Hey all! I'm sorry I've been so quiet lately. There has been a lot going on, lately.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to cancel going to Mephit FurMeet (MFM). I'm a little upset that we didn't plan things better, because I really was looking forward to going and seeing my friends!!

We just moved on the 18th. Mistletoe and I forgot how expensive moving can sometimes be. We were hit kind of hard, there. Because I also haven't really done *anything* new to sell since AnthroCon of 2006, most of you that have visited my table in the past probably already have all you want. Doing sketchbooks helps, but I anticipate that overall we'd lose money by going. These days, I need to at least break even for the trip to be financially worth it. We need food and a roof over our heads more than we need to go to the convention. :/

Mistletoe's birthday is on September 2nd, and she'd like to share her birthday with some friends who also are not going to MFM. She also had a paw-fasting ceremony at MFM with Daliwolf, who is also not going to MFM this year. I think it's important that Mistletoe and Dali have that first anniversary. It really is a special date! (I've gone to MFM without Mistletoe in the past, but she is a LOT of fun to have around, and I'd just miss my snowshoe hare too much!)

(Mistletoe, Dali and I are polyamorous, and have been for many years. Polyamory means "many loves", and it's reeaaaallly tricky to get working right, and takes an *insane* amount of hard work. It is definitely NOT for everybody. If you have questions about it, please contact me privately (e-mail, note, IM). Thanks! )

And on top of it all, we were going to take the 1999 Mercury Sable wagon to MFM. The car said, "I don't think so!!" We really need to have the brakes fixed, and we think we may need a transmission repair/replacement. Mistletoe is going to make appointments Monday morning. Fuck. >

Sorry everyone!


P.S. I really, really, really hope I will make at least *part* of Midwest FurFest (MFF) in Schaumburg, IL this November, the weekend before the United States Thanksgiving. (That is, the convention will be on November 16th through the 18th.) Hopefully I'll at least go to *a* single convention this year.