At the bus stop a couple days ago, a woman stared at me and squee'd with a look of recognition, and I'm thinking, like, "do I know you?" and it wasn't me she was squeaking at, but the book (Summer Knight, book 4). "I'm on Book 9" she said, and I said, "NO SPOILERS!" and she said, "Oh no. But you'll love it."

Oh, I love connecting to people over books -- even ten-second episodes like this can totally make my day. ":-D A shame this happens so rarely.

Re: unemployment. Yeah, not looking forward to that one. ":-(