Hey, I just wanted to post a quick journal entry to explain why the posts are becoming so scarce on the ground lately...

We've been travelling back and forth since Patrick's vacation time started,which has been great and really fun (as well as totally exhausting). We've got internet access, but even I, a total addict to the net, have a hard time justifying to myself much net-surfing/ working when we're visiting people I don't often get to see! :) So anyway, starting around January 7, posting should become much more regular again.

In the meantime, we're in beautiful Michigan, which does at least have enough snow to feel festive and Christmas-y, and Patrick and I are celebrating our 2-1/2 year anniversary. :) We watched "Return of the Kings" with my brothers a couple of days ago, which was great--our favorite of the trilogy--and will probably see it again soon. Right now, we're hanging out at one of my favorite coffeeshops in the world, and I've managed to write one new page of the Eszterhaza novel, which is at least something (and we're on holiday, so what the heck...my standards are lowering like mad). I'm eighteen pages into the novel and enjoying it a lot, despite the constant hassle of coming across new historical details to go in the "Must Look Up Soon!" pile.

Happy Hanukah and Christmas and Kwanzaa to everybody!