Monday, Monday

Today is probably the busiest Monday I've had in awhile: from work to a lunch date to picking up the clothes I'll need for the Greece and Turkey trip (I've lost two or three blouses since then, and having something lightweight with sleeves makes visiting Turkish mosques easier). This means I've not yet gotten any work done, but I may yet accomplish something toward those deadlines I mentioned by the end of the day.

In the meantime, here's a photo of my lunch date. I had a fabulous time with jenlyn_b and amanda_marrone, being regaled with tales of everything from puppy raising (not a good idea while writing a novel under deadline) and being chased by monkeys (not a good idea in general).



Here's us! I started out standing in the middle, but I looked *incredibly* short that way, so we shuffled around a bit.

After lunch, I went to Wal-Mart to get some supplies for traveling and also to do a little bit of reconnaissance--jenlyn_b said she'd heard rumors of the Squad appearing on Wal-Mart shelves. Alas, I didn't see them (sorry Jen!), but I did find two other lj-ers:



Look! It's rkvincent's Rogue and One Foot in the Grave by frost_light! I have now happily joined the ranks of writers who take pictures of their blog-buddies' books in stores.

And now... to start making headway against those projects...