Chillin' in KC

Flippin' cold out today, what. Not nice. It was 65–70 degrees on Monday and Tuesday, and half of that today at 30 degrees. Actually, it's 20 with the windchill, plus some freezing rain.

Yes, indeedy, winter has arrived, if belatedly, in KCMO. If you are at my end of the Missions Base, perhaps dropping off a support check at the Business Office, you may hear someone next door wailing, "Make it stop!! I left Minnesota to get away from winter!" Pay no attention to this person. The weather sure isn't.

I am still slightly damp from the pleasant few minutes I spent putting air in my tires on my lunch break (driver side front was down to 15 PSI, as usual; I think it has a slow leak). I'm still shivery and miserable, but Bessie is happy. I vacuumed her last week and took her through the car wash yesterday. She's all shiny and clean. If you ignore the rust, the iffy brakes, and the fact that she is, as Killer would say, a "ghetto-fied" monstrosity, she is eminently driveable, even in our current icy conditions.

On another topic...I try not to talk about work in specifics, but I can't help it today. Big news of the week: Pursuit of the Holy by our own Corey Russell arrived yesterday and will be in the bookstore today. (That's the book that consumed my life for several months; it was my first major editing project.) Corey popped by to pick up a few copies and seemed pleased with how it had turned out. I myself am still in shock. It's here, it's in print, it's....it's, like, a real book, one that will be read by real people, and affect real people and...and...and...I'm having a nervous breakdown; I can't write any longer. I need chocolate.

(Later)
Can I just say that Kris Anderson, Bookstore Guru, is my hero. She came over to get Pursuit for the bookstore and gave us all Snickers bars. Not just any Snickers bars. These were king size.

I feel quite recovered. Back to work.