Weekend? What Weekend??

I’m getting a much later start than I would if we were in the office, but I’ve got a full day of work ahead of me. There’s too much to do to really take a day off – but since “Pirates of the Caribbean” is on The Movie Channel, I think I’ll start after it’s over. Johnny Depp, as some of you may know, was my first true love, and I think that I had *excellent* taste as a 12-year old. At the very least, my taste in that particular area is remarkably consistent with my taste as a 29-year old. (Fortunately, my taste in other areas has changed substantially. Can you even find banana clips or acid-washed jeans anymore?)

I had grand plans for yesterday, once we got back to the hotel. I really and truly had every intention of getting a good bit of work done that afternoon. Instead, as I was reading, I fell stone cold asleep. Woke up around 8 pm, went down to dinner with TL and S, then S and I watched a movie and stayed up quite late talking. Overall, it was a very enjoyable evening, but it does rather leave me behind the proverbial eight ball. (“Will I be up obscenely late working?” [shake, shake, shake] “All signs point to ‘yes’.”)

Ah well – it builds character, yes?

More bathtub laundry today, but it works and gets my clothes nice and clean, even if I did scald my hands a little (that tap water can get very hot). I’m going to head down for the gym later for a mid-day break – although is it really considered a break if you still haven’t started the activity from which you are supposedly taking a break? Hmm… In any case, it will be good for me to get off my posterior. And as I sit here, with my nice, hot mug of Cup-A-Soup steaming up my glasses, the clouds are parting a little on some of the work I have to do. TL gave me some good suggested revisions for what I’ve already written, and once I figure out the best way to put them into action, I have a feeling that I will have a much stronger chapter that I can then put aside until final report editing. I hope. So for today, things are okay over here in Yemeni Frontier House…