Okay,gang, I said I'd be there and I wasn't. I'm sorry. I wanted to, but my trip was cut shorter than I'd hoped. It was either go to school or take care of my own kids. I had to choose them. I hope I'll be able to come in soon, but I can't make any promises.

I finished The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman. It was good; I recommend. I'm now reading How to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young. It's a memoir, so it's mostly true. It's about this journalist from England who comes to NY to work for Vanity Fair and basically earns the contempt of everyone in the city. He claims to be the kind of guy who walks across a crowded room of people he doesn't know, and by the time he gets to the other side, 10 people hate him. My kind of guy. Wonder if he wants to be my boyfriend. Anyway, it's very funny and also informative about NY magazine life - Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, etc. And it does some name-dropping of celebrities. It's good.

So my daughter Olivia is a bone-marrow match for Hannah which is good news. Hopefully, Hannah will go into remission in the next few weeks and be able to accept the transplant. If anyone is interested in hearing from Hannah, she has a webpage - you can see pictures of her hair which I dyed pink and purple! as well as other interesting tidbits - go to www.carepages.com, go to visit a care page, click sign up, and then go to hannahmontana to visit Hannah!

Hope everyone had a nice holiday. Are you already working yourselves up for vacation? Be nice to Ms. S and do some fabulous writing and READ!