sunday bloody sunday

* we woke up 2 hours ago to our hot water being out... this happens from time to time. we have a crazy oil-powered furnace that we drain every week or so. from time to time it goes out, and we have to reset it. we reset it 5 times this morning before giving up. this means colleen and leigh and i all got no showers and we all feel gross. at least for colleen and me... she was on a hike yesterday, and i walk/jogged 5 miles last night, so both of us were not in perfectly clean condition. :P... my last resort was to boil water on the stove and deal with that to at least handle the hair and wash my face... either way, i'm crossing my fingers for a hot shower after church and before leaving for maine.

* scott emailed me at 6am. he was at a concert in NY last night... but stopped at a bookstore to get a cool book to help us make more informed decisions about what to do in maine... apparently while leaving the bookstore, his car got hit... he's fine, but his car is not, so he's not the happiest. (and he's been asleep for less than 4 hours now)

* i'm so behind on phone calls and being in touch with friends. last weekend was rough emotionally... my students have been stressed on account of their midterm grades which means they've been talking to me even more than normal about things, which is fine, just adds to the overall busy-ness level... i'm behind on stuff i should have been working on for dr. z.... and the list goes on and on and on... the hot water issue this morning was just icing on the cake.

summary: i feel completely disgusting and exhausted. scott is exhausted and stressed for different reasons. we both really NEED a few days of non-math to eat good seafood, have no demands on our schedules whatsoever, and to go out in the middle of nowhere and scream our heads off. and if we raid the ben and jerrys factory in vermont while we're at it and fill ourselves with sinfully good dessert after maine, more power to us. the next 4 days in maine, new hampshire, vermont, rhode island, canada, or whereever the heck we end up will be a much needed break, and i can't wait.

catch y'all on wednesday.