I *hate* waking up late. It really gets the day off to the wrong start. Lately, waking up "late" has meant 7-ish, which, while not bad, is not the 5:00 a.m. start that I need to maintain for the fall. Today, however, I got up after 10:00, which has really thrown my day off. It was due primarily to being awake with a queasy stomach last night at 2 a.m. That was undoubtedly a result of my having popcorn and chocolate sodas for dinner, which will in theory will teach me, but possibly not. ;-)

Yesterday was Day 4 of the Great Summer Vacation, and the "Getting Things Done" score remains mixed. I am getting things done. It's only that it's just about half of what I intend/need to get done. I'm continuing to get my walk in, which is good, and we went to see the remnants of an old WS landmark, the Walker Rock Garden. We saw it a longtime ago when The Girl was little, and I'm not sure if The Boy was even on the scene yet. I'll have to dig out my old photos, At that point, the fellow who built it still lived in his house, and the grounds were fairly well maintained. Now, the house is empty, it is in the process of being sold, and only the upper level is accessible. The entire lower level has gone over to blackberries and weeds, and very little of the rock sculptures there can even been seen from under the foliage now. It's rather sad.