In happier news, I stayed up until 3 a.m. last night finishing the second draft of my short story. That's right, finishing. I hadn't completed a work of fiction in over ten years until now. Meanwhile, the first chapter of the magnum opus continues to grow, nearing the six thousand word mark. I'm starting to think that having a rough draft for this one finished by mid-April is wishful thinking in the extreme, but that's not going to keep me from trying.