b) I left my phone at a store across the street from where I had breakfast this morning. He said, "So what have you got to do today?"

To which I replied, "I have a whole list":

1. straighten (this verb includes a myriad of stuff and messes)

2. wash (the whites and the sheets)

3. make videos (which I owe, in a sense, my college...therefore, I have procrastinated and resisted--one of my small handful of key, signature moves)

4. sew (I have inventoried the piles of fabric I have accumulated over the years. I am going to make things out of this fabric. Some things.)

5. cook @ 4. For the baby shower.

So it's time to get cracking.

Notice how there's no writing in that list? I wonder: what's that about?

How will the writer's strike affect you? Read on:

I found this link on Mighty Girl (which is an excellent blog which is often very, very funny--see this post on drunk texting, for instance--you will laugh yourself silly).

Now dear reader, I know you don't always follow my links. How do I know this? I just do. From my perch in the blogosphere, I can see into your innermost thoughts. And among your innermost thoughts, I heard this one: how will the writer's strike affect me? Reader, I am here in your hour of need with this link.

Just in case you missed it: this link will answer your questions and possibly your prayers, give you solace and peace of mind, chill you out like a crazy pill and an ice bath combined. Also, it's very, very funny. So don't even think about skipping this link.