Release is scheduled for the 28th, but I'm going to beg for the 21st.
Mom and I ventured out and found some thrift stores today. Driving in a strange city is not her strong suit, and I'm not cleared yet, so we've stayed close to home. But, cabin fever was setting in so we set out! I bought dozen books, yippee new reading material!!! I love the kindle, but you can't always get older books for a decent price, and the free or cheap books are often the self published and just cry out for a good editor. So I'm a happy girl.
Feeling a little bad, though. I'm very non confrontational but got into it a little with another person staying in the motel. This is a woman in her 30s who sits on the sidewalk and smokes all day. No problems with that, but she has her rat on a string dog with her. No problems with that, but there's no string. This yappy dog comes running up to folks walking by, barking and snapping at feet. Not just once, this has been going on for weeks. Of course she calls/yells at the dog, who totally blows her off. I told her today if the dog got close enough I was going to kick it so she needed to keep it on a leash. Told her I'd really hate to break her dog but I'm sick of it. She responded that the dog was harmless, told her that really wasn't the point and she was being rude and irresponsible. We'll see if a string shows up....