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I woke up this morning in pain... my left shoulder and the side of my neck are tense and sore. Took some Vitamin I, and did stretches on the Green Line (using those overhead bars -- they are just the right height for me to get a good stretch). I have vicodin for later if I need it, but hopefully I won't.

I did my hair last night and am now a "Fabulous Redhead." I use 100% henna, which is a lot better for one's hair than hair dye, and fades gradually so no "roots" show. It should look nice (and very natural) for the wedding in 3 1/2 weeks. Someday I will have to switch to the stuff made for gray hair.... but not yet! Henna turns the few gray hairs I have bright orange!

The pregnant rats are still pregnant... I have this terrible fear that I am going to end up with a LOT of babies. Stormy and her daughter Silly Sister are both huge, and Wisteria is catching up to them.

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OK. so, my project group in Methods did not do so well. The "hunches" that I had, but could not convince E. and H. to go with, are most of the problem. It's sooo frustrating!

I suspect that part of the problem is social... I don't command a lot of respect, and neither E. nor H. are friends. I kind of got dumped into their group at the last minute. So things were against me from the start.

Thinking about it, I realize that I have _no_ friends here. I think this is the first school I have been at where I did not make a close friend during the first year. There is no one here I even wanted to invite to the wedding! How pathetic is that?

Dropping out of the doctoral program was part of the problem; some people seem to think that it's catching, like spending too much time with me will cause them to lose their motivation. Also I didn't spend a lot of time studying in groups (big mistake #1!) even when people invited me. I hate looking stupid in front of others...