pj day

here i am again, not having touched my blog all week. i've started to feel really burnt out, so i've been a bit reclusive of late when it comes to my blog. it's mid-afternoon and i'm still in my p.j.s (that's pajamas, for you non-american slangsters). i'm having a bit of a 'duvet day', and not a moment too soon!

last night i told the boys i'm not going to be able to sing in the band. i went back and forth on it all week, but had to admit that i wasn't going to be as dedicated to it as they are, so it wasn't really fair to them to keep going with it and then move away in seven months. there's also that fact that practice was every saturday, 11:30-3:30. saturday was the only day of the week i don't have at least one (sometimes more than one) commitment, and even that's not completely true since we have a 'can we help' outreach to students with children at portland state university one saturday a month. it does something evil to my psyche to have to wake up to an alarm every day of the week. that's my indication that i've got too much on my plate. the guys were really great about it, but i feel bad. i guess it's better now than in a month or two.

the other excitement this week (only matched by my getting to sleep in) was setting up the airfare and some accommodations for september's trip. i'll be staying a week in edinburgh with my mother, then going to 24-7's international leader's gathering and then going back to york and edinburgh for a few more days. my mom has always wanted to go to scotland, and i've wanted to take a trip with her. it's perfect. even more so since she is booking a deluxe five-star hotel through her work's time-share program for $100. that's $100 total, not per night, which would still have been a great deal at this hotel! i was looking at their website last night and was blown away. i might be a bit too shabby for a lovely place like that, but i'm willing to give it a go just the same.

now if i could just get free airfare.