Another placeholder, before leaving again

So.

In the ten days since I last posted, I have:

recovered (briefly) from my Rio trip

made arrangements to have some fairly disruptive work done on my apartment's bathroom while I'm away

hosted my nine year-old niece, Lady T, for her first solo visit to Auntie Notorious.  It was fun.[1] 

done an upgrade on the old computer and a major data and program migration to the new one,[2] so I now, for the first time, have two computers

semi-thoroughly cleaned the house and thrown out a ton of stuff 

had a lovely get-together for lunch with Historiann, Squadratomagico, and Susan 

found that I'd dropped another major ball for my trip to Blargistan Seminar Month.[3] 

pre-packed, in that I've thrown everything I think I'll need for my trip into a small suitcase. 

booked an airport shuttle that will pick me up Tuesday at four-forty-five in the freaking morning. [UPDATE: you know someone is really an above-and-beyond kind of friend when that person sees this post and immediately volunteers to pick you up and take you to the airport in the hours before dawn -- something I never would have dreamed asking someone to do.  Thanks, B!]

I'm hoping that there will be semi-regular blogging from Blargistan. Hopefully these posts will not simply be more "here's why I haven't been posting" posts.  Still, any customer dissatisfied with the frequency or content of blog posts may apply to the management for a full refund.

See ya' in Blargistan!

Lady T. in the sun

[1] "Aunt Notorious is weird," she told my father.  "She doesn't eat meat, and she dances whenever there's music on."  I can live with that.
[2] An 11" Mac Air.  Yes, it is awesome.
[3] I'm pretty sure I can pick this one up, but it's gonna mean less time to do the prep work I need to do.  Did I mention that I've been moving from pillar to post since November?  And that I'm sick of it?