From the sound of it, the same old shit that just left the end room is back to annoy me. Tom said they came in quietly a couple of hours after I crashed, but when I got up after 1 AM I could hear spurts of banging over there. Fortunately, they don’t seem to stomp, too. Why is it, though, that those who come and go quieter are the ones who bang around in the rooms, while those who slam doors tend to be quieter in the rooms? Anyway, they seemed to crash around 1:30 and I think they’re up showering now. Hopefully, they won’t be as bad as the last people, but being a special room, I know I’ve usually got to put up with whatever they give me for at least a week. Any more than that and I’ll complain to the office. I don’t care if this is the West!

I know we’re finally getting close for real with the horses when even I feel we’re getting closer. We should definitely be wagering this week. He had to make a few more changes, then find out what tracks he could place bets on early in the mornings. He may have to do some by phone. It’s neat to see the computer do in seconds what used to take him hours, even days.

What made it start getting “real” was when he finally, after so many months, got to update his account info. Now we just gotta hope TUT (The Ultimate Tease) turns back into EFO (Escape From Oregon), the original name I gave it. Hopefully, it kicks ass and gets us outa here! He doesn’t expect it to spit out a few hundred a day from the get-go, but to gradually make more and more of a profit. Hopefully not too gradual, but we’ll see.

Even though I have no scale to track my progress, I’ve started the tea diet up again, cut my calories, and increased my workouts. I can track my progress by how I feel, and believe me, I’ve been feeling awfully fat and out of shape cooped up in this little room! It’s a simple regimen: A fruit cup when I get up, a 400-500 meal 2 hours later, then soups or yogurts and things like that that are between 100-200 calories every 4 hours after that. So I’ll eat 4 times a day, plus have light snacks in between like veggies and crackers.