Caffeine-induced Book Reading

Things I've learned within the last twenty-four hours: Apparently, half a can of Vanilla Coke, when taken after nine o'clock, is enough to keep me up all night. Who knew! I thought my caffeine resistance was still 100%; apparently not.

FTR: I drank a second can around four in the morning as a preventative measure, since I was pretty damn sure I wasn't getting to sleep at that point. Thankfully, it seems to have done its job. Coca-Cola, I can only assume that what you put in there is normal caffeine.

Luckily, I snagged an Out Slightly Early copy of The Mermaid's Madness at Waldenbooks yesterday. I was gonna be good and wait to buy it from a local store (as opposed to the chain) on Tuesday, but by now I guess I can live with the fact that I didn't ^^a

Anywho, thanks to late night caffeine-induced marathon reading, I'm now a good two-thirds of the way through the book. I SAW THAT CROSSOVER THAT YOU DID THERE. YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SOOO SNEAKY, BUT I TOTALLY CAUGHT IT. I'm kinda mentally running back and forth in fangirl glee because, EEEEE!, Talia backstory, and EEEEE!, Snow being all trickster-y, and EEEEE! the Captain!, and a;lsdkfj;sdlkafs just everything. I've got a hundred pages to go, and I don't want it to end yet, because that means I'll have to wait another year or so for more Princess adventures D: ...On the other hand, I do still have a fairly tall To Read stack, and that includes the rest of Goblin War, so. Maybe I'll live. Somehow.

SPEAKING OF MERMAID. For those who do not know, the author offered a chance to ask questions about the book not long ago! I sent one in when I found out he had not gotten any silly ones as of... the twenty-second-ish of September. It was quite silly. Anyhow, part of the bargain was that we'd have to post our own question and a linkback to everyone else's in our own blogs or wev on October 6th (that being the actual release date for The Mermaid's Madness), so expect to see that on Tuesday :3b (Technically, I already have my answer - complete with surprise graphic! - but it's much more fun to make you all wait >:3)

That's all for now; I think I'm going to go try to counter-act my Bad Role Modeling and maybe catch a nap. If I can manage it. Caffeine metabolizers, don't fail me now!

Hugs plz kthx

Our toilet just overflowed and flooded the bathroom. It would have been less flooded, had Roommate Who Is Here known of the magical Knob That Stops Water To Toilet, and if I had even remembered its existence. The water has been stopped, and about half of it has been bailed into the bathtub with the assistance of our bath towels. Said bath towels are now more-or-less carpeting the floor while I regain my sanity and possibly stuff maybe dries a little.

Also, when RWIH called the landlord to let her know there was a toilet problem and ask for assistance (we got her answering machine - as we do a good 99% of the time), she described this as a "slight toilet problem".

I still have not gotten more than an hour or two of sleep since I woke up on Sunday morning, and am now quite tired. Had I just turned out the lights and gone to sleep half an hour ago, as I had contemplated, I have no idea what would have happened to the apartment. Most likely, RWIH's knocks would have woken me up, though I may have given into the temptation to throw something at the door, leaving the apartment to flood, and our neighbors below us quite possibly to be dripped upon (which I still haven't checked if they have been yet, and RWIH wasn't interested in doing, and Roommate Who Is Not Here is not here, and I am fucking tired).

There were also Unexpected Route Changes and Bad Information this afternoon, but that was, as compared, less stressful. Even when I had to implement the changes on the fly, rather than tomorrow, as dispatch had told me I would be doing.

So. Anyone have an internet hug, a dorky MSPaint drawing, or a macro they'd be willing to share for cheer-up purposes? 'Cuz it sure beats breaking down in tears. (Bonus points for rat macros ._.b)