The good news is that I’m not stuck, and I didn’t gain any weight after eating yesterday, though I suppose I shouldn’t have since I didn’t make a pig of myself. The bad news is that I’ve only lost a pound so far, but I think I’ll be down a lot more tomorrow when I get up. (or today, I should say) That’s because the day before yesterday I ended up having 1000 calories, but now that the high-cal gourmet coffee is gone, I should definitely lose more than a pound after having under 200 like I will calories today. My gum’s 5 cals per stick and my coffee’s about 40. The sugar’s cal-free, but the half-and-half isn’t.

The CDs came today, and so far, nothing really grabs me from the Shawn Colvin, Mandy Moore, and Mya CDs. I like a song by Destiny’s Child, plus some of Selena’s. I have yet to listen to all of the Cranberries and Sixpence CDs.

I just hope I get the Indian doll this month as well as the fairy twinkle! I won’t be ordering those ornaments this weekend after all, because I couldn’t pass up a wonderful beauty supply offer a second time around. My order came to $37 (I only had $30) and Tom gave me $7 of his money since he hasn’t been spending it. That was really sweet of him. I wish Mary could surprise me by sending the money she says she’s going to send (now it’s dropped to $60) so I could surprise Tom by giving him $20 of it.

Anyway, I told Mary not to worry about money and stamps and to just keep paying for Jose’s postage. I just don’t think her family would be willing to send money to anyone other than her, and she certainly can’t use anyone connected to the jail. I just wonder how long it’s going to take the poor girl to wake up and quit being so damn naïve when it comes to people like this Buffy character and José. In fact, she doesn’t even know what Jose’s in for! I thought she did know, but not according to her letter to him. She was asking him what happened and promising not to tell anyone. How could she conclude so fast that he’s so innocent? Maybe she can. I mean, I got the instant feeling that Rosa was innocent as quickly as I got the feeling that Myra was every bit as guilty as charged.

He obviously said something in one of his letters to her that got her all bummed out which I asked her about, but I doubt I’ll get an answer or much of one.

I’m starting to wonder if she got letter #32, cuz I still haven’t received a call from her. Meanwhile, she responded to things in #37.

She says a trial date was set for August, though Terri doubts anything will happen then. The fucking cock’s gonna pull all the delay tactics he can like he did here.

Anyway, as far as the beauty supplies go, I got all kinds of shower gels and lotions in scents like lavender, blackberry, vanilla and peach, as well as ice-blue eyeshadow and Ming Shu perfume. I’m also getting a 15-piece sample pack for just $2, and 10 free trial-size lipsticks, as well as a watch, though I really don’t need the watch. The stuff they’ve got is dirt cheap. You get so much for so little. I remember getting stuff from them on Oswego St. in Springfield. They only have about 30 products to offer, but nothing’s over $7. Most things are just 2-3 bucks.

I moved the biggest plant by the window because it was reaching for the light, unlike the others. It’s neat how plants can sense light without eyes.

I asked Tom if he wanted them to send our pension money on time or fuck around with it to strengthen our case, and he said he’d prefer they just give it to us.

Oh, great. All the more reason they’ll fuck with it then. My vibes say that’s just what they’re going to do, and we haven’t even received the forms yet to fill out in order to obtain the money and it’s due on the 4th.