Sadly, I'm going to be a few days behind on my 30 Days of Lists list.

Tonight I'm trying to clean up the Turner's house because they return tomorrow afternoon/evening. The air conditioning isn't working at their house right now (it's just a toasty 82 degrees in here), so I'm waiting on the Bratcher man to come fix it. There's no way I could sleep here tonight if it's not fixed. The basement is even hot; the upstairs bedroom that I sleep in that has two windows facing south and west (with sun just blaring in all day) is just miserable right now.

I'm also trying to work on my presentations for Friday, but my concentration is lacking due to being warm and feeling like I have a lot of other things to be doing. (So what do I do when I feel like I have a lot to be doing? I procrastinate. Counterproductive, right?)

I talked to Cecilia today about my interview and she reassured me that there's no reason why I won't be picked and that I shouldn't be nervous at all. She said that she has no clue what President Goben and Vice President Saaf will ask me about, but I'm not really all that nervous about that part. Emily said today that they were talking about how unless I kick people in the face, flip them off, or try to make out with President Goben that I'll be picked. Hahaha... That made me feel good! I just want the formalities to be over and know 100%! Hoping by this time next week I won't have to wait any longer.

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