I used to be able to stay up until 3 or 4 a.m. on the weekends and then sleep until noon, but no longer. Now, I'm falling asleep on the couch by 10 or 11 and then up by 6 at the latest. Already today, I've taken my last batch of Goodwill donations done to the car, gone for my swim, come home and bleached the hairs on my face (they're not as bad as they were before the weight loss, but I still need to make them invisible), and put together my fruit salad for my friend's 4th of July Parade party this afternoon. All I have to do is stop by the grocery store and pick up some whipped cream, and then slice up the bananas right before serving. I've still got about 90 minutes before I have to leave, so I'm having my breakfast now (Greek yogurt) and then will do some cross-stitch before leaving.

I was up around 7ish and plowed through, literally, 80% of all the dishes and silverware we own, made coffee, and got started on the community activism website. But, ugh, it still needs a ton of work, and there are some really discouraging other sites out there saying vile things about us, and I also just finished a 10-page personal statement yesterday but haven't heard back from any of my betas yet; I feel all twitchy and feedback-whorish and like I can't do anything until they ANSWER ME ALREADY.

And I have to hop in the shower and get Matilda and myself dressed for church and the East Bay.

Awww, and Matilda's now lobbying to go back to "the big church" again; when I told her it made me too sad, she said, "I'll be there with you, silly! And if you get scared, I'll hold your hand."

JZ, I'm around and finally feeling better. I'd be happy to look at your personal statement and fling it back to you tout de suite.

I know the itch of unrealized feedback. I'm working on my sister's res and the website today, so I am in edit mode and at the comp for most of the day.

My sweet Jesus, 102 degrees projected today.

We had that yesterday. Today, it's only supposed to be in the low-to-mid 80s. Sweet summer bliss, and perfect for the parade!

It's hot and humid again today, which means no bike riding for me. I was thinking about going to the lake to go swimming, but I'm just tired and don't feel like going out anywhere.

Erin, it's pretty church-specific, and the betas I'm waiting on are people who know church doctrine and the history of our parish and diocese; Hec's already given it a secular beta and proclaimed it cogent and affecting, so now I'm stuck waiting on the churchy betas before I send it out to, er, a shitload of national publications.

Of course, if you want to give it another secular beta, I'm happy to send it along because I'm just that whorish!

We're MUCH cooler than we were yesterday, albeit muggy as all hell, what with the projected thunderstorms coming through.

Go on, bebe! I'm not much on current church doc, but I'd like to read it anyway, and will point out anything I see from a secular/editory perspective. With your mad word skillz, I'm sure it's wonderful.

Perhaps my medieval church knowledge can come in handy! (Probably not...::sniff::)

Wow, the Native American stereotypes in Annie Get Your Gun are really horrible.