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Guess who just earned out her advance?

Yes, that I had that conversation means other conversations are now in play.

My traveling life 2009/2010 (SO FAR):

- Oct 17 - 18: New Haven (w/ Patty)
- Nov 17 - 21: Switzerland (desk job)
- Jan 3 - 14: Caribbean (w/ Patty)
- Feb 25 - Mar 1: Los Angeles (Gallifrey One)
- Mar ??? - Washington DC (LoC reading, hopefully w/ Patty)
- Mar 19 - 21: Rye Brook (Lunacon w/ Patty)
- Apr 12ish - 16ish: London, Cardiff and maybe Ireland (Patty has a conference, I'm tagging along)
- Jul 8 - 9: Bristol, hopefully (academic conference, not sure if Patty will be on a dig then)
- Jul 15 - 18: Florida, maybe (Infinitius, looking more likely by the second)
- September 2 - 6: Atlanta (Dragon*Con w/ Patty)

This doesn't take into account the possibility of a brief jaunt to Ohio in December or the fact that we'd really like to take a weekend in Cold Spring sometimes between November and March or that we might go to a Holiday Ball in December. HOLY CRAP HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE? I AM NOT THAT COOL TO BE ON THE ROAD THIS MUCH.

Speaking of Switzerland, what can I expect the language situation to be like? I have _no_ German and my French will probably come back online after a couple of days. I'm curious not just what level of English people have and how useful my French will be, but what level of language effort on my part decorum demands -- should I learn a few phrases of German?

My birthday is coming up soon, but I am feeling aggressively ambivalent about it.

Man, most of my front-burner writing projects just reached the really cranky stage where I have awesome structure and awesome content, and I'm going to have to sacrifice pieces of each to each other and that makes me sad. Sometimes, in fact, I wish I was worse at structure so that I could leave in more random awesome.

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Congrats on that first dot!

YAY for travel (I have travel envy looking at this)--where are you staying in Cardiff? Ty Rosa I hope! If so, hug Stuart for me. He is adorable. And Max the dog! We hope to get back later in April, possibly early May. So much to explore still...planning to go North somewhere also.

Birthdays don't matter to me anymore. My 47th was in May, and I am healthier, thinner, and happier than I've been in years, so I was fine with it, just fine.

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Oh, I'm not bothered by the age, it just seems like an effort to celebrate, and I'm a little people-d out after the summer.

The Cardiff plans are extremely unsolid right now. We have to wait until Patty books for her academic conference, then I will figure out what dates I'm tagging along, and then will find her busiest day or two to probably head up to Cardiff alone.