The Best Laid Plans...

Today was mostly a "deal with the foster kittens" type of day, but at least I got some writing done at the weekly Crepeville meetup with my Wednesday writing buddies.

Update on the Articulated Skeleton Thing From Yesterday

Maria and I both found this wiktionary entry that claims that paleontologists use "articulated skeleton" to mean "a fossil skeleton found all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order." So I guess it sort of makes sense in the context of the book. (Not really, though, because they know the bones were moved after all the soft tissue had disappeared, so I don't know how they would have been transferred without everything getting rearranged. But at least I'm not imagining bones wired together.)

News on the Mysterious Murders Contest

My story made the short list! Final winners will be announced on Dec 20th. I'm amazed to have gotten so far.

Foster Kitten Stuff

This is where you should just imagine me looking like that guy from The Scream by Edvard Munch. Four of the five kittens in The Snack Pack have had horrible diarrhea for the last week and a half. They were supposed to go back to the shelter for surgery and adoption next Wednesday, but now they've been bumped at least another week.

Meanwhile, all six of The Vampires were supposed to also be going back for surgery and adoption next Wednesday, but two got bumped to the future because they're still a little congested and they're just barely big enough.

So I thought I was sending off all eleven kittens next week, but instead only four will be going. Yes, four is better than none, but things will get tricky if I still have fosters at Christmas because I'll be traveling. (It's not a real problem for me — the shelter will find a vacation foster — but I'd hoped to avoid the problem.)

Obligatory Kitten Photo

Cool Ranch found a great place to hang out this morning — on the headrest of my office chair. He looked extremely comfortable.