Oh my. I had such a nice two-week vacation from school and work that it seems to have extended into a vacation from everything, such as housecleaning, paying bills, watering plants, and keeping up with electronic correspondance and fun. One thing I DID manage to do on my fabulous break was to buy a fancy schmancy handbag over the internets, on this new thing called “eBay.” This “eBay” is completely new to me, but I found myself to be a savant at it! On my first go ever, I landed this little beauty:

Sigh. Not exactly practical, but it’s very pretty and I got it at a great price. I think I happened to luck into an auction where the seller sort of lowballed the Buy It Now price, so just as the back-and-forthing between various people started, I just sort of swooped in and bought it for, like, five dollars over what the latest bid was. Which seems so easy it should be illegal.

It felt goooood. Like gambling or something.

Anyway, so I am back in Savannah. I saw my mom and stepdad and old friends in DC, and then came back home to pick up Manfriend. He and I then visited my dad and stepmom and their “kin,” I guess you could say, in Georgia. Things between everyone went very well. I don’t think my dad was ever alone with him long enough to give any sort of scary dad-like “I am capable of killing a man with my bare hands"-type speech to him, which was my main goal of the weekend. Not that my dad would have pulled anything that coarse or brutish. He’s a tax attorney, my dad. Need I say more?

Classes start Wednesday. I ended up getting straight As on last term’s classes after all, so I guess Crazy British Red Pen Professor did end up forgiving my colossal stupidity when it came grade time. Dork status intact!