I will never understand why with most people it�s not �Do you plan to have kids?�, but �WHEN are you having kids?� . I love babies, and I love kids, but I also love being able to give them back at the end of the day. Is there something wrong with being happy with auntie status? Am I socially abysmal because I don�t want to exercise my womb�s capabilities? (I just used the word abysmal in a sentence. )

Have tomorrow off, plan to do some more house cleaning. I�m getting rid of a lot of toys and books (another thing that irritates me- people get the idea that I have a lot of toys, therefore I want kids) and just rearranging things in general. I also want to finish that last piece I began- I�m relying heavily on my thesaurus just lately. I think I need a better or more comprehensive one- there are only so many substitutes for certain words. ;) Sent some copies of the last tale out to a few magazines in the US, hope I hear back from some soon.

I have officially fallen in love with The Sims. Way too much fun, I enjoy playing God. Mostly I have been a gentle and benevolent deity, but if they irritate me I might start killing them off in horrible ways. Haven�t seen any of them die yet, I�m saving that for when I am in a particularly bad mood. If it keeps me from killing anyone off for real, it�s probably a good thing.

Still feel kind of nauseated, and I�m trying to decide if it�s still after-effects of the flu shot I had or the antibiotics. Either way, as much as I wanted to go to the pub tonight and have a few drinks, I think I will stick to a cup of tea instead of the stronger stuff. Or I might just stay in and take a really long bath and work on finishing that book I was reading. I think tomorrow I will go novel hunting again- I�m averaging a novel every 2-3 days or so.