It’s hot at last! Today and yesterday were around 90º. The only question is, will it stay this time? Or will it get cold again? We have the cooler on now, as well as fans going. Speaking of fans, at the motel, there was a little fan in the room. One of those 16” ones that go back and forth. So I never did use the sound machine. I used the fan, although neither could do much good. We had the ideal room and definitely the best room I’ve ever had before, but we were still on a busy street, so that brought some traffic noise in.

On our way back, we stopped at a bookstore and quitting buying journals might be sort of hard. I found one with music written on its cover. Something I’ve always wanted. It has flowers too, and it was really nice, so I got it.

Blackie was really, really friendly when we got back. He let us pat him like never before. Guess our absence really made him appreciate how good he has it.

There was a letter from Kim too, which enclosed her email address. Yes, she got her computer all set up and we exchanged a few messages.

Tom got the 98 pictures developed that I shot of our trip. As expected, I look huge and hideous. Anyway, I scanned some beach pictures for my folks and for Tammy and the girls. I scanned mostly beach photos, as well as a few that have signs saying Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Santa Monica, etc.

While I was in the living room putting the pictures into photo albums, I heard someone yell something for a second that I couldn’t make out, then a few seconds later, they went off again for a second. The only word I could make out was “fuck.” I can’t even be sure if the voice was female or male, but I’m betting on it being the bitch I heard.

Just did my Tony Little exercises again, but still have my doubts as to how I could lose fat and inches with all these pounds, as well as by doing so little. Trying to firm up when you’re fat is like trying to polish nails with gloves on. It’s kind of like you gotta peel a banana before you can eat it, right? Well, you kind of gotta peel off the pounds before you can really shape and tone anything. Being at your ideal weight and toning up go hand in hand. I didn’t start getting any muscle till after I had lost the weight I lost back when I was 19.