In which MAH and I have a date and he makes a big commitment

I know you're all still recovering from the revelations in the previous post ("Ghostbusters'?!), but in the interests of having a complete record, I'd better catch the blog up on the past few days.

I can't remember if I wrote previously about MAH calling in to a radio station in order to get a coupon for a restaurant we'd be wanting to try--Julianna's. It was recommended by his HA and we kept trying to find an excuse to go. Well, once we had a $50 voucher, which we had paid $25 for, we had a reason. After discovering that it loses its magic powers this coming weekend, we decided to go out on Monday. We give it a big thumbs up. Nice ambiance. Wine is a little over-priced (notice it's not BYOB), so that's a minus. Food was very good. (Risotto as a side was great, marinara sauce a little "fennelly," osso buco was good and generous [MAH wanted a tomato-ier sauce, I thought it was fine. Chicken saltimboca rated good.) Huge portions, as is typical, but that just means you're eating it for lunch the next day. Prices are a bit high--perhaps not if you average it over more than one meal. However, if you have a party of four or more you can do the "family service" thing that they also have at Maggiano's--all you can for something like $23. Clearly that is the way to go, so we will have to round up two other people to go next time. Anyone who wants to go, just let us know. We're usually available.

But, I know you're on the edge your seats wondering what MAH committed to. You may be disappointed. You may remember that my second book proposal (the one I'm editing) was accepted but they had a few suggestions for me. I had a telecon scheduled for yesterday, so in preparation for that I had done some thinking and had some suggestions of my own. One of the sections just wasn't feeling right, so I came up with an idea for changing the topic and moving some things around. When I discussed this with MAH, he liked he idea and even suggested that he would write the new essay for that section (~20 pages). I was pleased, because I had thought of asking him, but in case you didn't know, MAH hates to write. Hates, hates, hates it. But he's committed now. Successful telecon was had and there should be a contract in the mail to me soon. MAH should have until the late spring-early summer to do this, so it shouldn't be that stressful, should it?

This is a gloomy, rainy morning. The dog, having woken us up at 5 (ahem, before the alarm), pestered us for an hour, and now doesn't even want to go outside at all. She's sleepy and wants to go lie on the sofa in the basement. This bodes well for me being able to get some work done this am.