Wendy, work and Michelle West.

Puppy-sitting Wendy: The holes are easy enough to fill in, and the training gear ripped off the line inside the shed for safekeeping was only dirty not damaged and the on-going wrestling match is frequently hilarious as is ascetic_hedony’s sotto voice commentary. I'm trying to resist the urge to perform grooming experiments on Wendy's tufts... would it respond to conditioner? Am rethinking plan to own two woofers: work is not doubled, it's quadrupled due to 'egging each other on' factor.

Work: Am fortunate to have a job I genuinely enjoy doing and there was so much to enjoy this week... Oh my god it was busy, and so much of it was stoopid[0]. I ran away early-ish on Friday leaving a massive list of things to follow up on Monday.

Reading: Have retrieved the six book Sun Sword series by Michelle West from my remote storage location cricketk's bookshelves and shoe boxes and re-read them all. It was good. Again.

[0]
He: My computer, it is broken!
Me: Show me your broken-ness.
Us: Waiting...
Us: Waiting more..
He: It was really broken.. lots and lots.
Me: Computers perform differently when two people watch them - this is because of quantum.
He: ...
Me: My work here is done! [swishes cape, exeunt stage left leaving behind bewildered employee]

You'll die choking on a cookie in bed.

( Your Deadly Sins meme )

I would have suspected me of a lot more lusting, slothing and wrothing.

I have hunted and gathered and am mighty

I think I went out to get bruise cream[0] and more liquid iron supplement[3] but my haul is far more impressive than that! I have beyoootiful blue and silver scarves[4] and vast amounts of dried pineapple[6] and a lemon tart[1].

Have also noticed new toenail polish is still unchipped after a week of training[2] which is very unusual, may finally have discovered a brand worthy of my lifestyle - plus they do BRIGHT PINK.

[0] Because can't do a downward knife-hand chop board break without driving knee into floor ...yet, and cleverly landed -right- on top of the bruise from Thursday[5].
[1] Of which I ate half as Wendy nicked the other half when my back was turned.
[2] Two hours of class - usual class plus senior training slid into three today as we failed to notice time passing. Have tres cool new arm lock and elbow strike.
[3] The difference between being a blood donor and being kicked out and sent home, I do not absorb iron well.
[4] Not that my collection was in any way insufficient but.. pretty!
[5] Faithfully ice-packed it with cute baby seal shaped ice-thingy from freezer - do you have any idea how hard it is to strap a baby seal to your knee?
[6] Health food store man says pineapple contains anti-inflammatories.

and on another note...

Do other women get that one day a month where everything smells terrible?

Omega by Jack McDevitt

Wahh.

The man can't do decent character development and introduces everyone through little chunks of exposition. Having said that the idea was great and once I was past the first painful 100[0] pages the remaining 393[1] were worth it.

The human race knows an omega cloud will arrive near Earth in a thousand years. It will wreak havoc but it is too far in the future for human governments to respond to meaningfully. When a more innocent and dreadfully cute alien race is threatened by another cloud things become a little more urgent.

( Utterly spoiling the plot )

[0] took over a week to read
[1] took about 2-3 hours