Well, Ash versus the water, round one, went fairly well. He's much softer now, if not entirely de-flea'd yet. Stupid me didn't think he had fleas, so I got normal shampoo. But he's getting a few more baths over the next few days, until we get all of the fur crusts gone (to be fair, there's only one left, and that's on his chest) and the water is as clear when he's taken out as it was when he was put in. And he's spent this evening drowsing in my lap as I work on translations, so all seems to be good on that count.

Wore my dance heels to swing class tonight, which I think helped in some aspects and didn't in others. I suspect I'm going to end up laying down money for *real* dance shoes at some point, not just heels that I dedicated to the purpose.

The translation proceeds apace. All I have left to do is the OP and some baby Japanese in Konomi's scene. And then I get to toss the whole thing at sandpanther and have her tell me how off-base I am. Of course, at the same time I get to run through her translations of 21 and 22. Somehow I suspect there'll be far fewer accuracy problems in those, though. Still, all in all this is giving me a weird feeling that my B.A. in Japanese was perhaps not entirely a wasted endeavor.

Kimono 1 (for racerxmachina): DONE. Beautiful stripey fabric that almost completely disguises the piecing I had to do to make it work. You'd think six yards of 45" wide fabric would be enough for one outfit for anyone, but nooooo... I am left with almost nothing in the way of scraps. I love this kimono, and think RXM does as well, because of how much inspiration it required, and how well it came out.

Kimono 2 (for Wonderful Husband): In-progress. Discovered that the fabric for it has a 5" repeat. Discovered this because there is a 5" tuck at the waist and when I ironed it flat, the leaves matched. Laughed aloud and called Wonderful Husband downstairs to look.

Went to swing dance class tonight, ironed out the chicken walk and learned another new move that we don't know the name for yet. Corned beef has been in the crockpot all day, and we just tossed veg (cabbage + carrots + corn) into a pot on the stove, so food should be ready soon. So for now I go sew on the other sleeve.