Hi all. You may experience some spottiness to my journaling in the upcoming weeks, so I hope you'll all be very, very patient with me and stick around even when there's nothing New and Interesting to read. If not exactly "stick around", because there's really no place to stick, then at least check back regularly, just in case I've managed to write something Interesting and New. Because I just might.

First off my apartment has turned into a battlefield. They found fungus in the basement walls and ceiling, and now they've torn down half my bedroom to get to it. Unfortunately, until the building administration decides to pay for the repairs - which may amount to as much as $20,000; a cost all apartment owners will have to share - my bedroom will remain completely unusable. They're bringing in more people to peek into and poke at the rogue 'shrooms on Monday - at 7 AM in the morning, no less - so there will be no decision made until Tuesday, at the earliest. Which means that I plan to spend as little time here as humanly possible, especially when they start tearing down and rebuilding the walls; hopefully before the end of next week.

Then I'm heading off to New York. I'll be gone for about a week, and don't expect to hear much from me during that time. Won't have a laptop, and probably won't have access to mail or web. Will be exceedingly busy. Will enjoy it immensely, one hopes.

And on top of all that there's a whole lot of work that needs to be done - and hasn't - and I must prioritise that.

Of course, I will try to pop in and post some reader mail at the very least.  ¶ 22:08