This used to be aired on TV channels. I didn’t understand it then, and I don’t understand it now. Why would anyone have to be given a reminder? Either you did or did not know where your child was. This never motivated me to get going home, nor did it motivate my mother to start making calls and search for us.

And there were special news bulletins, which always scared me. The news was never good. Usually the news was that someone had been shot. Air raid alerts also scared me. Come to think of it, as a child, I lived in a state (New York) of abject terror.

I am not sure at what point it was that I considered myself to be an adult. I think it may have been my first semester of college. If given the opportunity to now live in a college dorm and take classes, I would welcome the opportunity. My meals would be provided, and I’d have time to study. I didn’t know how good I had it as an undergraduate.

My in pool workout was excellent and this took the edge off. I have not been in pain since. I need a hot tub. An old bathtub in the backyard will do. I also need two donkeys; in fact, last night I had a dream in which I was grooming two snow covered donkeys. I think that in this dream I got the two donkeys on airplanes.

This all seemed real at the time.

Need, want, need, want, these words go through my head every day – I am tempted to add the word gimme, so it would be need, want,need, want gimme.

Other news – Apparently there were a lot of pilots from Alaska who decided to go and check out the downed plane. What downed plane? This is the first I’ve heard of this. I Should have been listening more to the solder. I was bothered by the fact that there are so many innumerable facets.

I knew this before I came here; it’s now 11:35 p.m. and I am no longer able (tonight at least) to keep a thought.

This is because I’m so tired that I can no longer think straight.

Little Z’s are running across the page.

I had better go and catch them.

More big ideas coming your way, tomorrow.

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