Maxism of the Day: “Mommy, I have pepperoni fingers!” (this is what he calls prune-y bath fingers)

What I’ve been listening to: a lot of Ani DiFranco and Morcheeba plus some Tom Waits thrown in for good measure

Frustration of the Day: figuring out State Farm didn’t cancel our car insurance back in December when we sold our car before we moved to London, even though I notified them at least 3 times and got an email confirmation back

Number of Times I Checked My Email: A number so large it approaches infinity

Number of Swigs of Nasty Tasting Cough Syrup: four

Number of Gag Reflexes I had to Repress: four

Number of People Who Contacted Me About a Third Mina Book Today: five

Number of Words Added to New Manuscript: 1,117

Words that Sucked: 332

Number of Idiotic, Meaningless Tweets that were Probably a Thinly Disguised Cry for Help: too many to mention

What I made for dinner: wild boar sausage with roasted potatoes and carrots

Best Moment of the Day: from The Max: “Mommy, you’re my best girl!”