It's okay, I've done it before.

Right, HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY to the most wonderful blond fictional character a girl could ever hope to fancy. I got you a present - I hope you like it - he's just sorting out his hair and will be round to your place shortly. No, no need to thank me, just make sure you're facing the camera.

Now, to everyone who was press-ganged volunteered into helping out with the hp_uk_meetup:

It is four weeks away! Which means this is a heads-up to all you writers and drabblers/donators/etc. Please, please, please let us know if you can't make the 15 June deadline for stuff (we've negotiated other dates with a few people).

If you can't remember what you signed up to do, comment here and I'll PM you with a reminder :)

If anyone else is interested in donating fic/art/anything, please do let us know! We'd love to have as many of you there in spirit as possible.

If you're donating something that you want to send directly to Edinburgh, please PM and I'll give you an address to use. In terms of fic/art, that can be emailed to myself or cassie_black12 - just PM for addys if you don't have them.

We have received some AMAZING stuff already and we're really looking forward to sharing it all with you. Oh, and I'm reliably informed someone is bringing fudge. Oh yes.

Once again, happy birthday, Draco!

What a week! Kids had fun with my in-laws.

I had fun with my friend Linda. Did I troll down George Street? Did I ever. And then I trolled over to the Old Town, drank a lot of wine, then vodka and danced and did some things a ****ty-something married woman probably shouldn't do with a barely legal Brazillian boy. But it was fun, fun, fun! And I didn't do anything too immoral.

Ate great food and walked miles and even managed to get that pic on Princes St for abusing_sarcasm's daughter that I was trying to get at Christmas. Now I just have to figure out how to get it off my damn phone.

And I'm happy cause Christian C. said he'd take me to the movies this summer, cause damned if my husband's going to. Grrr.

Back to that thing called work tomorrow. Thank you to leochi, dripping_cherry, and kilter, whose art, fic and MST3K treatments kept me going. And of course, to noeon for keeping me sane(ish) whilst I was away.