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Hello everybody. I'm a little pressed for time, but I wanted to post something since I've been absent the last few days.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Mine was busy with running Meredith around. We went shopping for boots for her on Saturday, but came home empty-handed and sore-footed. (Well, my feet were sore.)

Sunday we left home at 9:30 to get to her soccer game that was over an hour away. Her new boyfriend, Matt, came along. Mer's team won their game 8-3 - a good way to end the season. Afterward, we ALL - kids, parents, and coaches - went to Ruby Tuesdays for an end of season party. Got home around 5:30 that evening. I was very, very tired.

New boyfriend Matt:
- is cute
- is very nice
- is mature
- is responsible
- is going to the local community college, studying Criminal Justice
- has been accepted to a four-year school for next semester, but is still debating whether he wants to go there - they want to recruit him for football
- is working part-time on a farm
- wants to work as a state trooper for a few years after college, then hopes to enter the Secret Service
- was able to chat with me amiably and intelligently all day
- volunteered to replace the worn belts in my car's engine

I like him very much. Ergo, he won't last the week.

Gina and Ayla will likely kick my butt, but I have determined that I just don't have time for NaNo. I'm hopelessly behind now, and still have no concrete outline of where I want to go. So, I think I'm out. I have the two exchange fics I need to complete, and seeing as I am the slowest writer on the planet (at least the hemisphere), they will require my full writerly attention. Sorry to my NaNo buddies, if you are disappointed. I will try to plan better for next year.

I haven't totally written off my Thanksgiving trip yet, but it's getting sketchier. The pick-up needs an alternator. Blergh.