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Cleaning is its own reward, especially when there is forgotten Christmas chocolate underneath the rubble covering the dining room table.

(Really rich chocolate makes me sneeze.)

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Linda expressed optimism at today's meeting. Apparently, some books actually do get a big "Don't publish this!!" stamp on them from the tech review process; ours didn't. This is a good thing. All the reviewers agreed that one particular section needs a complete rewrite, but most everything beyond that is tweaks, suggestions regarding shifts of focus. I am not going to read these reviews in detail until I've read the first draft cover-to-cover myself, which I started to do last weekend. Cuppa coffee, a big stack of paper with wide margins, and a ballpoint. Yessa.

Erik and I might have switched places to some degree... after taking responsibility for most of the words in the first draft, he's now totally entangled in other stuff, at work and elsewhere. I, on the other hand, have plenty of time (I've even asked Arcus not to send me work for the time being) and, hmm, a variable level of optimism for the project. It flags quickly, and recharges just as quickly when I talk to someone about it, or even just get in a good working mode.

Now I will head to the Diesel and hope that there is a place to sit. If so, I will work for a while, and then the first meeting of the Zendonuts will come to order. I wonder what will happen!!!