Going to have a few friends over for dinner tonight, so I’m putting on my Martha Stewart hat and trying out a new recipe. Not just a new recipe, but something I’m pretty much making up out of whole cloth. I’ll give more details later – surprises are fun!

It’s been a pretty quiet week overall. Working around the house, applying to jobs as usual, etc. The one notable thing is that takaza and I agreed that, after Anthrocon, he’s going to start the ball rolling on getting a transfer to his company’s headquarters in Chicago. For what we’re paying here we could easily live in Chicago, and his job is the only thing that keeping us here (well, and the wonderful friends we have, of course). There’s pretty much no hope of me finding anything locally but I’ve gotten several leads for stuff in the Chicago area, but it’s stuff you can really only pursue if you’re local. So we’ll see what happens in the next few weeks.

We have no real plans this weekend, save for working on preparations for Anthrocon. The Fourth of July has never been that big of a deal for me, and the idea of fighting huge crowds to watch fifteen minutes of “Ooh Ahh!” just doesn’t excite me. Plus, given the amount of money we’re going to be spending next weekend, the idea of going anywhere and spending money is, well, unappealing. We’ll probably just stay close to home this weekend.

As for Anthrocon, I’m working and reworking the Artist Alley payout process, trying to make it as efficient as possible with the fewest number of people. I think between Dan and I we’ve nailed down something pretty good. He’s working on the newsletter, and I’m really hoping he’ll have it mostly ready except for the stuff that needs to go in on-site by the time we leave on Wednesday. Dammit, I want my wolf in bed before 4 AM – I need someone to snuggle with! I’m needy that way.

Well, I’m off to do a touch of housecleaning in preparations for company. Hope y’all have a great (and safe!) holiday weekend.