Living in the Real World

This is the first chance I've had to squee about my plethora of wins at the Willowy Goodness Awards, so I'm going to do it as a form of stress relief. (Very bad work day.)

I can claim the following bragging rights:
Big Gun Award Runner Up (to claudia6913, and since I nominated her, I can't complain)
Best Multiple Partner Author Runner Up (again to claudia6913)
Best Willow/Giles Fic: Loss and Love
Best Willow/Spike Fic Runner Up: Turning of the Tides (to KallieRose, tied with elenorlaura)
Best Willow/Other Male Fic: The Set-Up (Willow/Lindsey)
Best Romance: Tumblin' Down (Willow/Giles)
Best Willow Charictarization: All You Need is Blood (Willow/Spike)

Thanks to those of you who voted for me. Congrats to all of the other winners. I'm not going to try to name all of you because I don't want to forget anyone. You know who you are.

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The rest of my mini-vaca was wonderful and too short. I didn't get to go to my favorite Chinese restaurant yesterday because they're closed on Mondays. Pfft. We went to another restaurant that I like, that has changed their menu, again, but it was still good. Then I got frozen custard for desert. YUMMY! I can't go home and not have frozen custard at least once. You can't find it on the east coast. It was great spending some time hanging out with my dad and step-mom though. My step-brother was still in town (he's a truck driver) so he was able to join us for lunch.

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ETA: A Pimp! I meant to do this last week, but with the job fair and my trip, I forgot.
For you Spillow fans, go read dark_lycoris's BDSM fic Weathered (posted in 2 parts: Part One and Part Two). I had the honor of beta'ing it and very much enjoyed it as a reader too.