and the procrastination continues

Funny how you never can break yourself of some habits. Procrastination..it's my game and I'm freakin good at it, bitches (meant in the nicest way possible and to no one in particular, of course). Pulling all-nighters in high school was probably too common and I think I even did a few in college. I'm way too old for that stuff now ;), but I seem to pull the best work out of my rear when my head is throbbing and I'm so tired I can't really see straight. YeS!! That's how it should be done. So, back to my point...the procrastination does not cease once the schooling years are through, my friends. I am now a 'professional volunteer' and it still haunts me!! We have this retreat this weekend where we have to present our 'covenant': what we hope to get out of this year as a house/community and what our community promises to one another. Well, that's all fine and dandy, but we have to present it to the rest of the people at retreat (about 40 other LVC'ers) and it's gotta be creative. Soooo....here I am, at almost midnight (this is truly early by most standards, I realize) painting a huge circle on a cut up curtain we found upstairs...haaa!! This is great. I almost feel back in my element again, which is really, really scary.

Our theme has to deal with footprints, so I'm pretty excited about putting paint on my feet and stomping around on a piece of fabric. What a riot.

Then we have to make breakfast for everyone and provide food at other times and of course we put this off til the last minute, too. Grand! And I'm always the one trying to keep the other girls in this house on track..Lord, that's frightening. This from the girl who can entertain herself for hours by cutting out things from magazines and pasting them on paper. And the end is in sight....

There's a line in The Life of Pi that says, "Without a driver, this bus is lost". Well, I'm sorry to say it, but I think our driver is a bit tanked and really needs to pull over. They never said this year would be easy, and that is becoming more and more apparent with each passing day. Someday we'll get our crap together. Everybody loves a good challenge, right?

I just wanna thank everybody who continues to listen to me complain and carry on about all of my troubles..I couldn't stay [somewhat] sane without you guys and I love you ubermuch! And to Brooke....thank you for what you wrote. Our friendship, through all its ghast ugliness (yeah, we've been there!) and its ow!!ow!! hotness (hee hee..) is really something. Gosh, we're crazy lunatics! Gertie would be so proud. :D Love you, ma'am!