Couple things for the happiness meme today. First, went back to work and that went all right. I was definitely coughing more, but no uncontrollable fits, and I'm tired but not all-out exhausted. W00t. It was also very, very nice to be asked if I was sure I was well enough to be there as opposed to the 'omg how dare you take time off to be sick?' attitude at many workplaces. Reason number ten million and two to like this job. :-)

The second thing has me a little O_O - the Athenian birth of a brand new original character today. Full name, partial physical appearance (can't get a fix on facial features), some personality aspects, some family background, some 'personal issues,' some ideas about the best friend. I have no idea what to do with a quirky teenage girl begging for a YA novel living in my head. I don't know what kind of story she's linked to yet, though I do know it has something to do with her name, and names and labels are a critical theme, but... wtf? I even have a first line! That I LIKE!

What makes this even funnier to me is that I was doing mental run-throughs of upcoming Est stuff, you know, the kind that tends to be X-rated and all boys, and every time I'd hit the point where M!Rob would go, "I can't predict what the little fucker will say/do next," my mind would do this lateral flip and I'd be back with MNO, getting details like what kind of glasses she wears. My brain, she is an interesting place some days. :P