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Happy First Day of Spring, darlings! And free Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee day, if you're lucky enough to live by a Dunkin' Donuts, which I am sadly NOT!

Emails have informed me that I have been neglecting you shamelessly, which I know is true and is a matter which is CRIPPLING ME WITH GUILT! But then I started doing that circle where if you haven't posted in a while, you start to feel like you need something MOMENTOUS in order to post.

But swmbo does not DO momentous, so you can see where that all went round and round. And then I got poked and prodded and now I throw my hands up, give in and say hello. <3 <3 <3 I've missed you. I've been insanely busy at work and I went totally anti-social in reaction. Let me 'splain how anti-social I went (I am now on the upswing again) - on Sunday I did not log on WoW at all. AT ALL! On a day when I had nothing else to do! I stayed gloriously inside and read Lois McMaster Bujold books (Miles ones) all day. I do have to say that for pure joy, you can't beat that. But now I'm up to A Civil Campaign and as Miles becomes less reclusive and more social, so does swmbo.

I'm fairly sure this means I have to save the world in the near future through subtle means and freak accidents of chance and flashes of brilliance. I shall be RIGHT on that.

Also, quick nephbo story: The other day I was visiting nephbo and BFF said to him (and it's true): You really are adorable, you know. Nephbo immediately frowned and corrected her "I not a doorbell". "No, sweetie, adorable". "I NOT A DOORBELL! I NOT a doorbell, mamma!".

Awww, nephbo. It is so untrue, you really ARE a doorbell.

As my friends, are you <3. I will try to be better behaved. If not, you can always send swmkit a secret message.

So, what have I MISSED? Secret scandals? Glorious revelations? I am something like three WEEKS behind on all relevant gossip and it's the biggest of all tragedies! Except for the being behind on *irrelevant* gossip, which is always the best kind.

Today is my beloved Fod's birthday.

I have spent *all day* trying to come up with something wonderful and clever enough to do justice to her.

I had the bizarre and ultimately unworkable idea of a HIMYM...parody? spoof? where I was Ted to her Barney and Mattie and Kovsky got to be Lily and Marshall and Bear was maybe Robin and ...

No, swmbo, no!

Then I tried to write a crossover that involved Barney and Michael Scott and conceptually it was *perfect* but me, myself and I failed to pull it off.

And ultimately I hit that wall of - what do you get the person who has everything? Except in this case it was - what do you do for the person who deserves *everything*?

Because my Fod does. She is brilliant and funny and charming and amazing and awesome. And while I can not come up with that perfect burst of creativity, I can say - Fodness, you have been part of my life for years now and because of that, I am the luckiest swmbo that ever was or is. You stun me every day and I am thrilled to be your friend and so very grateful I wore you down to the point that you gave in and decided to keep me.

I luff you. Happy Birthday, darling. I am having wine and cake to celebrate the glory that is you. But mostly I wish I could just squish you til you squeak and go to the farmer's market and get berries and salsa and joy.