Well, I promised Scout that I would model my new cool shorts for her and post a photo. I haven't ironed them yet, so I will have to update this post with a photo. I promise I will do that before the week is out.

I feel like I am cruising on a plateau right now. I am not making a great deal of progress on my house probably because I am feeling a bit burned out. The last heavy rain exposed a cesspoool in my back deck. The previous owner didn't want to dig up the slab to connect the washing machine drain to the main pipe so he dug a big hole in the back, added the drain line outside then covered it up with the deck. It went undiscovered till a few weeks ago. This new project was added to my ever expanding list of things to do, and pushed me a bit past my limit. I became discouraged.

Discouragement is not good for an alcoholic like me. It slows me down into complete inactivity. Luckily, I have been there before, and can see it coming, so I am able to use the tools that the program teaches. Every day I would "Suit up and Show up"; I did all I could "Just for Today"; and I told myself daily, "You are not required to like it, you're only required to DO it". Consequently, I have been making progress, and I have the plumber coming at the end of the week to finish installing the new drain line. Then I can fill in the hole in my kitchen.

On a positive note, I entered some photos into a county fair today. I have been wanting to enter prints in this fair for many, many years. Every year the deadline would come and go. Every year I would regret that I forgot to pay attention. This year I managed to meet every deadline, and entered 4 prints. Now I will wait to see if any are accepted.