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I had my dairy-laden meal. Cheese tortellini with garlic and olive oil (and a little butter) and parmesan cheese. Not so cheese-heavy as some, but this is basic comfort food for me, and was very yummy. And so far, the EB has not spit all over the house or anything, so this bodes very very well.

In fact, this morning somebody replaced our regular coffee with Folgers Crystals our regular baby with a calm happy baby. She woke me up with little squeaky noises, but wasn't crying. I gave her the nasty medicine and she fussed briefly and then went back to almostsmiling. She's starting to fuss just a little bit now, but I think she just wants attention. There - now she's in my lap, and not crying.

Cool news - my former boss called me last night with a potential job lead. She ran into a mutual business contact and when my name came up, mentioned that I am not returning to my job - and this person made noises like she'd be interested in hiring me for something (the program she works for is potentially expanding.....). So, while I'm not ready for this yet, it's nice to know that there are possibilities out there.

And it's been a looooong time since I've had to actually pay for birth control. I'm just sayin'. Alas.

Book Report

Fitzwilliam Darcy: A Gentleman - Book 1: An Assembly Such as This, by Pamela Aidan. The aforementioned Austen fanfiction. This was.... okay. I'd heard gushing reviews, and it starts out in a promising fashion, but then just didn't really *go* anywhere interesting, I thought. I suppose it would help if I were a member of the Cult of Darcy (which is alive and well, believe me). There are some amusing bits that glide in and out of P&P text, but overall, I got bored with it by the end. (Also: it was badly proofed - I found a handful of typos, punctuation issues, and other things, which all just pissed me off.)