I feel like I've been in hibernation, spending it in the service hallways of big hotels. To see the sun (or, rather, the clouds) is uplifting.

We did well this weekend, making on Saturday alone way over the amount we were hoping to make all weekend, so Bob T was very happy. I sold more sheet music and music books than I ever knew existed. Piano teachers, man, they're awesome. I think I'll have to take it up again; it was amazing to watch people sit down at the piano in the room and have beautiful music come spilling forth from their hands.

Anyway. It's gonna take a couple of days to recouperate from the weekend, but I now have four crisp hundred dollar bills that I didn't have earlier, so I'm a happy camper. That, and I think the time spent driving between here and Long Beach listening to "Buffy - The Album" ended up productive - I've got a new storyline settling in my head. A category, which is what I'm aiming for. I want to get three chapters and an outline together so I can send it to NY in early March - ambitious deadline, but then why not? I've got enough time in the day, I just need the discipline. At least I'm not trying to do it before going to Rome - that *would* be nuts.

Valentine's Day was good - rotisserie chicken and champagne and strawberry shortcake, and the best part was I didn't have to cook!

Time to catch up on email, and then stare at the computer for awhile, trying to sort out this storyline...