Here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.

Says the Red Queen to Alice.

Thinks I as I plan my day, my week, my month.

Tomorrow I leave for New Orleans till Sunday and the Bloog leaves for Rio till Monday. Excited? Check. Nervous? Also check. Wishing I had a little more time? Triple check.

There’s lots to do, between upkeep and comfort-level-gaining at Casa del Gato con Tres Piernas…
schoolwork and – paper? I have to write a paper? – for grad school…
Thanksgiving plans, say the relatives? Who needs those until the day before?…
wondering if I’ll have to move again soon…
spending my vacation time with what I hope very, very, very much will be happy endings and good results…
Christmas in seven weeks and one day and only two presents bought…
getting all my work done at work…
and most importantly of all, doing the stuff and spending the time with my favoritest person, who is getting severely short shrift this month.