Do I really want to do this?

I have run across several daily journals and have been impressed with them. The first is Jessa's Journal, which I have been following for quite a while. The other two I just ran across recently. I really like the idea of a journal, but if I only kept one for myself I would not do it. The road to hell is paved with good intentions... I do my best work under deadline. Well, I guess it would be most fair to say that I don't work at all unless I have to. A daily journal in this media would be something I would have to do.

Another big problem is that my work life is much more interesting than my home life, but I can't talk about my work life here.(I work in the medical field.) So the most interesting part of my life is verboten.

The final problem is that all of the journals I've looked at have been authored by, well, young women. Who want to be writers. Who are already good writers, and can take an uninteresting day and make it interesting. I don't know if I can do that. It would be fun to try, but if I fall on my face people will certainly laugh at me. On the other hand, maybe no one will read it anyway...

Anyway, here goes.... ....................................................................................

31 Mar 1996

Bringing it up-to-date:

Got out of the hospital Friday. See "heart attack #3...NOT!"

Spent Saturday goofing off mostly. Karen, Kim & Matt went to see Rod Stewart in concert; left me here. I went out to Sam's & got some candy to help with the non-smoking. Four pounds of after-dinner mints, three pounds of peanut M&M's and five pounds of starlight mints. So I should gain twelve pounds.

Love the rain. It's been too long dry. Maybe we can get some green spring going now.

Spent the evening & night playing on the net. Did some updating on Nilknarf, pulled a picture of Tyler from a tape I found from last August's Texas trip, replaced the pic of him when he was 12. I am amazed at how much he looks like me...

Karen got home about 01:30. Fantastic concert, she said. She went immediately to bed. I followed her shortly, but couldn't get to sleep & played some more on the net. Got to sleep about 03:00.

Sunday...

Woke up at about 06:30, dozed 'til 07:00. Really hungry, want to smoke really bad. Got up, got the paper, ate some generic post toasties. Smoking urge gone for now. Thought about putting on a nicoderm patch, decided against it. Karen got up, made coffee. We sit & read the paper. I have Chip Davis' "Sunday Morning Coffee" & SMC part 2 on. Love the steamroller, esp SMC. It is just so... right for Sunday AM!

Nothing interesting in the paper. Got some blank e-mail from Doug D., wonder what that was. Karen & I decided to go out to White Lakes Mall, check it out. BC/BS has moved some people into the old penny's out there. White Lakes is really sad. Lots of good & bad memories out there.

We went into Sutherlands & got some stuff for the swing set/playhouse I built for the grandkids, and some wildflower things for our planters. Maybe we'll have flowers this year instead of just weeds...

Really sleepy, think I'll take a short nap. Andy, Carla, Garen & Drew are coming over tonight, I'll get their pictures on the family page finally.

Really want to smoke. I'm going to take a nap...