This weekend is the Big Sur Children’s Writing Workshops/conference in Monterey. I’m going up a day early. But first is house-prep, setting up the guest room for my inlaws, baking stuff for the ravenous teen for the entire 3.5 days I’ll be away, setting up the cats’ feeding station, figuring out how my new portable printer works (thermal paper rolls are too scary and ridiculous), packing, scrubbing bathrooms, the kitchen floor, the refrigerator’s handles and most doorknobs, rushing to Office Depot for everything I asked them to print for me for the conference, so–come on, Monterey–get all your power back on, all your internet connections up and running now that your storm has passed and I’ll see you shortly and please, O San Andreas Fault: No hurriquakes.

Yours in packing mania,

PB