I solved the label problem! This was followed by Things I Learned This Week, Part II: sitting on the floor putting labels in the booklets for hours destroys my lower back. I could barely walk afterwards. I had a chiro appt this morning and my lower back made all sorts of positive crunchy noises. My neck, on the other hand, did not, despite Doc’s best efforts. If it hasn’t loosened up by the end of the War, I’m going in again the following week. Stress sucks.

We then went to Costco and stocked up on various things. Then we met with our financial advisor (formerly known simply as our insurance guy) to discuss rolling Ken’s old 401K into real investments. I can’t begin to explain how old and staid that makes me feel. After that, we had lunch—a gyro for me and an ortega burger for Ken—and reserved our RV for the War. The place we rented from last year has raised their rates and added other fees, so we essentially said “screw you” (not directly, but implied) and found another place that was running a rent-3-days, get 3-days free deal. It means we’ll be going on site to stay a day later, but that’s entirely do-able.

It looks as though Ken will be in Portland for the last two weeks of October or thereabouts, and then in Korea for all of November and probably the first week of December. Man oh man, I know the money’s good, but the separation is going to be painful. Although, we’ve discussed buying a used second laptop, so maybe I could do some travelling in November as well? Not sure about that yet.

Rejection today from the Blowfish anthology. MA kept the story a long time, so it came close, but it was a form rejection so we’re not sure why, in the end. It’s a fantastic story (if I do say so myself)—this is “Stranger to My Shore”, BTW—but it’s going to be a hard sell. It has a merman in it, and it’s longer than most anthos go for. I’m starting to think Teresa and I should do an antho of erotic fantasy stories (we have more than enough, both published and unpublished, written solely and together).

Oh, ack, and SF-F.org just declined “Testing the Waters” because they’re going on hiatus. Excuse me while I go pound my head on the desk for awhile. (Actually, I’m going to go take a shower and think about other things…)