I'm still at work when most people cleared out much much earlier today. You see we're having some blizzard, but I looked outside when it was still light and thought Oh Big Deal.

Maybe it's bad, but I'd wait and do other things while everyone else panics and gets behind the wheel of their car. I'll skid home alone.

So I stayed and got caught up on unessential items. First, I haven't been as johnny on the spot with my film festival work. Did you know I help out a film festival? The founder is a good friend of mine -- a total freak about Madonna -- and I'm helping organize a midwest tour of its "best of". I called a couple of people I'd earlier talked to and they had seemed interested. I only got their voicemail, but that's ok, it's all about keeping those lines of communication open.

Then, Trick has been instant messaging me. What to do? The second I kiss -- and only kiss! -- someone and I'm like Trick Who? I instantaneously lost interest. So I instant messaged, 'Trick, I'll have to give you your XXXmas present another time' and of course you end a statement like that with 'LOL'. Trick didn't answer back.

Then my mom called and I talked to her for awhile. Yes Mom I'm coming home for christmas, yes I'm aware the roads might still be bad, no I dont' know how long I'll stay, yes it will be fun yes I'll call before I leave.

Then I called a friend of mine who didnt' sound like she was doing so well and no, she's not doing well. So then I offered to come and visit, I have some free time! And I knew I would as soon as I heard her voice immediately pick up.

So then, just like that, I booked a flight to Washington DC. I'm going to be there next week for New Years' -- whoopee!

Then, I had to email my cousins who live in DC to let them know I'm coming.

But most of the day I spent writing. Yes, actually writing, and fiction, too -- not at all like the stuff you read in here ha hahh! It's for a new fiction submission contest that I learned about from a blogfriend and, well, I'm attempting to do the same.

The requirements are for 5,000 words and I typed out 3,000 today. It's unedited, meaning it's diahhrea (in more than one way no doubt). I had an idea going in, but to see it starting to take shape is actually a lot of fun. It involves three characters that are nothing like me, but maybe share thoughts like I do, and they all are hanging out at the mall. (Hah, and that is definitely not at all like me!) The characters are a gay couple and one of the gay couples' ex. Oh, I'm really psyched about it, I haven't written any fiction in a long time.

After I'm done with the story, I'll go back and start editing, which takes forever. If it's like these blog entries, by the time I'm done the story will be nowhere like it started or is now.

Supposedly there's 10 inches of snow on the ground since this morning. Hopefully everyone's off the road!! Grace will have fun hopping around, pushing her snout into the snow. Happy Christmas!