I'm a lucky girl! Amanda is making that scarf for my birthday. I would still like to start knitting again, maybe, but in the meantime I'll just say -- thank you! You made my day. I am well on my way to becoming Slytherin!

And something else that made my day -- I woke up this morning to a package from OHIO! And let me just say how impressed I am. Because I know how hard it is to get things in the mail early, and this was put in the mail Very Early.

Which reminds me. I owe an apology to the two of you who have been patiently waiting for circs from me. I really meant to have them in the mail by now. I am sorry. Time has somehow slipped away from me here. Mea culpa!

My flight is tomorrow and I am starting to get stressed out! Because I just have so many things to get done today. But I'll be on the plane tomorrow morning no matter what gets done or doesn't get done... so stress isn't going to help anything. I'll just do what I can.

Finally: updates will be erratic while I am away from home. But I will check in when I can. And I will have access to my e-mail some of the time, if anyone needs to reach me.