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    Hi all.

    This morning is my kind of morning - cold, windy, and rainy!  I love it!  It doesn't do much for this damn coughing of mine, though.

    I had a great time with my daughter on Friday when I picked her up.  We went all the way downtown to catch the commuter train, although we could have easily caught one there in Oak Park.  She'd never been to a huge station like that before.  She milked me pretty good for food, treats, and two books.  Then we played Harry Potter going to the Hogwarts Express.  However, although High School Musical was on twice that night (featuring the future Mrs. Meredith Newton, Olesya Rulin), we watched only part of one showing.  We did so much in such a short period of time.

    My writer's block was finally cleared on Sunday.  Out of a minimum 5,000 words required for the introductory chapter I hammered out 2,500 in one afternoon.

    For some reason I'm feeling this sense of optimism and happiness that I haven't had in a long time.  Eight months, to be exact.  I've been delivering these incredible lectures at school (being modest here, aren't I?), although it's lost on most of them.  I've been writing like mad, and planning all my summer outfits for when I start getting better paychecks with the upcoming editor's job.

    But the big news for me is my medical condition. They ran some lab tests on me recently, and all my blood work came back within acceptable limits.  That was such a relief.  I thought that my liver would be blocking my move to HRT. Now it looks like that hurdle has been taken care of.

    My sister joined TW. Her name here is Jen Jen.  No blackmailing me about anything, okay?  I don't care how much you know!