I'm beginning to think I need a nail biting recovery program! Ever since I removed the artifical fingernails I've been finding myself chewing off the thin whisps of nails that have been trying to grow! My thumbs and indexfingers nails are torn back so far into my fingers that they are painful. I'm keeping bandaides on them! I don't think I'll ever remove them myself again. I scraped the nails to thin I think! That is if I ever do the fake nails again anyway.

Nothing else is new. I didn't go to breakfast Saturday becuase I have a class Saturday morning - I'd forgotten when I told the ladies I'd join them. I need brain food! I am taking Vitamin B-12 already but either need high doses or some additional stuff!

I've several chapters and labs to do for this evening Computer Programming class to this post is done for today.

I haven't had any employment inquires yet....

Mike and I really hiked yesterday! First we walked around Westmooreland Park where Mike launched a few hundred ducks. He could care less about them but they all took to the water as soon as we approached. Mike hasn't a clue he is a "bird dog". He just trots around smelling things. And water? Forget about it! Those ducks are SAFE! There seems to be a thing at that park that I suspect may be an outdoor ice skating rink in the winter... will have to check it out then. It is a nice sized park with lots for everyone but I was really thinking along the lines of woods, trails, something other than paved paths. So we took off in my little red car and went in search of a map again.

Thanks to the nice ladies at Sellwood Community Center I now have a map and got great directions on how to get to the Thurman Street Forrest Park trailhead in NW Portland! It is a wonderful shaded path with many side trails leading off from it. We saw joggers, mountain bikers, fellow walkers, and mom's with strollers during our 5 mile hike! Not all at one time and everyone was very pleasant. It was great. I got to reflect on the reading from Cherokee Days about how we are like trees... when the terrain is rough deep roots need to be put down and then we streach to the sky for nourishing sunlight and rain. Just our being replentishes good elements back into the environment.

Mike and I both had to take asprin at bedtime! I figure we put in atleast 6 miles!

Today was Operating Systems class, a brief visit with Caleb,Kelly and Oliver, and then back home to attach homework. Lots of that!

Now I'm wrapping up the day - At midnight!

Yesterday evening, about 5:30 pm, while I was studying in my room there was a huge crack outside and the window in my room filled with greenery! Running outside we were shocked to see that a third of the apple tree in the front yard had broken off the trunk and fallen in to the house and the power lines to the house! The tree is heavy with apples and the added weight from the rain that had been falling all day was too much. The split revealed that the entire trunk of the tree is rotten. The rest of the tree is likely to come down soon. The landlord came and viewed it with us as we waited for the power company to come and remove the tree from the power lines. The landlord said he will pay to have the rest of the tree cut down and it all removed. The power company dropped the lines and restrung them over the fallen portion and got the power back on. I am parking my car on the other side of the street until the tree is removed... the rest would come down right where I was parking if it falls.

Today was Job Fair day. 50 employers at the Forresty Center. I was required by WorkSource to go so I dressed to interview, printed 18 resumes and toured the tables. Only two had positions open in Network or IT departments and they wanted .Net developers. The good news is that is what we are working on in my programming class. Over all it was depressing. There were tons on people in suits looking for work... looking much more professional than me. And I'm assuming more qualified.

I went to a Noon meeting and then home to nap before this evenings class. Class went well and now I'm home in my cozyly made up room. I'm not feeling like I'm doing so well this day for some reason. Maybe just to tired. Seeing so many people looking for work was shocking. And I still haven't had any responses to the resumes I've sent out. One minute I think that is good - I am working hard at getting "caught up" with course work. Then I am sick that time is passing.

Tomorrow things may look different. I hope so.