I loved Las Vegas, but I will be glad to be back in a city where it is illegal to smoke inside buildings. The casinos may be gorgeous, but the cigarette smoke is obnoxious. I can smell it on my clothes and all I did was walk through them. Bleck. It was half the reason I didn't play any of the slots.

My cats are dead. I met up with my parents today. It was good to see them again, and after general greetings were exchanged my mother said she had something to tell me she had wanted to tell me in person...remember both of you, the long-haired calico dustball and the half-faced medium-haired dilute calico. You are not the first cats I've lost. but you were a presence for almost half my life.

News, news, news. Tidbits from life in an attempt to procrastinate away the needed vacuuming. Home today. #1 son's virus decided to set up housekeeping in his left lung. You guessed it...pneumonia. I... I noticed that since the words 'slash' and 'harry potter' were in close proximity, YouTube gave links to lots of Harry/Draco vids...not terribly Christmassy, that. Vacuuming calls, and I must answer.