Personal updates, in which I am mighty, with help

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May has been a long and gruesome slog. But here's what has emerged:

• Mom apartment cleaned out, Mom stuff moved elsewhere or crammed into our house for more sorting and actual Mom needs, Mom at nursing home, still waiting for a more permanent room. She's taken another fall this week but is not badly damaged, fortunately. This led to yet another discussion on shoes, which is a problem because a. her feet are badly deformed due to various problems, b. she simply refuses to wear anything she doesn't find immediately comfortable and c. we have no good way to transfer her out and about to take her shoe shopping. So logistical nightmare that we've been through at the previous 2 facilities already. Sigh. But, hey, apartment cleanout accomplished before end of month! Go, us!
• Novel draft of Other Me sfnal novel that absolutely, positively had to get done before I left for the Nebulas on Wednesday? DONE! DONE! And soon to be the editor's problem, until it is mine again when it comes back.
• Article draft for Queers Destroy Horror - not quite done yet, but researched so should get done this weekend.
• Everything else? What are you, joking? Not done yet.
• But hey, estimates for replacing our retaining wall and landscaping the decaying eyesore that is our house's street presence are in progress. Biz plan, in progress. More stuff soon!