Chees! I started the morning with stomach cramps  - that is no good. It is hard to concentrate when your bowels are churning. I have hopes that it will go away as it usually does. There was a container waiting again this morning that interrupted the routine. I don't feel like eating so I will do that later.

I dreamed I was with David and we were checking to see if his girl friend was home. I missed the street and I turned on the next street. As I proceeded the road got narrower and when I had to make a right turn there was a car parked on the corner. I told him I hated situations like that and he said it looked worse than it was. I parked the car and we walked toward the house and we could hear people inside. I went back for the car and he went on. There was a big old Cadillac trying to turn around and the woman driver said something that I couldn't hear. When I got to the car I could see that the right back wheel was hanging over the edge. I looked at the right front wheel and it was cranked right. I reached up to touch the tire and the whole car fell off the bank and slid right under a pickup truck. It had completely disappeared.

My cramps became really tough and lasted until about eleven o'clock. I didn't eat anything and did not feel like doing an exercise set until the afternoon. Tom came up and groused for over an hour and I was ready to collapse in a moaning heap. I am not sure why they come on or I would sure try to eat those things that would keep them away. I ate an average amount tonight and had a bout with some diarrhea and that has subsided now.

I wrote to Nolan and sent him some magazines. I took them to Irrigon and the guy wanted to make sure they were books and sort of threatened me. It made me uncomfortable and hope nothing comes of it. I guess they could send them back and then I could send them again. Nolan called tonight and he had called the other night and ended up talking to Wes. I guess Wes has some new four wheelers. He does like to buy stuff. Anyway we talked about his release and the fact that Loretto had gone to low medium and he had noticed the added stuff they had added to where he is. I told him about the release date of 12-20-08 and he said that was including the six month pre-release. I am not sure what that all entails except he would probably come back to Portland and then be gradually released. I am not sure.

I got a letter from Michael and, of course, there is some more stuff for me to buy. I guess the main thing was that his mother and a niece came by to see him. That sort of put a damper on my plans to drop buy this weekend. I am pretty sure that he is going to stay in western Oregon so there is not much use to push things too much. It probably is just as well because it would mean I would have to do something with the house and help him get a job. He also got some papers that should help him get going on some pre-release programs that the state would provide for him.

I got an email from MaryEllen and she is bouncing around the same as usual and seems to be into some type of relationship with a couple. She is in school and has a tattoo that her mother would have a fit about.

I tried to watch a DVD called Dumas - it was about a boy finding an orphan cheetah and their adventures. It was badly scratched and a general mess - I finally gaveup on it. I am about ready to chuck PeerFlix since I have certainly not had very good movies for a while and there are charges for everything. I'll make a decision later.

Positive Memory Moment for the day was the email from MaryEllen.