A Few More Night-Time Comments


I am feeling pretty good tonight.  I noticed something today--maybe something related to my ideas in action--that I won't comment on.  That's right, I do see some things that I don't comment on.  I don't say everything that pops into my head, believe it or not.


I walked pretty much all day today.  I put on sunscreen in the morning.  For some reason, I am averse to using sunscreen.  I really shouldn't be.  It enables so much walking.  I'm on a nice long extended vacation right now...mostly just walking and writing some essays.  All of my "to do list" items are done.  I don't have any more job that I'm pursuing, I don't have a car.  If the next step comes from something other than the FBI helping me or someone getting the charges dismissed, then, I will save up my disability money and try to buy a car before trying to get another job, and maybe save up for a different lawyer to get the charges dismissed.


I wonder if it is over by July 2?  I'm not going to worry about it too much.  The way this has gone has been disappointing, but at least I have a lot of free time to walk and write essays for fun!  When I get back into the working world one day, one way or the other, I won't have as much time for that.  So that's a silver lining.


I am taking my nights to use the internet more than during the day.  I'm using YouTube a lot.  That is pleasant.  One of the features changed!  Now, the music videos play without auto-generating a playlist every time.  Interesting.


I have sort of dropped out of the Monopoly Deal group I was playing cards with on weekends.  To be honest, I don't really enjoy Monopoly Deal.  I might play next week though...I don't actually socialize that much here, and I'm kind of supposed to.  I'm focusing on stress relief via walking, that helps me feel better and not focus on the court case so much.  My "radical acceptance" of the possibility of jail time still stands, but, I would really prefer not to have that happen, and I would like to not think about it during the day.  Walking helps with that.


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