Oh oh ohoh! And on the Gourmet Lit front! I and @youthculture have the entries and are reading and judging and debating as we speak! yes yes! So I will be sure to update with the results!

Edit:This week has been hellaciously busy- to the point where i haven't written a word. At all. Which of course disappoints me. so does bad spelling- of which i am queen- but I'm too sick right now to really care.
I woke up yesterday morning with a stiff neck, sore throat, and stuffy nose.
Those bastards.
Who? Waiting room coughers.

Monday I had a dentist appointment to finish the work on the amazing breaking tooth! Tuesday I got blood work AND a screwed up testing schedule which means I'll be going back sooner rather than later.
I'm afraid of needles, it's no secret. The worst are syringes and last night i had a HORRID nightmare about them.
Luckily they take blood in a somewhat sane way that involves a small needle connected to a tube with a valve on the end that a vacuum tube can be connected to and thus easily filled.
Still- big needle in. my. arm.
Twice. a total of 6 vials.

Why twice? because i had to go, eat, and come back two hours, exactly two hours, later to have the second draw.
Did I mention I'm afraid of needles? It sort of destroys my appetite.
I choked down Denny's as it was the closest thing, the only thing, open at 8 in the morning in Bryan/College Station- well there was an IHOP but no one seemed to know where it was let alone how to get there.
You're given 15 mins from first bite/drink to finish the meal.
Thirty mins after leaving the lab, i'm back, which means 1.5 hours of waiting in the...waiting...room. Which is right next to a general prac clinic.
During Flu Season.What the fuck was I thinking?
The bruises on my arm were in the shape of a heart.
Monday I go back to get results this time and hopefully we'll have some news, any news, good or bad i don't care. I just never want to hear the word "inconclusive" again.
I'll be sure to share, you know.
Meanwhile the rest of Tuesday was wonderfully splendid. I spent it visiting with a friend, who I have greatly missed. He brings me sanity and comfort.
When we parted he hugged me.
And my day was good.
Then that evening I took my mother in law to go tanning- long story as to why- and the plan was that I would run to the market and pick up a few goodies (clementine season) and come back to get her.
Well, she somehow talked me into stripping down and getting into a tanning bed.
To say Tuesday was full of blond moments for me that would rival a scratch-n-sniff sticker at the bottom of a lake would be a massive massive understatement.
Why, you ask? Cancer? Nah. UV sensitivity. le DUH.
I have (another understatement) extreamely sensitive skin that does not allow me to be in the sun or extreme heat for long before developing- not a burn- but a dermatitis that rivals a nasty mosquito bite and lasts twice as long.
But- I look good, well, I will when i stop scratching.
Now December is approaching and with it the end of the semester. Just one week left before finals and I have two papers that must be written in that week. So no more room for writer's block of any sort.
I also vow to make progress in TGTD and begin to wrap it up- we're sitting at 54k- I'd like no more than 70k.
Why? I'd like to spend more time proofing, planning, and illustrating TGTD- Hear that Victor and Amelia? I'm coming for you!
Once the semester is over it's a matter of what to do about Christmas and then we'll be leaving for New Mexico. Now the question is- will Nathan be traveling with me? I hope so. If not it will be a harder week but a less pressed one for time.
During this time I will have my dd's scheduled and will be judging Litmas remotely. But I will be otherwise unavailable. So if you have any pressing matters you need to get them to me before say the 22ed. On the 29th I will be 21. I'll be spending it around a campfire with friends and probably a healthy amount of beer- if only for them.

Christmas Prose:
The word count max is 3000 words and must be Christmas themed! Simple as that!
MUST be a NEW deviation
Judges: ^GunShyMartyr
Deadline: Dec 25th at Midnight
Prizes:
First place: 1 devWear Hoody, or 1 year sub.
Second place: 1 devWear shirt, or 6 month sub.
Third place: 3 month sub.

Write a fixed form poem that details/expresses your local culture/landscape's traditions during high holidays. Reflect on your own personal experiences or observe other's.
There are no line limits, though it is required that in the artist's comments you take the time to identify your chosen form. We will only accept those that can be documented in literature-- please no personal inventions at this time. MUST be a NEW deviation
Judges: ^PoeticWar and ^StJoan
Deadline: Dec 25th at Midnight
Prizes:
First place: 1 devWear Hoody, or 1 year sub.
Second place: 1 devWear shirt, or 6 month sub.
Third place: 3 month sub.