I'm listening to the Gayatri Mantra. I started the day with an Orthodox prayer and the GM. This lady's name is "Raveena." Work is very stale right now. I packaged some binders earlier this morning. Yesterday was good, though because it was busy. Some sort of "concern" was expressed by our Deputy; I don't know what that was.

The house is cluttered, but it is in better shape than it was. The laundry in it is clean, at least. Richard's bed is un-made and the dishes from breakfast are in the sink. The bathroom needs a complete overhaul. I need to clean the bathroom and make it better. It is pretty gross. I did the basic, but I need to do more--more scrubbing.

Richard is reading now and his math is good. He has some A's on his report card. He only has a couple of F's. Since school is so overwhelming, I am not too worried about the F's. We got him a mouse but I lost it and so I am getting another one. Richard is very tender, so this was a really stupid mistake to make.

Cathleen has sent one letter and we sent her one letter. She's at Great Falls, Illinois. She is in boot camp. She went into the Navy to satisfy the Alpha female part of herself and for the money. She will become an aircraft mechanic. She is an interesting one, that girl--I'm sorry--young woman. You people would like her.

So, I take the Valerian every other night. I also have a room where I ruminate. I ruminated and rested for about an hour and a half last night. I smelled my candles. I read a little bit of Zen poetry. Then, I watched Big Bang and then I helped Richard with his homework, looked for the mouse and cleaned up.

It is 10:30.

It turns out that I do not have menopause. I have Niagara Falls instead. But, I like the periods. When someone once said that the earth mother likes the period as it represents the power of woman to reproduce and it has feminine power in giving back to the earth, it made it all easier.

I am blah. I need to find something to do.