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Spent the day over the hill (in PA) looking at rentals, filling out application forms, driving the highways, and getting the feel of being a "normal person." Lots of work!

I'm tired tonight, but a sort of good tired. Things have been set in motion.

Put in an application for a small studio "cottage" that's about 350 sq. ft. Not very fancy, but would do. I could make it work. $850/mo. including utilities. The address is 380.5 (yes, .5!) Madeline Ct. The place looks like some Tolkein fantasy gone awry. But, it's close to most everything and has a kitchen--the main thing I need to keep myself on track.

I heeded Rebecca's advice today and cut way back on sugars. My tremor was moderate today, despite the driving and stress of dealing with the rentals. I went to the library to use a computer to fill out the application form. I filled it out and clicked Submit. Of course, the web site choked and I lost everything. So, I fill it out again and print each web page this time. Aha! I can deal with these computer things!

I telephone the rental agent and report that the Submit button is not working, but I have the web pages. Their office was close by so I said I'd come by and drop off the material. When I talk with the agent, she says that it would be best if I were to copy all of the data onto a blank form (the one that the computer failed to produce).

Reluctantly, I agreed to do the transcription. But, my micrographia would make it difficult. Writing like I was under water, I filled out the form with hard-to-decipher scrawlings. At one point, I needed the license number from my truck. I got up from the table where I was working (scrawling), turned and walked directly into a glass wall. Fortunately, I hit it with my head. It knocked the lens out of my reading glasses. The receptionist remarked that they had just had the glass partitions cleaned. Clean enough for me! I didn't see it until I hit it.

Finally, I turned in my fading font size transcriptions and headed back to the big freeway. Like a "normal person." I await the rental god's (and goddess's) announcements. They phoned to tell me that they'd call tomorrow with any final news. I'm 3rd in line for the unit, but not getting it will open the door to something else.

Spoke to my friend, P, and she told me she got a new car--a VW bug! Big jump from her hot sports car to the bug, but I think she'll like the change.

While at the library, I downloaded and printed all of Rebecca's documents for the nutritional workup. I'll be filling them out this weekend when I'm not running back over the hill for rental-related business. It's getting cold. Time to wrap myself in thick blankets.

One final bit--RB a close friend picked up on my question about my energy levels and climbing a 13,000 ft. snow-covered mountain a few years ago--here's what he wrote:

Yes, you did climb a mountain in the snow to 13,000 ft. You did that, I was there, I saw you, we climbed together. We watched one another climb, we breathed the same rip snorting mountain air, watched that sunrise together, that primordial churn of air and water vapor over our heads, reflecting the sun's rising rays in a thousand colors. You did that. All that is inside of you, you carry that with you everywhere you go. I'm proud that I got to climb w/ you. Let's go climb something again.

Yes! Let's do it!