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Sep. 1st, 2005 03:18 pmI've been absent for the last few days - sorry, all, for the silence.
My back went out late last week. Not a full-blown crisis, but enough pain to keep me from doing much more than laying on the couch for a few days. Strangely enough, though, I was also too restless to do much online, so I'm pretty out of touch. I hope to catch up to everyone's posts over the next few days.
The Katrina storm coverage has been pretty much all-consuming - I've had little else on my mind since Monday, which was Toys and my eighth wedding anniversary, a little fact we'd both pretty much plain forgotten about until his parents surprised us with a delivery of sweetheart roses, and my folks caught us wtih a card and a call. (I'm honestly rotten with dates - in that light, happy belated birthday to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pukajen, a wonderful overworked sweetie who I was very glad to be able to meet this year, and another happy birthday to the very, very generous romanyg!) We went out to dinner, and that was about the extent of the celebration, but like I told my folks on the phone, every day still feels like an anniversary to us. Which, after eight years - which is just the time we made it official before a SF judge, not the whole time we've known each other - isn't a bad thing. He's my precious sweetie, and it just gets better all the time. I should stop here before I actually get mushy.
I'll probably venture out for a walk in a minute. The weather's been good - surprisingly so, thank god the endless summer fog seems to be over and we're getting some stunning early-autumn weather already - and any kind of mild exercise is a really good idea right now. I think Toys and I are going to visit the comic store and see if the new funnybooks are in.
I'm working, methodically, on DIHTMS. God, I want to finish this soon. The sequel story, or the idea of it anyway, is really starting to take shape. I must, simply must, clear this deck so I can start getting that one ready to sail.
My back went out late last week. Not a full-blown crisis, but enough pain to keep me from doing much more than laying on the couch for a few days. Strangely enough, though, I was also too restless to do much online, so I'm pretty out of touch. I hope to catch up to everyone's posts over the next few days.
The Katrina storm coverage has been pretty much all-consuming - I've had little else on my mind since Monday, which was Toys and my eighth wedding anniversary, a little fact we'd both pretty much plain forgotten about until his parents surprised us with a delivery of sweetheart roses, and my folks caught us wtih a card and a call. (I'm honestly rotten with dates - in that light, happy belated birthday to
pukajen, a wonderful overworked sweetie who I was very glad to be able to meet this year, and another happy birthday to the very, very generous romanyg!) We went out to dinner, and that was about the extent of the celebration, but like I told my folks on the phone, every day still feels like an anniversary to us. Which, after eight years - which is just the time we made it official before a SF judge, not the whole time we've known each other - isn't a bad thing. He's my precious sweetie, and it just gets better all the time. I should stop here before I actually get mushy.I'll probably venture out for a walk in a minute. The weather's been good - surprisingly so, thank god the endless summer fog seems to be over and we're getting some stunning early-autumn weather already - and any kind of mild exercise is a really good idea right now. I think Toys and I are going to visit the comic store and see if the new funnybooks are in.
I'm working, methodically, on DIHTMS. God, I want to finish this soon. The sequel story, or the idea of it anyway, is really starting to take shape. I must, simply must, clear this deck so I can start getting that one ready to sail.