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I went to bed early, slept fitfully, but managed to wake up relaively well rested. I think Janette (Jeanette? I really am lost on spelling here :o) was not kidding when she said she was trying to get rid of all her tequilla. That or I'm a much cheaper drunk than I recall/believe. Damn those were tasty though :o I woke upseveral times last night just *desperate* for water.... so thirsty. And I blame the tequilla. Anyway.

Yesterday was a weridly relaxed-but-hectic day, as I was still trying to organize myself until the last minute, and failed even then. Again, apologies to Bronwen ;_; I did have a nice time, though, and Washington (NC) is really beautiful. We were right right on the water, in a house on stilts, even, because the water was so close. Very pretty. There were willows, and a perfect sized, very sweet, dog, named Honey. There was barbeque and brownies with ice cream.

I also finished my analysis of The France Book, and did part of my reading for clas today. I have to go in early today to do the rest of it... I hate reading off the internet. I'll probably go to do that relatively soon, but I want to get some food into me, and also some food to eat before class. I have my first dance class tonight too. I hope I can find the place, etc. I have directions, and a general idea of where I'm going.

Today, I need to do some Useful Things. I need to e-mail some people about getting information for my thesis project. I am getting ready to do that now, but I am nervous! Eek! What if they say no? I also need to really get everything I need ready to apply to some schools. I'm going to look over my PHD proposal again, and take some stuff to people to get them to start on letters for some school. I am going to apply to five schools right off, because that's how many transcripts I have coming from Sheffield, and how many I already have from UNB here. UCL is one. I'm not sure for the other four. I think I will try to apply to my first and second rank schools first, and leave my third rate ones until a little later, maybe. I think that makes sense.

Okay, enough dawdling. I need to get a start on this day, for real -_-

Okay, maybe not.

I went to my first dance class today. it was innnnteresting. Basic stuff, of course: it is the first nigfht of an intro class. But I think we managed to cover a decent amount. Donna, our instructor, has been teachig for 35 years this year. Crazy madness! She's nice, if a bit... flaky? Well, not really flaky, but a bit. She is definitely intop woman empowerment stuff. The last 1/2 hour of the class was stress relief stuff, where we break into partners, and give each other masages, and then lie on the floor and listen as Donna plays relaxing chimes, gets us to do a visualization exercize and reads inspirational poetry O_O Well, really, after the massage, I'm happy enough to lie there and half doze or twenty miutes no matter what's going on around me ;) It helped that the lady I was paired with tonight was a trained reflexologist... Anyway, it was good. It is nice to be dancing again, even if it is goign to be relatively basic. I'm enthused. Wooh!

Now, I am eating a peach!