Hmmm

[looks at grandmother's upcoming birthday]

[looks at schedule for the week which includes working full-time, and completing multiple things for No Limits, i.e. both days and nights are full all week long]

[looks at one]

[looks at the other]

This is when I really regret not having a copy of Last Minute Knitted Gifts. That and/or a lacy scarf that can be knocked together in a couple of hours. Harumph.

Harry Potter

Hee! I got a voice mail from Jim Dale reminding me to pick up my copy of Harry Potter this weekend. That's very kind of Jim. I can't remember the last time I thought to call him to remind him of something.

I've got my HP plans in place for this weekend. Anything on my To Do list for this week will be done by Friday. I get off early on Fridays so I'll ready some food in the crockpot for Saturday night's dinner, kick back, relax, finish anything that wasn't done yet, then head on over to Borders for the midnight party and subsequent book buying.

Don't suppose any Borders employees out there know if there's a universal policy on how the stores will handle it? I did B&N last time which actually worked out great for me because by sheer and total fluke I managed to call the store at darn near the last minute, reserve a copy, swing by just as they started handing out tickets to let people know their place in line, and thus managed to be #7 when the time came. I thought about doing that again this year but the Borders is closer so I figured why not? I just want to know if I need a ticket, and I'm almost reluctant to disturb the poor employees who are probably ready to kill all the HP fans by now. (FWIW I asked when I reserved my copy and the girl said she didn't know yet - to the point where she didn't even know if they were having a midnight sale at all. Hmm. Maybe I should call Jim back and ask him.)

However it happens I'll have my book late Friday, shall go home and read until I can't keep my eyes open anymore, sleep, wake up, turn the crock pot on, and keep on reading. This is what I did for OOTP and it worked just fine by me.

Anyone adjusting their flists for spoilers can rest assured I'll cut-tag everything. As with so many topics, I am virgin friendly 8)

Hmm. I should probably drag one of my Gryffindor icons out again...

ETA: Okay, called the local Borders. Guy I spoke to didn't know what the procedure was either. He said last time they sort of handed out numbers, but it wasn't the kind of thing where you needed to show up hours earlier in order to get one. Just get there when the party started. So I guess that's the plan then.