*fingers crossed*

My new proposal was officially submitted today. Let’s hope it fares better than the other one. This one builds on the grant that just ended, so maybe that counts for something? I’ll find out in October, I think.

Other stuff I did today:

• Collected photos from all six years of grade school, clear back to the first day of kindergarten, for the “Fifth Grade Video,” though I’m not sure what that is. Did this in a great rush but was still on time to pick D. up.
  
• Whacked on blackberry vines behind the house, for the third day in a row. I think if I can keep doing this for a couple weeks, it might actually start to look like I’m doing it.
  
• Found that Nickelodeon is showing Avatar: The Last Airbender again, and watched episodes 1 (the end of it, at least), 2, and 3.
  
• Took a nice walk after dinner, encompassing a visit to the poetry box (“Before Morning in Perugia”), admiring various wildflower and garden flowers, and making the acquaintance of at least four deer, one of which looked remarkably cowlike when eating.