Adult, Hardcore

Stepping in for a moment. My apologies to you, o faithful reader, for not supplying you with sufficiently writerly or geeky content. We're almost done with the second week of the new semester, so I have been constantly talking to students and instructors at work. It may surprise you that most of my Internet life is at work, and at home, I tend to write.

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So, what have I been up to? I've had a few days of being an adult, hardcore. This morning I sacrificed my writing time to go see my fiscal adviser. Yes, money, distasteful. But I am trying to retire early, and I am trying to retire after only 22 years of full time employment, so I had to reorganize my portfolio, and set up a fund for donating extra money to the cause. Depending on how the monthly budget pans out, I may add EVEN MOAR extra money to the cause. It still looks like I'm going to need some income in my retirement, so let's hope it's writerly. However, I would be willing to do a faerie godmom gig at Disney if they want me. More to the point, I could teach adjunct at a community college if I had to.

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Another hard core adult activity is getting my ribs re-checked. I'm leaving work a little early today to get my ribs scrutinized. As you know, about 3 months ago, the theory was that I cracked some cartilage in my ribs, and I should allow it to heal. I am trying to exercise very lightly, and I still get some pain. Right now, sitting here, I'm still getting some pain. It will probably turn out to be one of those old person things, and I have to live with it, which means I'll have to rethink my exercise, but I want to know that. I also keep getting these Charlie Horses occasionally on my right side at an inopportune moment, and I want to know what that's all about.

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Being an adult isn't all responsibility and aches and pains. Bryon and I put down some money on our 25th anniversary trip last night. We had to bail on the France trip for a variety of reasons, so we are Disney Cruising to the Bahamas for 4 days, and then we are Disney Worlding for 4 days. Our good friends Aric and Kim will meet us at the park, so we get some quality time alone on the cruise, and a great time with good friends at the park. I'm looking forward to July!

Come to think of it, I'm looking forward to June too, what with Taos and all. And May, what with Wiscon and all. Hey, this adult thing isn't half bad.

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So, off to the doctors. The next post will probably be a State of the Union thing. And a Hugo recommendation thing. I'm closing in on those stories.

A bientot.

Cath

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