Happy Leap Day. Happy Oscar Day. Today was also D-Day - my manuscript was due at the publishers today. Why a Sunday? Well, I arbitrarily picked the date February 29 about nine months ago when asked when I could deliver the finished book. I guess I never even looked at a calendar, and didn't realize it was a Sunday until a few weeks ago. Anyway, the point is moot; I called them Thursday and, sweating bullets, asked for a few days extension. Turned out this was no big deal - they were surprised I even bothered to call. So now the plan is to send this puppy off on Thursday. I can't wait.