ATM means "automatic teller machine." Not "Ass to mouth." Or does it???

TUESDAY----

I get up and realize its my last day of vacation! I do some laundry (much needed!) and clean up the house. We drop by Big Boy to see my parents, my last time seeing them before they head back to Southern Illinois. The wife's parents drove up and visited for a quick hour or two and then left. Dead tired, I decided to take a nap, while the wife hung out and watched QVC.

I wake up later and sit at the drawing table and put a couple of hours in. I feel like drawing some cheesecake, so I draw a couple of Earthgirl and OUTCAST pinups featuring girls in girly poses that brings a smile to all the young boy's faces.

The wife goes to her friends and drinks. Later, my stomach feels very queasy, so I pick her up and pass out, complaining of hard stomach pain.

WEDNESDAY---

I get up and head to McDonalds for a 10-3 shift. It goes pretty smoothly. I finally got my non-slip shoes, now that my good VANS shoes are ruined.

I head home and relax for a couple of hours and then head into my other job. I check emails and update things for the first time in a week or so. I get sad news... due to the backup of things at comixpress, EARTHGIRL will not ship till late July. It bums me out cause I was hoping to have the books in time for Melody to take to San Diego Comic Con. But we work out alternatives. These things happen. Print companies.... I swear. But I have not withdrawn my support for comixpress. They do good work reguardless.

Also at work, Ryan M. sends me the script to the 4 pages he wants me to do for his book, WISE INTELLIGENCE. The script is funny and my cup o' tea to draw! (talking heads!) So, I start thumbnailing so I can get to work on it this weekend.

I update all my sites and download Fanboy Radio podcasts at work. The guys on the show take a question of mine for Rosario Dawson and mention my name on the air! Pretty sweet, even if it is fleeting. The wife calls and tells me she was live on the air at QVC as a talker. She is stoked. Very cute.

I head home around 3am and almost pass out at the wheel, I'm so tired. Then, glorious sleep...

THURSDAY---

I wake up and the wife has called in sick to work. Apparently, she's got some sort of virus and I hope I don't catch it! I head to McDonalds and do an 11-5pm shift. I have decided to make my availablity there 12-5pm from now on, so I can get decent sleep at night. They might not like it, but I cannot kill myself! I think I will be less grouchy too. I am not a morning person at all!

After McDonalds, I head to my other job. We get some CULVERS to eat and sit and work hard, banging out deadlines. I check email and get a commission offer. I surf the net downloading reference pics to draw from for the commission and work out a deal to have it done next week. So this weekend, I gotta sketch for that and the 4 page WISE INTELLIGENCE script. And if I can squeeze in some of my own comic work, that would be killer. Lots of drawing to do, and no time to play DRAGON QUEST 8.....

and believe me, there is nothing I'd rather do than draw! Things are rolling baby!

T-diddy.