I hope everyone made it through Thanksgiving okay … I went with my family to visit my grandmother in Mississippi. (Hi grandma!!)

I did NOT bring my laptop. I brought my crossword puzzles. I never, ever have time for that sort of thing so it was really great to be able to sit there and drive myself crazy trying to figure out what a four-letter word for a water vessel is (it’s E-W-E-R, FYI, and the NY Times crossword puzzle people just love that word). Of course now I’m sort of regretting takinglast weekoff because my email inbox is just outrageous right now. Yesterday I could have gotten started, but I was so nervous about the avalanche of messages that I seriously went Christmas shopping instead. Sorry. Sometimes a girl just needs to procrastinate rather than have an anxiety attack.

Anyway, now I’m back.