I went swimming for the first time since last Tuesday? I had a real difficult time then and I have to admit I have been a little apprehensive… but today went really well. I discovered that if I do what my instructor told me and get the right body position in the water then I tend to glide along the surface. I’m still very uncoordinated but if felt really good. I swam for about 50 minutes and didn’t really feel that winded. It also helped that the two other people in the slow lane actually went slow (and in some cases, I had to wait for them!) Today’s been a pretty good day. I woke up early, went to the post office to notify them of my change in address, did a load of laundry, made a nice ham/cheese/egg mush for breakfast, went swimming, went to the library, got my apartment transfer papers from Larry the landlord (and he thinks I can move in Friday!), made myself a shredded BBQ sandwich for lunch, went and saw the movie “Underworld” with David, and spent a few moments letting Bailey make swiss cheese out of my arm. I borrowed “The Men” (starring Marlon Brando, which I will probably watch this evening), Carl Sagan’s “Billons and Billons”, and a learning Japanese for children book/cassette tape. I’m currently running some tests on my program for work as I attempt to find a memory leak. My mom seems to be doing a lot better and my dad actually made some gourmet (but simple) meals, which gives me some inspiration for my own cooking aspirations. Perspiration? Respiration? Transpiration? (I admit the last one came from /usr/share/dict/words). ;P

there is a beautiful rainbow over the puget sound.. its fading fast but at one time its colors were vibrant and subtle. i’m glad to know that the work week is almost over; i look forward to having no real responsibilities for two days. no big plans, just relaxing and having fun with my NERRRRRRRRdom.

i feel a little under the weather and i’m a tad worried i might catch cold. i took some vitamins and tried to eat a big dinner (albiet, a big late). soon i will go to bed so i won’t write more. besides – why write when you can talk? ;P

love is not something you hold love is not something you make love is not something you will love is not something you know

love is

boy am i lucky. aren’t we all?

Well, I decided to accept Larry’s counter-offer of $575 and rent apartment #104. It means that I will have about a 44% increase in rent; slightly less than then the 100 % increase I will encounter on my utilities and Internet connection. The price of living alone. I could have searched for a random roommate; to be honest, David has been such a good roommate I think it would be very difficult indeed. I also could have found a cheaper place – although I was having trouble meeting all my needs: enough space to hold all my junk, cat-friendly, close to work, and cheap. The ease of moving and month-to-month rent really helped seal the deal. Now I’m anxious to do it, of course – when in reality I have to wait until at least October 1st. Poor Eriko was hit by a car while riding her bike Sunday night – she ran a red and banged her knees and elbow up. Thankfully, the only loss was that of her bike.. and maybe a little pride.

Mommy recommended The Maltese Falcon and I concur with her judgment! It was a very enjoyable movie. I borrowed it from Carol, Aaron’s girlfriend – and my only complaint is that there is a 30 minute documentary before the movie. I understand that nobody would watch it unless it if it were placed after.. but come on – put it after! ;P I didn’t do much today and it took me twelve hours to do it. I saw the movie ‘Lost in Translation’; It was entertaining but I would rank it as a rental. Finally bought some more Jockey shirts – after mom told me to throw out my old ones I was down to the 6 she gave me – I couldn’t go a week without doing laundry. Now I can go almost two. =) I await my landlord’s response to my $550 offer; he scoffed at my $500 offer. If he balks at $550 I will have to kick my apartment search into a higher gear and may have to trade space for proximity, or proximity for price. Fortunately or not, I have quite a few belongings – and some of them are kinda big. I am definitely looking forward to living in my own place. Something about being in charge of all aspects is exciting.