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couple movies with Bill on Saturday night and read computer journals on Sunday besides the normal stuff of Sunday. It was restful.

Then came Thanksgiving. I started by celebrating on Wednesday night then I went out on Thursday at noon and gave thanks. I was alone for most of the afternoon and it made me feel lonely but I could really give thanks that most of the time I am not alone. I have good friends and good times and it's really nice. I ate at the Golden Inn alone, and made a friend to play pool with; then I went to Wellington's and met Mark who told me some things about myself, so that Friday I decided what I had to, and wanted to do, and what I wanted my character to be and so I started in Saturday (after a review of one hours) typing in "Basic."

That continued for two weeks until Thursday. Meantime I had one date with Rick Holland, a married guy, which taught me to stay away from them. The day after Rick (a Saturday) I got a letter