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Well, today was kind of weird. I spend most of it sleeping, preparing a Sunday school lesson, teaching the Sunday school lesson, and babysitting.

I was sooo tired, and slept in until about 9. Then I spent 3 hours getting my Sunday school lesson around for this afternoon. Mr. asked me how many other people probably spend that long getting ready to teach Sunday school, and I had to admit probably not many. I got around costumes and made some props, and we acted out the Bible story. I also designed a craft. The actual Sunday school hour went GREAT; probably because I was so prepared.

So, Mr. thinks it's a kind of curse that we are so thorough at things. I mean, we rarely do things half-way. It's a value of ours to do things well. But we end up working a lot longer than many other people. Sometimes they wonder what's wrong with us, why we work so slowly. And it adds stress to our lives.

But I don't know how to change it, really. If something is worth doing, it's worth doing right. I would not be satisfied if I just did it half-way.

I continue to be very tired, so I napped after lunch instead of doing reading for my on-line class. But later in the evening, once we had gotten babies to sleep (we babysat so that our friends could go out) I got a chance to do a bit of reading. Unfortunately, I'll have to read the last chapter again, because I was fading in and out of consciousness, fighting to stay away. I don't remember much of what I read.

I don't know why I'm so tired. My exercise has gone right out the window, which is a bit discouraging to me. Partly because I'm so busy, but also because I'm just weary. And it's so hot. I mean, I can exercise in an air-conditioned room, but the heat the rest of the day just saps the energy right out of you. I don't know. Maybe I'm just being a big baby.

And speaking of tired, it's close to midnight. And the cat still comes and sits on me around 4 or 5 every morning, so I need to get to bed.

About the photo, I took a nice shot of a wagon wheel with orchids hung on it this afternoon, but that is just cutesy and sort of boring. I don't know if I would call this shot (of a meat vendor selling her wares at night) beautiful, exactly, but it is much more interesting than the photo of orchids. Enjoy.