I miss everyone! I am working 50 hours a week now, so just hold tight here--I can't hang out or be around as much as I'd like. But I'm considering quitting my second job in October, so we'll see. I miss people, friends. It seems like summer was just beginning, and I was just getting to know people I haven't been able to get to know in so long, and there was hanging out, and there was that awesome spur-of-the-moment camping trip...ah, nothing like a camping to bond people together. Now the summer's come and gone, and everyone's busy, busy, busy.

That's why I am planning a camping trip for October...but I want to see who can go and if so, what weekend would work best for the most people. I would like to do it the third weekend of October because there is supposed to be an almost full-moon that weekend. The weather should be great too, and I'm hoping the fall colors will be at a peak. Man, I hope it works out. I am planning on going to the Buffalo River, probably Hercules Glades area--there's a gorgeous campground there with access to a trailhead, if I remember correctly from my last backpacking trip there--and it's pretty close to the river and to some awesome bluffs. I want to go Friday night and leave Sunday afternoon. We'd make some basic hobo-packs Friday, day hike and *play* Saturday, and eat some good food, and worship God. A lot. I want it to be a real restoring break. I hope it can happen. I need to figure everything out and get solid plans in gear so I can start inviting people. Sheesh. I also want to have a barbeque at my place next Friday or Saturday. We'll see. I'll let fools know.

I'm tired of weeks like this. No time for anything and when I do have time I waste it taking naps because I'm freakin' exhausted. Naps are a waste of time. I would much rather get all of my precious sleep in one long shot and have a wonderfully productive day and then rest wonderfully again. It takes me so long to fall asleep!! If I could take those crazy 20-minute power naps, I would, but when I need a nap, I need like an hour, 'cause I'm usually deprived. Why do I do that to myself?

I just finished the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place yesterday. It was pretty cool. I dreamt about it last night. O-kay, this is way too long.