Now, if I can just get through Superbowl weekend...
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Turns out that not only did I have the highest score on the Sgt's exam, I had the highest score EVER. Ha!
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I also managed to barely squeak in under the wire for sending off a submission to Polyphony 6 and getting it postmarked by the 31st. I was at the post office at 3:45 pm on the 31st to make sure my submission got the right postmark on it. I fully expect that story to be the last one received by the editors, considering how slow the mail service is around here lately.

Unfortunately, it's not the story I wanted to send to them. But, time just got so crunched up I never had enough time to sit down and make the other story right. It's going to be a good story, eventually, but it sure ain't there right now. However, the story I did send is by no means a bad story, and actually it may have a better shot since it's kinda unclassifiable, which pretty much falls into the guidelines for Polyphony. Oh well. We'll see.
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I got up at an ungodly hour this morning again, and cranked out twenty minutes on the bike. I'm actually a bit discouraged at how slowly the weight is coming off (as indicated on the scale.) I'm trying hard to remind myself that I'm almost definitely gaining muscle which would throw my weight off, but it's still rather hollow comfort. The need to have a scale tell you how fat you are is deeply ingrained, and so when it shows that I've lost totally zilcho since Sunday it gets a mite bit discouraging. Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm still losing inches. I would just really like for the numbers on the scale to start plummeting.
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And, Anna is beginning to learn her letters. Right now she knows K, O, P, R, T, W, and S. I think she needs to focus on vowels a bit more if she intends to do any serious reading in the near future.