While trying to clean up the copy-edits. Jane’s been over it, I’ve been over it, Jane went over the front end and read; we both agree that the c/e first section has to be fixed and fixed with some major work to get back to where we were before we tried to follow the suggestions made (as it turns out, in a bit of confusion), so I have stopped work on the Bren book to sit by Jane as she re-edits the chapter. I read a book, the not-too-deep novelization of Guild Wars, the game we both play, and wait until Jane wants to read her fix aloud. This is the best way to get back to where we were without totally tossing out the c/e’s and the designer’s work. It’s a real headache.

While we were gone we had to trust the pond to just leaving the back porchlight on, and we invested in some advanced tech critter-specific sound repellant, which I have now set up. Next is to turn out the light and see if this works.

The post implanting went pretty well. Some jaw soreness, just from the length of the procedure. Not awful at all, if you have a good dentist, and this one is.

We’re just real tired, real sore from too many potatoes while we were on the road, and needing to drop some weight. So off we go on another diet, this one just dedicated to food excepting potatoes, and more balance, less of everything else. Typical breakfast: a boiled egg, a half an English muffin ‘buttered’ with mayo, a slice of fruit or half a small banana, and a tablespoon of cottage cheese. Typical lunch, half a piece of 20-grain toast, a tablespoon of peanut butter, slice of fruit. Typical supper: 3 meatballs, small serving spaghetti with tablespoon of sauce; serving of green beans. Measurement. Restraint. Balance. LESS. And no potatoes.

Both of us are just real tired from the whole year. We’re not going to Worldcon. There’s no way we’d have the energy if somebody handed us first-class tickets and a suite at the Ritz. We just haven’t got it, and we’ve got the c/e to deal with and a book to finish and another to start.