No, I'm really quite absent

It's true that I am hardly ever here. I'll figure out a use for this thing one day.

I'm working on a novel. It started out as a NaNoWriMo effort, but that was a short-lived affair due to my finding out about half-way through November that I was pregnant. Now that the fetus is not sucking quite as much energy from me as it used to, I'm back to work on the writing. The novel does have an actual honest-to-Mike working title, but I prefer to refer to it by it's nickname: Celine Dion's Gratitude Journal, an homage to a post on my current favorite blog, Chez Miscarriage.

Otherwise, I'm probably working at that beloved day job, knitting, trying to convince the cat that he doesn't really want to break our USB hub, acquiring new furniture/rugs/appliances for the apartment, or lounging around watching Dark Shadows DVDs and doing crossword puzzles.

In other words, I'm just about as busy as I need to be.