Tentacle Contest

I didn't post last week, I know -- bad writer.

My excuse is that I was sick. Not really sick -- I barely broke a low-grade fever -- but I had that congestion/cough/bricked-up sinuses feeling that goes along with your average head cold (and possibly minor sinus infection). I kept waiting for it to morph into the flu my kids'd had the previous week, but it didn't. I was mildly miserable and barely able to maintain half-intelligent conversation for the best part of three days, and then it cleared up and turned into a cough that is apparently going to stick around to see the spring.

So not only was I not really coherent enough to write a cogent blog post, I also pretty much took the week off from everything requiring intellectual endeavor -- I managed to squeeze out a promptfic for my project with Lynn, but didn't even do any editing. I hate to tell you how backed up my slush pile got.

(That's not a euphemism. Oh, how I wish it were.)

Luckily, I'd gotten ahead of schedule, so I had some wiggle room to take some time off. (Except for that damned slush pile, which just never stops.)

Anyway, I feel like I owe you something special as an apology for having missed a week. So I think I'll have a drawing for a handmade (by me!) octopus. You know you want one! Tentacular cuteness! All you have to do is leave a comment -- on the blog, on the LiveJournal, or on the Facebook page. Not sure what to say? Tell me your favorite cold or cough remedy! (And leave me a way to contact you; the last time I had a contest, the LJ winner never got their prize!)

I'll draw a name (or maybe two -- you never know!) in time for the next week's entry!