s t r a n g e cousin susan

My energy level’s still not where it was, nor where it should be, all things considered. I’ve done all the normal chores for a weekend – namely the bills and the marketing and the laundry and the meal preparation for the week, which means I have the rest of the day to do as little as I possibly can. Shouldn’t be too much of a struggle; I’ve spent some time working on various calligraphy projects, for class, for Christmas, and for PenPal XPress. Also, I’ve got so much backed up for serial content that it’s high time I start future posting some of this stuff again, just to clear out the backlog.

You may be wondering about PenPal XPress. It’s something I’m sorry I didn’t think of first, since I remember how exciting it was to get mail when I was wee. I received a letter from Star Tattoo Girl a couple of weeks ago – she’s actually written a small bit of it (namely the salutation):

Dear Auntie Mickey,

Would you be my pen pal? I’ll be the first to start and you can be the second to start. We can send each other pictures, but not of ourselves, but pictures we’ve drawn.

Love,

Star Tattoo Girl

She didn’t mention anything about being pen pals with her sister, but I figured she just forgot in the excitement of the moment. They’re visiting family this week and will return next week and both will have the first PenPal XPress mailing from Auntie Mickey waiting for them. There are two more backlogged here at Telstar already, complete with fancy-addresed envelopes. Fun!

Now it’s off to work on these future posts for a bit. I think I’ll put Destiny of the Daleks on in the background, or perhaps I’ll continue reliving my college music days with Tanita Tikaram playing from the iPod.