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Back home! We got home around noon, and we sent the kids to school for the afternoon so we could run errands. *is totally mean* I picked up new contacts (-8.5 and -10.5, because I am blind as a bat *blinks at you*) and bought a TON of girlie stuff this afternoon (Stila Blackberry Lip Glaze, Bobbi Brown Tinted Moisturizer in Medium-to-Dark, Bare Minerals powder foundationy stuff in Medium, and cardigans and t-shirts from Old Navy and J. Jill and just all KINDS of wondrousness from Lush) and am home and ready to start dinner.

I checked in a few times from various wired locations around that part of VA and so re: Dumbledore: If somebody wrote the Dumbledore/Grindelwald "Never the Sinner" take I was asking for right after I finished the book, I still haven't read it, but I feel the universe should take this opportunity to make it appear. Thanks. There's been much said on how she does and does not suck for doing this now rather than making it text, and making the only quasi-canonically gay character an already-marginalized sexless nonagenarian+, and I find that I agree with all of it on all sides. I ship Harry/Draco and Percy/Hermione - I officially have no stake in what JKR might say, because she's never going to say anything that reinforces the way I see the storylines playing out, so I don't mind that part of it so much. It was interesting to be thinking about this this weekend, because I was also devouring Case Histories, and that theme of the happiness of queer characters comes up in the reading of that, I think. I'd love to talk about this more; if you've read Case Histories and would like to talk about Amelia, please use this space to do so.

Thinking lots of non-fiery thoughts for the SoCal contingent. This continent-wide drought thing really blows, and I'm surprised we haven't had more crazy fires in the rest of the country.

It's over and it's done and it's tied up with a bow and that is that.

And I don't feel like I have all that much that needs saying, and I don't feel like I need to rehash it endlessly, and I don't need to give a spoilery review. There were bits that I thought were pitch-perfect and bits that I thought read like extreme badfic but it's a long book - I don't need to love every paragraph.

Because I love them all so much, and I'm going to miss them.

Here are posts about Friday night that, if you are joining us, you should be aware of:

The post about the dinner - Please RSVP there ASAP if you haven't yet. I am calling the pub today to bump our reservation up to **35** (because, and I say this with love, y'all SUCK at planning ahead and RSVP'ing promptly :D) and I'm hopeful that it'll be a non-issue, but this is the last time I will be changing it.

The post wherein you must comment if you want me to pick up your wristband - I have edited that post to show who is already on my list - if you leave me a comment and want confirmation that I got it, check that post again in the morning, as I will be updating it tonight to include anyone who might comment today.