Mon, 1 Aug 1994

Dear Diary:

I got up early today and walked downtown before it got too hot, but apparently not early enough as I still got very sweaty. It's about a mile and a half to downtown. I had a really good breakfast at Laura's Cafe (I don't know how they get away with such cheap prices). It was fun playing peek-a-boo with the waitress' 3-year-old daughter. She is extremely cute. :)

After breakfast, I walked over to the bank and deposited my paycheck and another check. I kept out $200 for the trip. Then it was on to Conway Corp to pay the utilities bill. Boring stuff, huh?

I walked over to Food 4 Less (or Food 4 Free, as Jen used to call it) and picked up a couple of items I needed. Then I walked to school, another mile and a half. Total walking of about 4 miles, with temps in the 80s and high humidity. I was a mess when I reached school.

One thing that did dawn on me on my walk was that I noticed *everything* that was going on around me. If a bird chirped, I heard it and seemed to be able to turn and see where the bird was immediately. If something moved anywhere near me I sensed it. It seems to me like I am in a constant meditative state, which would surely explain the profound calmness I feel. Whatever it is, it feels good :)

When I reached school, I walked over to the Science building and caught Janet just as she was preparing to leave. She agreed to give me a ride to group tomorrow, even though she isn't working. She said she could use the time away from her family to study. I'm glad because I wanted to treat her to dinner afterwards at Ralph's restaurant. It's not much and certainly doesn't make up for all she has done for me in the past year as far as letting me use her car, but it's something I can do.

I returned to my office and worked on my email, irced a bit, and then it was home for an hour. I returned a call to one of the credit companies (I was a bit late sending the checks :( ) and then called Schrang's office. The receptionist said that yes, I was "all set." :) Everything had been received.

I then went to the store on the corner and paid my phone bill and picked up some lunch. Then it was back to school for some more work on the computer. At 3:45, I went home to watch STTNG and while watching did some more cleaning and packing. I'm nearly all packed now, save for a few things that need washing.

The only thing left to do is to find someone who doesn't mind getting up at 5am on a Sunday to take me to the airport.

Love and Peace,

Robyn

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