chugging along

There hasn't been much to report lately. Same old thing--work, write, sleep, chores. Nothing very exciting. We have had some interesting customers in. There was one teenage Asian boy today with fake Bozo red hair who asked if he could have a spoon. I said no, he had to eat it with his hands, and he looked at me blankly for a second before he laughed and took a spoon. Then there was the little boy in last week with a group of moms and kids who managed to reach down a large yogurt bowl and put it on his head. He and his little friends were giggling about his bowl head. One of his friends, not to be outdone, took one bowl in each hand and put them over his ears, Princess Leia style. I must be a grandma-in-training because it was adorable. I think my body must be adjusting to the job. I'm not exhausted and drooling when I get home anymore. I'm not ready to go out dancing, of course, but it's a lot better than it was. I bought thick hiking socks from Eddie Bauer a couple weeks ago, too. They're expensive and worth every penny.

We did the Springfield Games last weekend. I got sunburned, of course. We leaned the "Story Telling On Request" sign against the tent leg and I had several people come by and ask, which made me happy. I sold one copy of BSF, and we went to dinner with a couple who are going to Scotland with us. Jenn split her time between us and photographing the StL dancers who were there competing, which was great. I e-mailed her last week and told her Walter the Muse wants a new dragon story, and now she talks about Walter like he's a physical person. She wants me to find a Walter model for a photo shoot. That makes three different ones we want to do, not counting the new author photos I should have now that my hair is long.

Eric started his permanent job today. He Facetimed (that's an iPhone video call, Stephen) me from work. His view is amazing. He's right on the river, across from the opera house. My commute is still better. :-)

I need to figure out a blogging schedule, maybe devote one day a month to blog posts and schedule them. I've been blogging on Mondays for a long time, but I forget and then I go to work, and when I get home I don't have the brain power to do it. I'm holding out hope that I'll continue to get more functional, but in the meantime I need to do something differently.

So I think that's about it. Jean, I'm glad to hear your knee is healing properly. What's going on with you, Stephen? And we haven't heard from Tammy in eons! Have a good week.