Vacation Time

[sraun]

Last week was what we refer to as 'vacation in place' - what with this and that, between October 1st and the end of the year I had 7 days of time off coming, and it's all 'use it or loose it'. I took three days off last week, and I'm taking four days off the first week in December.

The 14th was the release event for The Sharing Knife, Volume 1: Beguilement at Dreamhaven, followed by dinner out with LMB listies and dessert at my house. There are now three sample chapters up at EOS!

The 15th & 16th were quiet days at home - got a bunch of laundry done.

The 17th I went to the doctor for a diabetes follow-up - I need to get more exercise and loose some weight.

The 18th was shopping, followed by hosting gaming in the evening.

The 19th iraunink and I helped kosmickitten paint bernesemntdog's kitchen, and took her to lunch at the original Keys. Then the three of us went out to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. iraunink and I wanted to look at Mountain Ash trees (according to her research, the only tree from the rowan family that grows in our area) - we decided they were nice, but wouldn't work where we're going to be wanting to put a tree. We'll probably get a ginkgo when the time comes. kosmickitten wanted to look at fruit trees to see about replacing a dying maple, so we did that too. bernesemntdog treated us to dinner, then iraunink and I went home, bernesemntdog & kosmickitten went on their merry way.

The 20th iraunink woke up with a bump on her foot - it had felt like a cramp the evening before, now it definitely hurt! She got a doctor's appointment, the doctor x-rayed and diagnosed soft-tissue injury, prescribing rest, elevation, and cold. Came home from the doctor's, iraunink took a nap and I did some more laundry, and some computer stuff. That evening, we went out to dinner with pmrabble, followed by a Minnesota Orchestra concert.

The 21st we went to JoAnn's and got the other half of the fabric iraunink need to make a cloth bag for AJ - she's hoping to have it done in time for him to use for trick-or-treating this Halloween. Then we went to Convivial for the afternoon and evening.

And today I'm back at work!

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[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Because it might be important to you to have the ability to make informed choices, I need to tell you that the woman who founded Keys, and her family, have given a great deal of money to Republican candidates for office in Minnesota.

K.