No, I'm not tackling RWA business stuff here because other people are covering it better than me.

I'm just covering what I've been doing. Last night, after the Goody room, where I got more free books, Carrie and I chilled in our room for an hour and then went to the welcome reception, where we met some nice ladies named Judy, Chris, Lynn, and Michelle. Food was good, full taco bar and another table with fruit, cheese, vegetables, and dip. Nice. Except the cheese.

I was so excited to get my hands on sharp cheddar. Dude. This wasn't real cheese. It was like...pasteurized imitation cheese food that looks like real cheese, smells like real cheese, but when you bite into it...wow. So wrong. I took a bite, and made a horrible face, so Carrie promptly ate some of hers to see how bad it could possibly be to make me look like that. And then she made the face.

Then we went to movie night, where we totally MST3K'd the film of choice, Romancing the Stone. More free books, Meg Cabot's latest. She had a book trailer with an interview up on the big screen at first, just running in a long loop. Not too many people showed up. We actually had a party to attend that we forgot about. Oops! The plus side was that we were able to stuff our bags full of bottled water and soft drinks. Shhhhhh, don't tell! They're charging four bucks for a Coke around here!

Checked out the bazaar, which didn't have anything I couldn't live without, and then we went back to the room for a totally slumber party night. I don't remember what all we talked about, but I laughed so hard I almost snorted my Diet Pepsi. We also couldn't find our ice bucket, so we called the front desk for technical support.

The poor woman immediately asked, "Did you look in your credenza?"

"In my cre-whatta? You mean the TV cabinet?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"We're not big TV watchers, so no. Hold on, I'll look now." Pause. "Oh. Here it is! I'm sorry, I swear we haven't been drinking."

She sounds dubious. "You sure about that, Miss Ann?"

Great. She knows my name. This will become new slang, shortly. "So drunk, I couldn't find my ice bucket with both hands."

Anyway, we stayed up later than we should have, and skipped the early first seminars this morning. We needed the sleep. Went to a couple in the late morning, and one was more useful than the other. Now I'm about to head out to lunch, and later tonight, I have the Penguin cocktail party with Laura. Eeeeeeeeeee! Deets on that tomorrow.

I'm totally meeting a lot of cool authors. Seen Nora and JAK and talked to others. Everyone has been really friendly, except for one bitchy old lady. You know who you are, Hagatha!

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