yesterday steve and i worked on the manuscript until 3pm, then mailed it off for hopefully the last time before we shop it. though i don't like it right now since i've read it too many times and can't feel an ounce of surprise, i do feel we got it to a very refined form and i'm pleased with it.

today i worked on the wedding dress all day with steve's mom and we managed to miraculously make a seam that is actually a zipper. invisible zippers! i had no idea they could be so invisible. it took five hours to insert the zipper, but man it's worth it. so there's my dose of fiber today. tonight i'll work more on the wedding dress, and tomorrow, too.

i'm thinking that this blog could actually become a part of my thesis manuscript. it is an authentic record, both literary and visual, that tracks progress and transformation. that sounds like enough, and plus i want to sleep.