One of the things I was going to do when I started LJ. was to writing something down at least twice a month.  For some reason never happened.  Is it because my life is sooooo exciting?  Um.....no.   Though I must admit, I have written more short stories since joining LJ, because of flashfic, than I have in the last year. So that has got to be an achievement of some sort .

Near the end of June I am going to 'Meet The Hewletts' with a very good friend.  Just hope she is still my friend by the end of the weekend and doesn't make me walk home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Lol,  not that she'd do that to me really.  She's not that cruel.
I am really looking forward to it, and putting faces to names.  The other good thing about going with her, is that she will hopefully stop me being too quiet.  In a crowd, I tend to sit on the outside looking in and not saying much.  Though I will admit I am not as bad as I used to be.  The 'me' that talks on the internet, is far more outgoing and bubbly.  So which is the true me?  The one who doesn't mind saying whatever comes into her head and typing it down, even if it makes her look a bit daft, or the one who's on the edge of the crowd and never the centre of attention?

Okay blog getting a bit too heavy.  Where was I?  Oh yes sitting at the computer typing.

It will be sooooooooooooo much fun to see David Hewlett in person and Kate too.  Kate in her blog comes across as a bit zany.  So it will be interesting and fun to see if they bounce off of each when they're on stage.  Roll on June 28th  :)

I received a catalogue from Forbidden Planet and flicking through it I found -

Follow link to see what I found  :)

http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=44796

When I saw it, my first thought was 'Wouldn't it be a good present for Rodney to give to Sheppard.' 
As apparently, it also has in it - How to kiss your way out of jail.

How many times has Rodney called Sheppard 'Kirk' ?         :)       And no, that's not a serious question.

I still haven't worked out if I love or hate challenges.  See, the trouble with challenges are, they get me thinking.
But it doesn't stop at thinking. Thinking becomes sitting at the keyboard typing. Followed by my good friend going "When you going to put it on LJ?" When it was her who went "Have you seen the new challenge?" I give up! Here is my next rambling.  At least challenges mean that the fics can stay short.  Unlike the epics that Leesa tries to get me....... well that's another story.  :)

In response to a 15 mins challenge on the Jumper Bay yahoo group that had to include the line: ‘The animal looked cute and harmless.’  Leesa's fault again!

One of the problems with being a beta, is you get asked to check  stories for various challenges.  Not mentioning any names *looks pointedly in Leesa's direction.  So when she asked me to check one that she has done for Jumper Bay, it gets me thinking.  Next I know, the plot bunny won't leave me alone, no matter how much I try kicking it out a window. So here is the result.

As usual, a title for one of my fics eludes me, hence the title Um.

I am sitting at my computer waiting for my kids to come home.  It will only be the second time they have walked themselves home.

As a mum, it is sooooooo hard to let go and not be waiting at the gates for them.  They are ready to walk home themselves and want to walk home themselves, so I don't want to stop them.  It doesn't stop me worrying, or clock watching or think of the myriad of things that can go wrong and the roads they have to cross.  Does it ever get any easier?  

As I write this, they should be just leaving school.  The temptation is to get in the car and rush to pick them up, except chances are i'd miss them.  I know they will be home soon enough, I just have to wait for the hands on the clock to turn a bit further.