A Great Weekend

My husband and I had big plans this weekend.  Between Halloween and our wedding anniversary, it was going to be a blowout end to a rainy October.

Unfortunately, my youngest daughter is currently going through a phase -- the one where she experiments with lots of different viruses.  This week, she chose a sweet old chestnut that isn't at all dangerous, but does create mountains of extra laundry, frequent over-the-counter medicine cocktails, and repetitions of Dr. Seuss books deep into the night.

Since all our plans involved mixing our children with our friends' children, we cancelled everything.  Besides, Mommy and Daddy are tired (pronounced tarred, because we live in Texas.)

This sounds very sad, but there is an upside:

1.  Tonight I bought a new desk and chair.  I have had other desks, but my husband has managed to annex every one to his dark, untidy, electronics-plagued man-kingdom.  This new one is absolutely off-limits to everyone but me, so I can use it as a NaNoWriMo headquarters (and craft station).
2.  Late tomorrow night, after the kids are in bed, I'm going to a NaNoWriMo kick-off write-in.  My husband was shocked - SHOCKED - that I wouldn't prefer to spend our anniversary on the couch watching TV, but also relieved to have the freedom to read Robert Jordan guilt-free.

Anyway, my posts for the next month might be a little spotty and will almost certainly be NaNo-centric.  Consider yourself warned.