We’ll be going to the store when he gets off work. I hope she’s there! I’m going to put on a little makeup and hope for the best, no matter how foolish it may seem.

Since stopping the diet I concocted I’ve been much hungrier. I’m going to live it up today and tomorrow, then cut back again to reshrink my stomach. Of course the first few days will be hell.

Unless he hits a big one, Tom’s decided not to tell me what’s going on with the horses till after the cruise because he doesn’t want to deal with what he perceives as my negativity when it doesn’t go well. That’s fine, I told him, it’s just that I’ve seen him get overly optimistic in a naïve kind of way before and I’d hate to see him kid either one of us. On the other hand, just maybe he really is onto something here. He sure is plugging away at it when he’s home and awake.