"You only grow by coming to the end of something and starting something else." -Garp. In John Irving's The World According to Garp.

-I like to think of my friends and lovers as if we have been through a great deal together and when I see them again, as if we've both been through so much since the last time we were together.-

We got a job today. We arrived in Severna Park this morning at 4:10 am, got up at about noon, called some moving companies and were hired by phone by a man named Larry at Allied moving company. Joe in El Paso has given us a great tip that is about to pay off. We start at 7am tomorrow and we get $10 an hour, cash under the table, guaranteed 8 hrs. work. Larry and his dad are in the next room watching the Orioles and Blue Jays stand on a Canadian baseball field on tv. I am reading and writing. I talked to Blaire, my girlfriend in California today, we are working on loosening up our relationship for longevity's sake and it involves several excercises in trust. Challenging and often frustrating at a distance of 2,500 miles apart, but I feel all right now, I love her.