12th night

and so begins mardi gras. we gathered at the town clock. the king and queen made their declarations. we paraded through downtown, gracing those we passed with beads. got to pete's for 12th night party. cool clothes, fun music, good food. so the night was fun but today was hard hard hard hard hard. i seriously need 8 hours of sleep and i've been working on only a fraction. this makes me near tears. it's just exhaustion. yet, pulled through for the merriment. keep your eyes peeled for us on the 11:00 news tonight.