When real things happen to imaginary people

Today is not only two days before Writer Freeze on my current work deadline, but today is also the day I must pack up my office because I'm being moved overnight to an office down the hall. My office is ... well, let's just say thoroughly decorated, so packing it is a bit time consuming. Which means I may not be around much today, so here, have some photos.

( Behind the handy-dandy cut tag, two different Shallow Fashion Detail photos, and a picture of my charming parents from this past weekend. )

I very cleverly arranged to take today off as a personal holiday, so I would be able to get ready for going to PDX for the Vampire Ball, instead of feeling all distracted at work. This also meant I got to sleep in, which was glorious.

For whatever reason, I woke up craving coffee. Over the past three months, I've completely switched to drinking tea in the mornings, but no, this morning I wanted coffee. Since stroppy_baggage has also been cutting back on his caffeine consumption, all we had in the house was decaf. Which was tasty, but I decided to get a small cup of French roast when we went to Whole Foods for lunch to really satisfy my coffee craving.

I mentioned the "I've been cutting back on caffeine" thing, right? Wheeeee! Coffeeeeee! I feel awake. Very awake. Of course, having half of a Deathcake from Cupcake Royale probably also cranked my brain up just a bit.

(omg, so good. Imagine a slab of death-by-chocolate cake with extremely dark chocolate, and made by the geniuses at Cupcake Royale. Oh here, just use this handy clicky link, and read all about the Deathcake for yourself. Espresso ganache! Wheeeee!)

So anyway, I'm good and wired for finishing up my prep for the Vampire Ball. The next thing to do is try on my outfit to make sure everything does what it's supposed to, and then start packing.