"I haven't slept for 10 days, because that would be too long." - Mitch Hedberg

Today I learned that a bale of alfalfa hay weighs 140 lbs. OK, now I don't feel so bad.
Just sore.

I'm trying to get ready for a month away and that includes getting extra straw and hay in the barn for Pam to give the goats. I cleaned the barn this morning and will do the coop Monday. (It's going to rain tomorrow.) Then I'll do both again right before I leave. By the time I get home they'll be gross but I don't think Pam can pull off that task. It's pretty physical.

I'm growing increasingly frustrated with the book business.
I submit a file that I hope meets their specs and then their computers review it. I get an email 24 hours later that says, "Here are the issues we found. We fixed some but others require your attention."
Weeks ago (it feels like months back) I came to realize the only way to fix some of the issues that came up was by switching to MS Word. More revisions, submissions, and issues.
I finally got Understanding Your Bible to pass their review yesterday (Friday) and ordered a physical book for a final check. I thought I had Questions In Dispensationalism at the same point and expected to hear late yesterday that it was ready for that physical proof step. Then late last night I got an email that identified things that needed fixing but had absolutely no connection to my manuscript.

• They'd removed the spine text because books under 100 pages don't have room for a title on the spine. Except my manuscript is 164 pages long. 
• There were images that extended to the edge of the page and therefore left no room for trimming without cutting part of the image off. Except there aren't. 

So I called for about the fourth time in this process. The person on the other end has, without exception, been gracious, competent, and helpful. This time the gal on the other end of the line agreed; those red flags made no sense. She could see my manuscript on her screen and agreed those were not, could not be issues for me.

So she sent it back for review. We speculated that somehow a review for someone else's manuscript got sent to me (and perhaps visa versa). 

So here I sit 24 hours later waiting to hear from them. Will they find and fix their problem, whatever it is? Will they ask me just to resubmit my manuscript and start this part of the process over? 

I don't know but I am growing frustrated and impatient. And I feel like all the people who have helped me get this far must be wondering what's going on.