Do I wake or sleep?

Unh. It's one of those weeks that feels like it's forever. My eyes were full of water today and looked disgusting. Maybe I have allergies.

There's a PBS series on last night and tonight called Colonial House It takes about 15-20 volunteers, both singly and as families, and recreates a 1628 colonial American environment for them. PBS has had two other series that did this, Victorian House and Frontier House. I saw the latter, but not the former. It's very interesting. In this edition, they have a "Governor" with his family and several indentured servants living with them. There's also a house of freemen, and a family with a lay preacher. I've always been interested in pre-19th century America--I LOVE reading anything I can find on the Salem Witch Trials, and the Revolutionary War also fascinates me. Those people had cojones of steel to get through the dreariness of it all--when you read enough about the Witch Trials, about how incredibly stifled and boring those girls' lives were, the thought of working yourself into believing you're possessed seems very possible. And then there's the excitement of living in Revolutionary Boston or Philadelphia, where anything can happen. Johnny Tremain is a great book to get that experience. "Priscilla Tremain...now that's a fine name."