Do, do, do the headless chicken *

My lovely friend ecosopher has just posted about the fact that her life is a whirl in which she finds little time for LJ right now. She has multiple children, does an enormous number of things in her community, is creatively productive, cooks healthy food and can see surfaces in her kitchen.

I have the same problem, but no children, am behind on EVERYTHING, and had a mugful of ice-cream for dinner because I could not face doing the dishes. I am giving myself a T for Troll at Being an Adult.

However, one success for the day, I met dragonfly_lily! She and her delightful husband were in town and we were able to catch up for brunch. EXACTLY as she sounds on LJ, funny, generous, clever and just <i>nice</i>, which is one of my favourite qualities. Though we both did that mad girl thing of describing ourselves for recognition purposes in terms of our hair, while she has the most incredible eyes, but I suppose it is a bit odd to say 'Look for the woman with eyes as clear as the sky', and if we were being all literal and specific, I would say 'Look for the short woman who darts around instead of walking like a rational person', which is more distinctive than my hair, but silly.

Thoroughly recommend catching up with her if she is ever headed your way (and given how much they travel, you could be in luck), as aside from the lovely fandom side of things, there is something very happy-making about meeting people who just love each other the way she and her husband do. And I also had the joy of seeing their innocent American faces go all wide-eyed when they realised the sheer variety of flavours Tim Tams are available in!

All day I have been thinking that I have missed someone's birthday, and I think it's actually mahaliem, who is one of the very finest writers in fandom (and generally) and for whom I wish the most wonderful of days with love and treats from everyone, especially those cats! May the present fairies require a massage after their visit to you!

Oh cock in a sock! I've remembered! It's deensey and calanthe_fics ' birthdays on the same day as mahaliem! I knew it was an all-awesome day! DAMNIT, D lives in Sydney. At least I still have time to email Cal on the right day! I love you both, darlings! And I don't even deserve that T! I just need to get to next Tuesday and things will be less frantic, at which point I will play catch-up!


* To the tune of the Funky Gibbon by The Goodies