Raven

Poor svetocha_blooms/izzyalienqueen was admitted to the hospital last night for pancreatitis & gall bladder issues. She's not sure how long she's going to be there -- probably until tomorrow at least, maybe longer. :(

The lovely svetocha_blooms is in the Bahamas, but alas, the internet speed is crappy there, and loading LJ has been difficult. Go on, everyone shed a tear for her as the snow falls on many of us.

Anyway, Dru's a kitty until her return this weekend.

I am in Minnesota for the holidays. It is, of course, currently snowing. While my parents have upgraded to the 21st century and have wifi, they give me very sad looks when I spend to much time on the computer. So I will be around, but odds are I'll be slow.

But I have cookies. Mmmmmmm, oh yes. And waffles. NOM NOM NOM.

Tomorrow afternoon I am heading to Hoth. Well, north of Hoth officially. I will be spending a long weekend in a cabin on the shores of Lake Ontario, hoping the lake doesn't try to kill me this year. (True story, it did try one year. Odds are good this year it won't be able to make an attempt because it will be too frakking cold to kayak.) In theory there might be a wifi connection I can sneak on, but I doubt it. I'll probably be going into withdrawal by Friday night. But after the winery tour Saturday, I'll be too drunk to care. Ice wine. Mmmmmm.

Raven's hiding in her room and meditating and being avoidy, Leia's holed up working remotely on Senate stuffs, Vida's probably a peacock again, and Jessica is taking a long nap, which means someone will need to post Caritas Friday night for me, please? I'll be back in touch Sunday when I actually go to Hoth to see wannabelawyer. \o/

I am heading off to Maine later this afternoon to spend a long weekend relaxing on beachfront property. Seriously, if this house was any more on the beach it would be in the water. Allegedly there is internet, so I may be around a bit from time to time, but just in case there isn't and because my friends will make pouty faces at them if I ignore them to RP, I am doing the traditional animal transformations.

Raven will be...a raven. Caw! Nevermore! She can be modded as flitting around her boyfriend or any of her close friends (particularly if they're suffering from any emo because, yeah, as if animal transformations would stop that) and...by Mary. :D

Drake is a drake. Vida is a peacock, what else? Leia broke the bird theme by becoming a fluffy white kitten. Her pink and sparkly collar says "Princess," of course. She can be modded by family (Tahiri totes counts) if they so wish. Or Christian, because she'll be all oh hai thar pet me. ;D

So, apparently my office has decided to block LJ, and I am going to cry. This means little to no tagging during the day for me from now 'til whenever I get laid off. I seem to have an hour of allotted time I can access "social" websites (not including Twitter and Facebook, which aren't blocked) in ten minute increments. I don't know if this hour is per day, per week, per month, per the lifetime of my job, or what. Experimenting will tell.

*clings to you all and cries* I AM GOING TO DIE, I TELL YOU. DIE OF BOREDOM.

*uses evil!bondage!Raven icon just because I can*

Those of you who've lived through this with me in the past, yes, it's that time again. Time for my brain to go into full meltdown mode as the frakking flowers take over. I'm not going anywhere, but from now 'til Valentine's Day, I'm going to be a bit scatterbrained. Yes, more than usual. Shut up. For those who don't know, I work in the floral business and manage orders for hundreds of east coast stores in three supermarket chains. Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching. Do the math.

I and my kids are definitely still around, and indeed I may turn to the web crying for distraction when a truckload of frozen roses arrives at the warehouse or some vendor tries to slip in orange as an acceptable v-day color. But for the next two weeks, my brain is going to be mush. Thank you, please drive through. And if you buy flowers at Stop & Shop/Giant MD & VA/Giant PA, think of me.

*whimpers*

I am heading out to Denver for the holidays tomorrow afternoon. While I will have my laptop and my brother has wifi, I will be expected to engage in family activities such as dinners, making cookies, and -- *shudders* -- watching hockey. Hopefully said activities will not include spending the day after Christmas in the ER again, but this time I will have the added bonus of an adorable 5-month-old nephew, whom I expect to occupy much of my time. So I will be around, just not as much as usual. Raven is still in Fandom, just a little mopey because she can't go home; Drake is flitting about possibly hitting on goddesses instead of angels; Vida's shopping for new dresses; Wyatt's in Roswell with Isabel; and Bel's at the Hyperion having lots and lots of sex. So, business as usual.

Heeeeeey, who just paid for Wyatt? Thanks! :)