Yesterday was a brilliant day.

I got to hang out with an idol of mine.

She was lovely, gracious, and humored me enough to take some pics and sign my prequel (and all this after interviewing her for OOM! I'll post that when it goes up.)

Honestly, when I was 8, 10, 12 and reading (and re-reading, and re-reading) The Baby-sitters Club books, I would have flipped out had I known I would someday get to meet Ann M Martin.