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Elaine, sounding disappointed: “Why isn’t there school on Christmas?”

Me: “Because people want to be able to spend Christmas with their families.”

Elaine: “Not me!”

Gah. Trudith and Kipper started talking to each other in my head again. I’m supposed to edit book 2 before I start book 3!

Elaine, after hearing me talk about the Wordos’ goal-setting-and-review meeting tonight: “Maybe when I start Wordos, I’ll get a hundred sales!”

I won an award! My short story, “The Canoe Race,” written with Daniel Lowd won the Coyotl Award for Best General Short Story!

DRAFT ONE OF “OTTERS IN SPACE 2” IS DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Instead of fading away as I’ve grown up, my imaginary friend from childhood has taken on new life, first as a side character in my novels and now moonlighting as a baby-sitter for my daughter’s imaginary friends while she’s in school.

Proof I enjoy playing my new ocarina: I’m choosing to practice playing it instead of listening to the new Owl City album.

I can play themes from Indian Jones and Jurassic Park on my fish ocarina. It’s nice to have a little clay fish who will sing for me.

The Beach Boys performing “Good Vibrations” live: nothing will ever sound that good again. But, I think I can live with that.

Editing my grandfather’s account of my grandmother dying from Alzheimer’s is a heart-breaking process.

Oh my gosh! Diablo 3! New Beach Boys album! THIS CAN’T BE POSSIBLE. What’s next??? A new Star Trek series????

Diablo, Beach Boys, and Star Trek are pretty much how I survived high school.