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Rainy day! Deluge weather! Power went out for a while last night. Had to light candles, which made for a nice quiet period of time. When the lights returned, kept the candles going in the living room with the lights out.

Packed up for moving this morning. Easy pack job--just stuffed clothes in plastic bags. Only used a handful of items out of everything I brought.

Session with Janice tomorrow (later in the day) so will actually move on Thursday. Have scheduled Gas&Electric people for that day (afternoon). Will call telephone people tomorrow to install a phone and DSL (maybe). Looking at options. Don't really need a land line--could do cable company. Plus have numerous other details to handle since the place is pristine but bare. Have found a place that does an "apartment" set of furniture (bedroom, living room, dining room). Have to go see what they look like. I'm still vacillating between "zen" styling and regular furniture. Have to wait until I'm there and can measure spaces so I get stuff that fits.

How am I doing with everything (treatments, moving, setting up the new place, continuing practices, shifting physical states, shifting mental states, life, diet, food, and so forth)? I'm up and down, almost minute-by-minute. I feel good (like right now after eating a bite and resting for a bit) and then I feel like crap and have to collapse for a while. It comes and goes. It makes for a long day since it was raining a lot today and wasn't conducive to walks in the woods.

Tomorrow's session with Janice will force me to get up and about. And then it'll be Thursday and life will force me to get up and about, and about, and about! That's the plan! I think I'm going to better off being out and about (yoga, dance, walks, exercise at gym, etc.) instead of waiting for Godot.

Juggling report: I'm continuing to practice. It's very therapeutic. I've been able to successfully do one cycle--not perfectly, but a cycle. I've also practiced just tossing one object from hand to hand (warm up) and two objects (in two different patterns). Three objects has been challenging, but I've done several single cycles.

Juggling may seem like such a frivolous activity, but I tell you it makes my brain feel better--and that's the point of this entire adventure. Will tell Janice (the juggle meister) tomorrow and get her reaction. It probably will be--whatever activates the dopamine system.

Quiet evening right now. I feel somewhat centered as I write. Tremor is there, but in the background. I can't help but think of all of the people I know and how much they've supported me during this strange adventure, especially M&E for their hospitality and assistance. I am grateful to everyone. Thank you, thank you, thank you! One and all!