This has been an insane week. I am glad it’s almost over. A lot of things happened this week, many of them cool. I got to:

• Interview the novelist Anne Lamott
• See poet Billy Collins read at the Marin Academy
• Eat tapas in San Rafael with Kyle
• Interview the playwrights who are adapting Lamott’s book for stage
• Take Kyle to the airport for his stint at Penguicon
• Watch Kyle tech-edit a chapter for a new publisher
• Write a book review for the San Francisco Chronicle
• Pay my taxes (not fun!)
• Have the Word Pirates over to plan our upcoming reading for May 15
• Celebrate the Word Pirates’ second birthday
• Re-edit an article that an editor had some questions on (also not fun)
• Interview people about the upcoming Marin Poet Laureate
• Write a couple of articles
• Get a ride in Marcia’s new car
• Make a bedspread for my guest room (pictures coming)

Next week looks a little saner. I have two articles due and am having dinner with friends. And that’s it. Whew.