Weekend Report
May. 9th, 2011 10:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouseI've got a lot to catch y'all up on. Friday was Mason's parent-teacher conference and, no surprise to anyone, Mason is a good student. I only wish he enjoyed school more. You can see in some of his assignments a certain lack of enthusiasm, though this semester, at least, he had one writing assignment he really enjoyed. He's discovered the Warrior books by Erin Hunter, and when asked to write fiction for his writing class, my baby wrote his first peice of fan fic! His story is called "Dusttribe Rising." The best part? He told us that it was the first time that he didn't want to stop writing.
Yay!
On Saturday, my singing went OK. I wouldn't call it great, but, frankly, I blame the weather. It was gorgeous outside, so I suspect some people who might have come decided it was more enjoyable to play in the garden or whatever. I would have too, honestly. Though, as with any signing there were one or two surprise shows -- a parent of one of Mason's friend's came, which was great. I love when I can pull people out of their usual comfort zones into the world of SF fandom. The other was a high school friend of mine (Mary), whose daughter is a big fan of the Ana series.
So it wasn't jam packed, but it was nice enough. I only hope Don wasn't too disappointed. I'm just glad anyone came, given that I had two signings so close together.
Speaking of books, though, I have to make a brief commerical interruption. My friend![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
naomikritzer has a new short story collection available through Kindle.
This one is called Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories and I have to make a special plug because two of my favorite short stories by Naomi are included. The title story, of course, but also "The Golem," which is a story I've taught in my Loft classes. AND, for those of you Lyda Morehouse completeists out there, a short story (novella?) that I co-wrote with Naomi, "The Long Walk" is also included in this collection. So, you really MUST buy it early and often. (Kidding.)
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Saturday afternoon, Mason tested for his yellow belt in kuk sool wan. He did awesome. I plan to post a picture or two later. The funny part about that is that my little seven year old has his very first muscle ache. They did a lot of crunches as part of the train/victory dance (their new location is near the Amtrack station so they do something special every time a train comes along.) Being seven, he'd never experienced this before and I had to explain that he probably actually strained something a little. :-)
Sunday was Mother's Day, which, because Shawn and I are both selfish, we decided could be Shawn's day to lie around like a princess (I get my own in December, on the day I adopted Mason, December 5th). In celebration, we painted our front storm door bright purple. (Look, folks, it's what she wanted to do.) We also had cupcakes and presents and napping. It started out a bit rough, since Mason had almost no sleep the night before, but the nap fixed everything. As naps often do.
So, that's it. How's by you?
Yay!
On Saturday, my singing went OK. I wouldn't call it great, but, frankly, I blame the weather. It was gorgeous outside, so I suspect some people who might have come decided it was more enjoyable to play in the garden or whatever. I would have too, honestly. Though, as with any signing there were one or two surprise shows -- a parent of one of Mason's friend's came, which was great. I love when I can pull people out of their usual comfort zones into the world of SF fandom. The other was a high school friend of mine (Mary), whose daughter is a big fan of the Ana series.
So it wasn't jam packed, but it was nice enough. I only hope Don wasn't too disappointed. I'm just glad anyone came, given that I had two signings so close together.
Speaking of books, though, I have to make a brief commerical interruption. My friend
naomikritzer has a new short story collection available through Kindle. This one is called Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories and I have to make a special plug because two of my favorite short stories by Naomi are included. The title story, of course, but also "The Golem," which is a story I've taught in my Loft classes. AND, for those of you Lyda Morehouse completeists out there, a short story (novella?) that I co-wrote with Naomi, "The Long Walk" is also included in this collection. So, you really MUST buy it early and often. (Kidding.)
/ad
Saturday afternoon, Mason tested for his yellow belt in kuk sool wan. He did awesome. I plan to post a picture or two later. The funny part about that is that my little seven year old has his very first muscle ache. They did a lot of crunches as part of the train/victory dance (their new location is near the Amtrack station so they do something special every time a train comes along.) Being seven, he'd never experienced this before and I had to explain that he probably actually strained something a little. :-)
Sunday was Mother's Day, which, because Shawn and I are both selfish, we decided could be Shawn's day to lie around like a princess (I get my own in December, on the day I adopted Mason, December 5th). In celebration, we painted our front storm door bright purple. (Look, folks, it's what she wanted to do.) We also had cupcakes and presents and napping. It started out a bit rough, since Mason had almost no sleep the night before, but the nap fixed everything. As naps often do.
So, that's it. How's by you?