We knew when we moved out that I would probably find work faster than Rob. The advantage of the whole jack-of-all-trades thing is that I don’t have to look for work in just one field. Rob has a more specialized area. So, for the last several weeks, Rob has been my house husband.

I must tell you that I love this arrangement. When I’m temping, he packs a lunch for me to take to work. He cooks dinner. Does laundry. Shopping. All I have to do are the things that I would want to be doing anyway. Build puppets, design books and write.

The silly boy feels like he’s not “pulling his weight.” Folly! He is giving me enormous peace of mind.

Oh look! A cocktail. le sigh… I love my husband.

I just got the final art for Charles Stross’s book, Toast, coming out from Wyrm. I’d already done a preliminary layout using the rough draft of the art, so it was easy to drop the final art in place, make a few tweaks and send it over to Neil.

The art is by the talented and very easy to work with Steve Montiglio. I have no understanding of how he works as fast as he does with as much intricate detail. He just delivered the final art weeks before his due date. It makes a girl very happy.

Besides– Giant octopus ships in space! What more could you ask for?