Salamander
Fire Walking

I'm off-center today. I seem to have come down with a temporary case of ADD, and can't settle in on any one project on my desk for longer than half an hour. I received totally undeserved praise on one job that is now a full month overdue ... the guy who assigned it to me admitted today when I showed him what I've done and what's been holding me up that he'd had no idea how to accomplish it at all and was more than pleased with the job I'd done. Frankly, the biggest accomplishment I can boast about on that project was that I managed to very creatively find other projects more important so I didn't need to face that one. And it still hasn't gone away. Next meeting, in three weeks time. I pray that knowing that he wants to meet with on June 20th will push me to finish this thing off once and for all.

Part of being off-center has to do with events from last evening that have left me feeling unsettled. I think I need to do something nice for myself tonight, but I have no idea what that would be. I've been kicking around getting a membership at the Y and getting into an exercise program that might give some strength back to my legs. Maybe I'll look into that, though I'm going to have a hard time justifying spending that much money right now.

I was taken aback by DeLancie's praise of my entry from yesterday. I'm pleased he saw it and liked it though. I've been holding off paying for a subscription to DD until I knew that I was going to stick with this journal. And, I'll admit it, I had a sneaking hope that I could sign up for the 100th subscription, for whatever notoriety that would be worth. The number of subscribers simply isn't rising fast enough here to justify waiting much longer, though. And I wouldn't mind some of the perks, like a photo storage area. So maybe this weekend, when I'm on my home PC, after I've taken care of the bills, I'll see what's left over from the May budget. If I'm going to support this place, it's about time I put my money where my mouth is.