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June 1, 2000
TWO weeks until I move!!
Dear Diary: I got up late this morning (later than usual). Thor usually barks to go outside and wakes me up ... but he wasn't here this morning. I was able to get the water turned back on. I had to borrow a few buck from Stephanie...and get a ride from her... but the water is back on. Only 6 days left before the move! I got a bunch more boxes from the Dollar General store this morning. I am wondering how Thor is doing down in Tampa. Hope he's ok.
11:50pm: I learned a few minutes ago that Thor has been diagnosed with cancer. I am very upset. I don't need THIS now! I don't have any details. I hope it's benign... but that is not the impression I was given. My poor little Tor-tor...Also learned that Brandi has Mange... apparently it is a type of mange she was born with ... not contagious. And Minya has a skin infection, bladder infection and teeth problems. Jack called this afternoon and left a voice msg for me. Apparently finances are getting very tight and the move to St. Louis could be threatened. I've dumped EVERYTHING into this move now... I hope there is no major problem developing! I will be on the streets!
| DREAM: I was in a foreign country watching a reporter walk up to a public building. There was someone important inside. I think I remember the name "Grace" or "Gracie.". The guard (wearing a khaki trench coat) came out from somewhere in front of the building. The guard had his gun pointed at the reported like he might shoot at the slightest provocation. The reporter dug out his ID (while trying to keep his hands in view). Then they proceeded into the building. At this point, my point of view changed and I became the reporter. As we walked down the huge, cathedral-like hallways and high vaulted chambers and slowly began to realize that I was a dreamer. I held out my arms and began to drawn in energy. The guard faded from existence and I began to levitate through the building. I was preparing to go through a doorway and was planning on having fun in this dream while I had conscious control of it However, as usually happens, the increased mental activity necessary to control a dream woke me up! I went back to sleep and had another dream. My tape recorder messed up, so I have to most of this from memory... I was in a house... it closely resembled Bob Wood's old house where I used to live at 812 W. Arlington St. in Orlando. My mother (I think) was in the front room doing something (folding laundry?). I went to lay down in (her room?). The room was in the same location as my old room (on Arlington St.) but it was bigger. I climbed into the bed and something stuck my hand. I looked at my hand and there was a pair of broken glasses (no lenses) with a piece of the broken wire from stuck in my hand. It hurt a little and I pluck the metal barb out and looked at the glasses. They belonged to my brother (Skip). I awoke and realized that I needed to grab my tape recorder and record my dream before it began to fade. I got the recorder from beside my bed, but it looked wrong. I wiped dust off of it and it was black (it should have been grey). I looked at it more closely and discover it was a battery charger. Then I realized I was still asleep and was still dreaming! Now I awoke for real and recorded what I could remember. |
Dear Diary: I was packing up some photo albums and took them next door to share with Steph. She showed me some of hers as well. That was about the highlight of the day.
| DREAM: I only remember one brief dream fragment from last night; it was something about George Clooney. He was standing at a counter or something. I have no idea what the dream was about. |
Dear Diary: Jack called this morning. I gave Kira a bath. Otherwise, nothing very special about today so far. Continuing to pack. It's pretty much overwhelming! It’s hard to believe this is my last weekend here in my house. It’s very depressing.
| DREAM: can't remember any of my dreams from last night. I know I dreamt, but they faded out to quickly. Its weird how that happens... |
12:27pm: So far today Chad & I have sat around eating fried chicken strips and watching videos. I did pack a little more. Still haven't heard any further news about Thor's condition. I hope that doesn't mean anything bad. Jack leaves for Tampa today!
| DREAM: I had a plethora of dreams last night... but I can't remember them! I didn't have the energy to grab my tape recorder, which was right next to me. The only fragment I can remember was a scene in which a strange caterpillar-like thing was crawling across a surface (a table maybe?). It was clear and you could see things inside of it. They looked like tiny little Easter eggs. As the thing crawled, its outer surface traveled like a tank tread and the little egg things changed from brightly colored to dull, dark and icky looking; then changed back to the pretty ones again. It defied the laws of physics by be small on one end and large on the other (picture a tank tread that could do this!). Weird! |
I've been packing all day (once I finally got out of bed!). Skip came by last night. He got in from CA on Tuesday night and leaves again on Wednesday. He's taking a week off. Barbara Jones took me out for a farewell dinner last night. Barbie, her friend Heather and Welby joined us. Jodi was supposed to join us as well, but she left unexpectedly. We ate at Papa Joe's -- where Jodi works.
| DREAM: I had lots of dreams last night, but can't remember them now (its too late in the day and I didn't record them). |
I spent most of the day frantically trying to get the last of the packing done. I feel like I finally made at least a DENT in the garage, but there is still a lot to go... and Jack will be here tomorrow! I got most of my bathroom packed up and about half or more of the kitchen. I've just barely started on MY room... aaggggh! Jodi lost her job today.
| DREAM: I had "flying" dreams again last night. I love the flying dreams. They're fun. Last night I was in some kind of barracks and was flying around. I don't remember much about the details. I do remember seeing someone who I think may have been Tom Petty (I have no idea why I would have dreamed of him... I haven't even seen him on TV recently. |
The trip is over. I am finally in St. Louis with Jack and Adam. It hasn't been fun (though there is a certain amount of inherent excitement). Kira was very good on the trip. She is being very well behaved, though she does bark at strange noises now and then. The truck is mostly unloaded. It ended up being a 22 ft. truck (not the intended 14’ one). I had to finish packing a leave in a terrible rush. The house was left in total disaster. I feel so badly about that, but I didn't really have much choice. Jack was on a deadline and I had to comply with his circumstances. I thought of many things that I left behind that I hate to lose. My cake dish, which Lola Kornegay gave to me; two old coins (over 100 years old); my poster from the opening of the Orlando Arena (signed by the artist); almost all of my ties; etc. I am sure the list will grow as I continue to think about it. I was impressed by the "Gateway to the West" when we drove into St. Louis. It was awesome to see it in person. Jack says it gets to be irritating after a while. In Orlando, everything is "Orange" this and "Orange" that. Here (apparently) it’s "Gateway" this and "Gateway" that. I guess I will notice as time goes by, but I am still new to it all so the newness hasn't worn out on me yet!
| DREAM: I have been having some wild dreams... but I don't remember a thing about any of them. I don't have my tape recorder set up next to my bed yet (and with the mess things are in, it my be a while. |
12:30pm I got up at 7:30 this morning and began unloading the damn truck again. Actually, before I started that, I sliced the bread that I baked last night, and took Kira for a walk. Neither Kira nor I are used to going for these walked with her on a leash. She is ok on a leash, but I rarely walk her on it, so she is having learn to heel properly. Or maybe I am having to learn how to walk 20 mph while leaning forward at a 40 degree angle!! She's getting better, especially on the stairs. She was kind of afraid of going up & down the stairs at first, but now she has got the idea. Anyway... I put on a pot of mixed beans to cool slowly and you could smell it all the way to the ground floor. Jack says the neighbors don't cook much and are going to be jealous. I like that idea :) After about 15-20 trips up and down those skinning little stairs (the ones in the back of the building), I finally got that blankety-blank truck unloaded by 9:30am! (I am so tired!). Jack cleaned it out and he took it back a few hours ago (he hasn't returned yet).I still don't have my computer hooked up. I think I will go work on it this afternoon. Of course, my room is smaller than the master bed room I was used to, but it is bigger that I expected. However, I just moved out of a 3 bedroom house with a 2 car garaged after having lived there for 12 years. Add to that the fact that I am a packrat by nature and you may think that you can imagine what a mess it was to try to pack... trust me, you are not close yet! I don't know where I am going to put everything. Jack is kind of mad at me for bring so much stuff. I understand his position, but I have spent a lot of time, money and effort accumulating my "stuff" and want to avoid being set back any further than I can help. The frightening thought to me is... I know I will have to eventually move all this stuff OUT again. Hopefully that will NOT be in the NEAR future!!!
8:18am: It's Sunday.
Adam and Jack went out partying together last night. I got my TV functional
in my bedroom and made an early night of it. Jack & I are supposed
to go downtown today on the MetroLink. When he mentioned it before,
I thought it was a bus line (Like "Linx" in Orlando). There
are a couple of bus-stops just outside the apartment building, incidentally.
However, it seems that MetroLink is a train. There is a depot about
2 blocks from here. Jack is going to buy me a monthly pass... (I already
owe him a lot!). I will start to learn my way around today... tomorrow
I begin the job search... I think. I have to take Kira for a walk 2-3
times per day. This is quite different from back in Deltona, where I
could let her run around the yard. We are both getting used to the leash
thing. This morning she saw a squirrel and went ballistic! I am not
sure who's leading who! ... But *I* am quite plainly NOT the one in
front! :) She is doing quite well, for the most part. She likes Jack
but hasn't quite gotten used to Adam yet (we think that maybe she thinks
he's just visiting!)I didn't realize how "domestic" I am.
Jack and Adam find it, "amusing, but harmless." Since I've
been here, I have stocked the fridge and cabinets with frozen foods
(a lot of meat), canned goods, dry goods and more spices than they even
have room for. I have even hung some pictures. (They have no decor except
for one picture in the living room, a calendar, and a wall full of maps).
I have made some fresh baked bread and had a pot of beans simmering
most of the day Saturday. You could smell it all the way to the ground
floor (Jack said the neighbors will be jealous). I even loaned some
of my tools to the new next door neighbors who moved in yesterday. I
just hope my domesticity doesn't clash with their utilitarian, somewhat
Spartan style of living. It IS their home after all!
DREAM: I had all kinds of dreams last night, but only managed to hand
on to one fragment. It was the tail end of a dream....... I am sitting
in the waiting area of some restaurant (vaguely reminiscent of the El
Campo Restaurant #1 as it looked in the early 70's). I had a cell phone,
but it had a full colour computer screen on it. I was using it to surf
the net (while sitting in this restaurant) learning what has transpired
on "Days of our Lives" for the last couple of episodes that
I have missed...That's all I remembered.
Jack and I traveled on the MetroLink (train) downtown. We had lunch at his favourite Vietnamese restaurant. Delicious!
We went to the St. Louis Museum of Art. Fantastic! (and free) I didn't see everything so I can go back again and enjoy new stuff.
We walked to the grocery store. Boy... that's a long walk!
I didn't do much today. I got a couple more resumes submitted. Jack, Adam & I went down the street to a pizza bar and had some beer. Jack began showing me a little PERL programming language.
I spent most of the day on the computer submitted resumes. No responses yet. I had IM conversations with Marita (in Indiana), Al (In Florida) and K'Ehleyr (Canada).
I got industrious this morning and mopped the kitchen floor. It made an AMAZING difference. I am so glad I did it. I think Jack and Adam appreciated it. Jack and I went for a walk to the park today. I took Kira. She is SO energetic! She about wore me out this time. We went thru an area where there were squirrels EVERYwhere! She has this thing about trying to catch squirrels. In Deltona they would run along the telephone line behind the house and she would flip out when she saw them out the windows. I thought she was going to rip my arm off! Later I found a nice open meadow-like area with a few big old oak trees and let her run loose. We had to jump over a little stream and. Anyway, I sure did get MY exercise today! This evening I finally got Jack to watch one of the many video tapes I brought along. He had never seen "Antz" ... I had seen it 3-4 times, but it’s pretty good.
9:00 am: Jack is still in bed. He has the day off. We are supposed to go shopping for some new clothes for me to wear to my interview tomorrow.
DREAM: I was some kind of school teacher. I was very angry at a young student. I don't remember why. I was yelling at him. He had a project of some sort in front of him. I doubled up my fists and yelled something provocative at him. I leaned in close to him in order to deliberately give him the opportunity to strike me. The young man TOOK the opportunity and hit me along side my face. I said, "You just made the WRONG decision!" I tried to hit him, but missed. He was now lying down and was trapped in a corner. I took careful aim and prepared to hit him again. Then I awoke and had to restrain myself from punching poor Kira (my dog) who was laying on a pillow beside me! It is very rare for me to have an anger dream of this nature. |
I got all dressed up and went to my interview this morning. To my surprise, I was able to get to the location which is way the other side of St. Louis County with practically no problem; very little walking. The interview seemed to go well. Christina, the one who interviewed me, is lining me up with an interview with the actual employer now, so at least I seem to have made it past the first hurdle. The employer, incidentally, is A.G. Edwards, Inc., a very large and prestigious brokerage firm.
Well, today I went to Snelling, Inc., the temporary personnel agency. It was a long bus ride there. I had a long walk in the sun. Boy was I beat. Then I had to fill out a stack of paper work that took nearly an hour. I knew I was going to take a typing test, but I DIDN'T realize I would have to take a math test and a spelling test! Then I went for the typing test. I was personally disappointed; I tested at 67/wpm and a 2% error rate. (My last test, in 1983, was 86/wpm). Then (to my surprise) they had me take tests in Microsoft Word, Access, Power Point, and Excel (all versions 7.0). Here are my scores... they said "50" was considered "average."
Today I went on a job interview at Washington University. This is the same University that Adam goes to. Also, I just learned from Calisa (my sister) that Calais (my niece) has been getting recruitment letters from Wash U! She will be going to college in a couple of years. Maybe she will attend here! It would be even wilder still if I get this job at Wash U and can be here for Calais when/if she attends. I really hope I get this job. It "feels right." I don't want to sound superstitious, but there have been so many "omens" (coincidences) surrounding this particular job. Well, time will tell. I liked the two people who interviewed me... they made me feel very comfortable. I think they liked me too, but they have to run all the paper work through the Personnel department. That's what I am waiting on now.
DREAMS: Ok, this is a STRANGE one! I dreamt that I was given a flu or cold remedy/recipe. In the dream I was preparing this concoction. It required only 2 ingredients. Oreo cookies (ground up) and "Tom's of Maine All Natural Mouthwash" Gross!!! Then I went into the other room ... my mother was there... I offered some of this vile brew! |
Old Diary - 1991:
Experienced 1st of a series of MAJOR headaches.
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