"He's Colder Than the Winter..."

I just woke up. ^^ I sort of literally collapsed at four o'clock and I've been sleeping ever since. Which--I know I'm not supposed to take naps, Zara! But I was walking into doors and having trouble talking coherently, so I think I was addled enough I actually needed to. ^^ I've been sort of getting five hours sleep every night lately.

So I slept to-day--

Except that I got up at seven and went to innercity, to a church in the Bad Part of Town where our church has been making breakfast and lunch for these teeny little hungry kids for the last few years--it's basically, they go to church camp and they get free food. And it's pretty good free food, since Tony, who organises it, ran a pizza parlour for twenty years and knows what he's doing as far as cooking goes. So we made them kajillions of scrambled egg and bacon sandwiches this morning, and Tony made me cut the crusts off every single sandwich, because he pointed out that kids hate crusts. I don't know whether this holds true for all kids--I know I liked crusts when I was little--but I obeyed, and cut crusts off of five loaves of bread. (It was magic bread! Every time I thought we were out somebody would produce another loaf out of nowhere!)

And then we took a short break, and I went to Barnes&Noble and read Fantastic Four comics and bought Waen a book about Harley Davidsons, since that's her new hobby.

Then it was back to the church and we made pizzas. We made, good lord, we made eleven pizzas, and the kids ate them all but two, one of which went home with me and one with the lady who gave me a ride home. There were maybe twenty-four kids total. Anyway, after pizza there was ice cream, and Ann and I went out and sat at the tables with them while everybody had ice cream, and I got into a long discussion with a boy who couldn't talk, which--I figured out pretty early that I couldn't figure out his hand gestures, because I fail, so I got a pen and paper out of my bag and he wrote to me and I answered back. And there was this little girl who was absolutely minuscule, and she kept touching my jewellery (I wear a lot of bracelets and shinies, because I am Vain as Anything), and I asked her which was her favourite and she liked the pink one, so I gave it to her. It was too big, but I told her she'd probably grow into it. And then the boy, whose name was Mike, was all OMG YOU GAVE IT TO HER. And I said ^^ Yes, well, she liked it. And he said I LIKE YOUR NECKLACE. And I said Nooo, my necklaces aren't for give, sorry. <3 Because my necklace is my cross Mum gave me for a confirmation present. He was kind of disappointed, but he still gave me big hugs before they left.

And then I got a ride home, and she DROVE THROUGH RED LIGHTS and I did not breathe much on that drive, and then I was home and Waen and I made an octopus cake. It looks awesome. It's Waen's first ever all-by-herself cake, actually, and it turned out great, which is really good. <333 And she's really happy with it. And after we did that I fell over.

So to-morrow we go to Wellesboro to stay with cousin Anne for the fourth of July, because they have pretty fireworks in Wellesboro and she likes us to be there. Which means I get to wear the sheep nightshirt again. Which will be win.

Hey, Taira, lovey? Happy birthday. ♥ I hope it was everything beautiful. I love you.