That sounds both awful and like probably the right call.

Yes. I'm so sorry, Drew.

And that sounds hard, Gud. That can't be good for you to have no leisure time.

Interview~ma, DH of Dana!

I hope your vacation is fantastic and your friend has good work to do when you get back, meara!

When I was Catholic, we didn't count Sundays as part of Lent, because they are feast days and feast day trumps fast day. If other Feast days fall during Lent, they don't count either. Did not make a practical difference to me, but it's the rule I learned.My Orthodox grandmother and her deacon second husband kept to much stricter fasting rules and really embraced any exceptions they could make, like feast days and if you visit someone who isn't fasting and they offer you something forbidden it is better to accept the hospitality than stick to your fast (Arkady was always so disappointed when they'd come to my parents' house during one of the several Lents and my mom would serve salmon).

Anyway, what I was really planning on saying was that if you count 40 days from Ash Wednesday you can only get to Easter if you skip Sundays.

I got a headache in the last half hour or so of work yesterday and it didn't go away until well into the evening and this morning it is back.I'm assuming it is pressure changes from the storms moving through, it has that feel to it, but it is not lost on me that it could be my body's way of telling me I just need to stay in bed and not try to accomplish anything.

That all sounds really good, Connie! Good for you overriding the puritan inner voice.

So yeah, I fucking suck at Lent this year. The coffee, now that I should have realized. The problem with giving up coffee is that I'm not coherent enough before my coffee to remember that I was giving it up. So I'm not trying that one anymore. Social media has proven somewhat difficult, plus I have some promotional stuff I need to do. So I've resigned myself to cutting waaay back on time spent over there. (Y'all don't count. You're not social media; you're just my peeps.)

I'm doing a pretty good job of No Browser-Based Internet Use After 8pm.

It's rough, though. I occasionally cheat if I'm writing and need a fact check.

I did not realize how many people have recorded versions of Viva Las Vegas . They all seem to be on rotation on the muzak .

That's kind of a good not-nixing-it rule of thumb. I need to do that shit anyway, because I have got to get my sleep hygiene in order. I might try that.

(Seeing myself quoted also makes me laugh that my religious observance posts are so laced with profanity. 'Cause that's how I roll, I guess.)

That's kind of a good not-nixing-it rule of thumb. I need to do that shit anyway, because I have got to get my sleep hygiene in order. I might try that.

I haven't managed the sleep hygiene yet, but I am reading more books!

True! And I like books, so that's good!

I did not realize how many people have recorded versions of Viva Las Vegas .

Perhaps my favorite Elvis movie. Not least because Ann-Margret gave as good as she got. Exhibit A: The end of "The Lady Loves Me."

Husband has a second phone interview with the Nashville people on Monday.

Woot! Fingers crossed, Dana!

Actual people already living in Nashville: I will come visit you this summer!

Hooray! Any idea when? We will probably be in Massachusetts for around 2-3 weeks in July.

I am on the struggle bus today. I still have two classes to teach after lunch, which is unfortunate since I'm kind of done working for the day already.

Same here, Pix. We had a rough night last night (older child pitched a royal fit at bedtime, screaming and crying until almost an hour past when she's usually asleep; husband had a bad day at work, got stuck in bad traffic on the way home, is coming down with a cold; baby was up from 10:30-midnight), so we all could have used a little more sleep this morning, but instead the eldest woke up at 5:45 and refused to go back to bed despite being super tired and whiny, then later pitched another royal fit over getting dressed for school; I lost my cool, yelled at her, and now feel terrible about how I handled things both last night and today. So, I haven't exactly been very focused on work today, between sleepiness and self-flagellation. Oy.

K-Bug and I have slept the majority of the day away. Thankfully work wasn't an issue, just handled a few things and then I'm turning in my timesheet. So nice to be feeling better.