In the Void

Have wedding shower (I'm hosting one for a friend's daughter) related errands this morning.

Purchased a new (to us) Volvo yesterday, which generated dozens more errands. Oddly, I have a feeling this car is female, or at least androgynous. All my cars before have been male. I will keep you updated if my perception of Willow's gender changes. (I suspect that now I've slapped that name on her, her gender has been decided for her.)

From the horoscope wars:
Let your fantasy world spill out on to a piece of paper for others to see.
Right, I will, once I'm done with everything else.

Leaving for Conestoga Friday. Much work in between. Must get some agent queries out....soon.

No Oscars last night. Made cookies and watched Nature.

I was extremely perturbed when the invading pack of wolves (the Slews?) killed the local coyote male (they caught the chase and the death on film). Normally, that sort of thing doesn't bother me, but I was seriously pulling for the coyote. When the Slews had a series of misfortunes that reduced their numbers and broke up the pack, I told displacedtexan, "That's what they get for killing the coyote." Fortunately the coyote's mate had three healthy pups and the other pack (The Druids) came back and retook the valley. (Yay! Justice!)

Today? Fence guys. Mailing. Work on DitD rewrite.

Horoscope 1 says...
A project that you're rather excited about could require some intense work alone today, dear Libra. You...need to concentrate in order to get the best possible results. Nonetheless, at the end of the day you're likely to be quite happy with what you've accomplished. Go to it!

Horoscope 2 says...
Professionally speaking, you are going through a period of reflection, which might cause you to withdraw into yourself somewhat. ...it could well be that you decide to keep your office door shut today. Your projects are at a critical stage right now, and you are only too aware that rigor and patience are now needed. It would be sensible to explain this to your colleagues or bosses, since your inactivity might seem like laziness to the uninitiated.

Actually rather apt, today. So I am working, folks, and I'm gonna go offline for most of the day....I am NOT being lazy. There, I explained.

What????!?!?

From today's horoscope wars:
You may need to keep your spaceship idle today and perform a safety check for you and your crew, dear Libra. Make sure everyone on board is completely informed of their destination. It could be that you just picked them off the street without really telling them where they would end up. It is important that you don't drag people into your world unwittingly. If they voluntarily give up the controls to you, however, that is a different horoscope.

So, I think that the compiler stayed up too late last night watching re-runs of Earth 2.

What do you think happened here?

You are less optimistic and energetic than usual, J. Your mind feels sluggish. In fact, your whole body does. You're either coming down with the flu or you are completely and thoroughly depressed.

Yes, Libras...we may have had that great publishing day only a few days ago (not!), but now we're paying for it in the form of the influenza virus. You are warned...

(Actually, with this nasty weather stretching across the whole country, can you go wrong with that prediction? After all, it is cold and flu season, and everyone who doesn't have one of those two will probably have SADD)

I've been reading three distinct daily horoscopes for a couple of years now. They rarely agree with each other, and that 'brilliant success' I was promised a few days ago? I got a rejection instead.

Anyhow, I've been reading them partially in an effort to understand the patterns in them.
( rambling under the cut )