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Christmas is next week. Aaahh! I knew it theorectially. I mean I’ve looked at the calendar recently. I saw that the winter solstice was the 21st. Which meant Christmas was close by. I even knew that the 25th is always Christmas, but somehow the whole that- would -be- next- weekend just escaped me. I have not finished my shopping, at all. Trin’s done, but Jon’s not, and lots of other people aren’t finished either. Still trying to finish up the edit of DANSE MACABRE so it can go back to New York. It’s making those last decisions, like; do we cut this bit of dialogue, do we cut this new minor-major character and save him for another book, do we really need two longish speeches by this character, or does the second one do enough character development. There are also smaller questions like what is that one move in ballet called? Grand jete, actually. Yesterday was not as productive as it might have been, because Mary, Jon’s mom is on vacation and we’re on earlier munchkin duty. Jon and I picked the kiddo up from school then drove to get dinner before her dance class. Yesterday was their Christmas program. A lot of little girls in reindeer antlers. It was very cute, and Trin had improved a lot in the ballet moves. The jazz moves, which are newer, are a little less refined. We’re going to have to make sure she practices between now and the main recital.
I have to get DANSE MACABRE done. Jon and I must pick out the last of the lighting fixtures and plumbing fixtures. These things cannot be put off. Do the holidays come with a delay button? Don’t I wish?