I've been tired a lot lately. I realized the other day that I don't have any jobs where I sit down; I'm trying to fix this. There's also a vibrant social scene here that I desperately want to be a part of, so I forget that I shouldn't hang out until 1 AM. Sleep is just as important as friends, right?

Speaking of friends, Keegan and I went on a double date on Friday night with Rosie and Elspeth. They're totally cute. We went to an ice cream parlor in the nearest town. There's one stoplight in town. We sat on the steps outside, ate our ice cream, and watched the sun set. Rosie couldn't finish her chocolate malt, so we split it. I just want to point out that we had a double date to an ice cream parlor and split a chocolate malt. This might be the cutest thing I've ever done.

Saturday night, there was a huge party at Acorn. It's one of the biggest parties of the year, in fact. Crushes were revealed, people danced, and things were generally great. I left "early" just past 1:00. I ended up getting pretty exhausted during that last hour or so. How pitiful is this: I was tired and sort of sad, and I realized that I still miss my cats terribly, so I started crying about them. I'm sort of embarrassed about it, but I guess it's great that missing my cats is the worst thing I have to cry about.

When I got home Saturday night/Sunday morning, I needed to unwind before I could go to sleep. I ended up playing guitar for about an hour. I like that I've gotten back into playing guitar. I've learned a couple of new songs. I've played outside in the courtyard a few times, and it's been really pleasant. I go through phases with guitar, and I hope this is the start of an intensive phase when I learn a lot of songs. I've gotten bored with the old ones.

Sunday was the quietest day I've seen here yet. Everyone was recovering from the party. I was whooped, and I didn't even stay for the whole thing, so I can only imagine how people who partied hard were feeling. Some of them are still down today.

Random facts from life here: Had a good talk with Purl during my garden shift this morning. Had fun at Rayne's birthday party last night, even though I left before 9:00. The children' library in Degania is coming together. I'm officially the Degania meta now. Rick's window is installed. Keegan knows how to rig a jig. I wear a sundress almost every day.