Those must be some good cookies...

So I'm in the bathroom/laundry room, sorting laundry for the next load, and in comes Mozart to supervise. Not completely unheard of, but not usual, either. He strolls past me and the washing machine, peers into the bathtub, where we've been conducting Operation Foot Soak, walks back to me, makes eye contact and squeaks authoritatively. Several times. And walks back to the bathtub.

Not quite believing what I was seeing here, I started the next batch of laundry, filled the basin in the tub while Mozart waited patiently, picked him up, put his back feet in the water, and held him firmly by the scruff, talking to him. He muttered a bit, which one must, for pride, then time was up. I dried his feet and out we went to the kitchen. He jumped up on the cookie-receiving box and I gave him his treat.

He's now sunning himself in my office window, looking outrageously pleased with himself.

Sigh...

...the headache that's been hanging around the edges of things for the last couple days got ugly for a few hours this afternoon, which kinda nuked my plans to supersize today's writing. It's still there, too, beastly thing, lurking around the edges, just waiting for its chance to sink its pointy little teeth into my gray matter again. If it's not outta here by tomorrow, I guess I'll have to cave and call in the Big Drugs. Hate it.

moon_happy tells me that there are all sorts of delightful things to do in Colorado Springs, besides the incomparable delight of being asked to GoH at COSine. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is looking like a must-see -- who could turn down the opportunity to hand-feed the giraffes? -- plus museums, waterfalls and all sorts of other crunchy goodness to be had. Maybe we should just plan on taking the month of January to play tourist? Hmmmm....
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Project: Crystal Dragon, Second Draft
New Words: 1,303
Total Words: 72,673
Goal: 120,000+/- Though I'm thinking now it will go long. Crystal Soldier is actually a bit underweight, but you don't argue when the perfect stopping point comes along.