This has been an interesting few days. I've been procrastinating about shipping the next box of stuff ... I should probably get it packed up tonight and shipped tomorrow, but I've been procrastinating about that. Instead, I've been doing some cleaning, pitched an old bookcase, took Simba for his booster shot yesterday, and am gonna pitch another bag of stuff later on today. I really am a pack rat ... I shouldn't have this much crap that I need to get rid of ... *sigh* Oh, and I get to take Simba to get neutered on Thursday (which would be tomorrow, I think) ... it was actually kinda funny when Shadow got neutered, because he was still under the effects of the anesthesia when I got him home, and he was all dazed and confused and stumbling around. Maybe it sounds cruel, but I preferred it when he was like that, cause he stayed out of trouble ... it's hard for an anesthisized cat to jump up on things and wreak havoc, which he has a tendency to do.

Oh, and Kitty (my eldest cat, not my editor! lol) got a bath last night. She was NOT happy about that, but her coat wasn't looking too pretty, and since she's a princess, I like her to have a nice, shiny (and clean) coat. She's been meowing more than usual ever since, so I think she's still pissed at me. Shadow needs a bath as well, but it takes forever to bathe him because he always puts up a huge fuss, even moreso than Kitty or Simba.

I had a very troubling conversation tonight with someone who I care very much about. He said some very scary things, and it got me very worried and upset. Knowing someone online and not being able to be there physically for them, or to be able to go over to their house and intervene if necessary, is a hard thing. I was really at a loss as to what to do, and the things that were said were so troubling that they required real-life intervention. Needless to say, I really didn't know what to do except listen and urge them not to do anything stupid. But under the circumstances, that wasn't enough, so I turned to the only person I could think of who might be able to help and, bless her heart, she got right on it, as well as calming me down in the process (I was crying, which I don't do very often). So, thank you to my online guardian angel.

As for the writing stuff, Chapter 15 has already been through the first edit, and should be posted on time this weekend, and I'm almost finished writing Chapter 17 (hopefully by tonight, unless I get distracted, which I tend to do). I also wrote a couple more paragraphs for my Summer Anthology entry. I know how I want it to end, and how the story is going to go in general ... it's just *how* to get there that's always the problem. But I'm sure that whatever mess of a story I come up with, Kitty will rescue it as usual.

Anywho, it's about time to feed the little devils, then take a nap, and then decide what I need to get done tonight and tomorrow. So much to do still, and less than two months now to get it done ...