fivebyevif

On the first day of Spring, I sucked sixteen gallons of water out of my basement.

Eff you, Spring!

Well, the story got done. Which is to say I wrote something I am more than less happy with, and sent it to an editor, who I hope thinks the same. Then I sat and wished for a pot of gold and a laptop. So far, neither has materialized.

I’m baking a cake for a certain someone’s birthday. Said cake will be taken to work, so he and the rest of my coworkers can nom on it and so I won’t be trapped alone with it. The certain someone is also getting dinner Friday night, and though I won’t be doing anything too extravagant, I do intend to try to make chocolate souffle for us.

That’s not too extravagant. No, really.

I got fined two weeks ago for not having a front license plate. Apparently, what’s legal in California isn’t always legal in Missouri — who knew! I was super annoyed because I really thought the cop was going to be nice, warn me, and let me go on my way to fix the problem. Which I would have. Really.

But — no. Apparently, being a good (but ignorant) person who pays her taxes on time and has yet to bite a cop while he was sticking her with a fine doesn’t matter anywhere. So I get to pay that and fix the problem, which is fixed because I am awesome and not a bad person who deserves to be stuck with a crappy $75 fine.

Okay, I guess I’m still annoyed.

We are going camping next week. I will be happy to sleep in, eat hot dogs and pancakes, and not have to worry about flooded basements, anthologies, and the plates on my car. Yay!