Well, I think it's gonna work this time. I took a short nap yesterday afternoon, slept All Night and got up about 06:00 with Karen. I'll get up early again tomorrow because Andy & I are going out to Betsy's, and I need to pick him up at 06:00. I really hope that we have as good a day as I did Thursday! I don't think I've ever been with Andy on a really good day, so maybe it'll happen tomorrow. It should, conditions haven't changed, and changing weather is what makes the fish not bite.

I'm having a lot of trouble with my keyboard; the "S" doesn't do right a lot, and it seems to be getting worse. I'm not a touch typist, but I might get Microsoft's keyboard anyway. I keep thinking I'm going to get out my Mavis Beacon Disk and really learn, but it hasn't happened yet. I don't really want to get to the point where I can type faster than I think, do I?

Speaking of procrastination, well, we'll take that up tomorrow...

I've really been wanting to learn how to program in C, and got Borland Turbo C ++ a year or so ago. I've played with it a little, but that's just another thing on my list. I'm pretty literate in basic and Dbase languages (and HTML, of course), and can get by with those usually. But I really need to get working on the C stuff. Once I get into it, it will be fun, I think. I enjoy learning new stuff, I just need to get started on it. I need to learn the new microsoft 3.0 stuff too, come to think of it. I've got an idea for a really cool animated logo... a snake that turns into my df. I might get on today and download some stuff from them.

Baking a loaf of wheat bread this morning. I really love baking bread, did quite a bit when I was off with my surgeries. We've got a machine, of course! More later...

Karen got off early today and picked up Lacee. I surprised them by being up, and they surprised me by being early. Karen talked Lacee into showing me her "karate" moves and vocalizations. She's learning it from a seven-year-old at the babysitters. She's so damned cute!

I couldn't stay awake any longer, about 17:30 I told Karen that I wanted to nap for a hour, would she please wake me up? She said OK, but didn't do it. She thought that I would sleep all night, and that I needed to. I woke up at 21:30 on my own, and now I won't be able to sleep any more, I'm afraid. I need to get up at 05:00 in the AM to get Andy & go fishing.

I'm in the habit of reading other journals before I do mine usually, and I read in Willa's Journal that she does the same. She also talks of food as fuel, an attitude that I've had for years. My mother didn't like it and my wife doesn't like it. My attitude, I mean. It's so much trouble to fix food and that whole thing. I really enjoy eating good food, but, left to my own devices, I would live (and have lived) happily on peanut butter sandwiches. Or bologna & cheese. A good hot meal=peanut butter on toast. If the food taste good, that's a bonus.

I don't want you to get the wrong idea... there's a reason why I'm overweight, and it's not my glands. I love chocolate and sweets in general. I'm only 15-20 pounds overweight, and I keep thinking that I'll do something about it. I especially love ice cream, preferably with chocolate (natch!),nuts, marshmallows and other goodies. One of my favorite things about working at Medassist is that they are next to a dairy queen. I usually get a large blizzard, with choco & pecans, or the Hawiian. Unfortunately, we were so busy last Wednesday that I didn't get a chance to get there...

Speaking of bodily functions, I read a quote somewhere recently about a physician's attitude on eating, drinking and the subsequent elimination of body wastes: "If it's empty, fill it: if it's full, empty it." That about says it all. Years ago, I xrayed a girl who had been fasting for about three days (for the xrays). She was raving about how neat it was to not worry about eating and having BM's. Maybe she was actually raving...

I have gotten some really nice notes lately from some of you, and I really appreciate it! It's always nice to get friendly mail.