So, today we had a book signing...

The weather, it was rainy.

The book signing was small-but-lively, at Children's Book Cellar, our local independent bookstore, in celebration of the release of Liaden Universe® Companion Volume Two. After, Steve and I went across the street to Midnight Blues, where the music went just fine with lunch. We ran into our friend Jean while we were there and caught up on some fannish doin's, including news of a Pratchett con to be held in September 2009, and yes, Jean's on the committee, a distance of 2,000 miles being the merest bagatelle in con-running fandom.

Replete, we wandered up Main Street to Al Corey's Music Store, where Steve considered guitars, and guitar lessons, while I lusted briefly after an electric piano.

Back to the car and up the road, then, Dave Brubeck on Argent's CD player, arriving through gridlock at Home Despot, where we handily acquired a space heater for the bathroom, so Rolanni doesn't have to break the ice on the shower in the morning before she steam-blasts herself into consciousness, and a string of blue LED twinkle lights to replace the half-burned-out white string now in place 'round the top of the kitchen cabinets. The single string, I realize belatedly, may be too short, but there's undoubtedly another trip to Home Despot in my future, anyway...

To home, finally, and damply, we discovered that the mailman had left a Large Envelope from arcaedia, which proved to be full of the German edition of Carpe Diem, and a smaller envelope also from arcaedia, which contained the check related to the German editions.

This, children, is how it Ought to be Done.

Now, having had a brief nap, and snurgled cat belly, perhaps I will see if that string of lights is too short, after all.

All in all, it's been a Good Day.

And hoping yours was the same.