Five weeks off - to get started on the next vampire book, to paint pictures, to spend time with my friends. To rest. Turned in grades today, spent the rest of the day doing "prep" cleaning in the study (digging out material of the last two books; unearthing tons of old photos); setting up for the Family Christmas Monday.

It's chilly here so the cats are overwhelmingly affectionate.

Best wishes to everyone for the new year.