Diary

Monday night was the TI celebration dinner so I was fairly freed up then. I decided I would ask Bill for RMs salary and my 6800 money.

Tuesday Apr 26 was discussion. It was very intense & sad. Bill claimed that I had promised to stay six months. But I made the argument that I only had to give 30 days notice. It got so bad he asked for his $4300 back. Then I said I would stay if he gave me RMs salary and the 6800 money. We finally compromised on the RM salary and $1500 of the 6800 money.

So Tuesday night was good. Chip & I saw Carrie & Lifeguard. Lifeguard's name was Rich.

Wednesday Apr 27 was cool and I spent the morning reviewing all this stuff and resolved that I would write it up soon here. Wednesday night did the spa and Thursday started thinking

what steps to take to bring all this to fruition, to make best use of it. I went over what I'd done & the question of whether I'd made best use of the past year, through April 16 or so. I thought I had. And the question of why I didn't stay with MicroSoft

1) I feel prevented from it. I did not feel like talking about it at the NCC, and was in a bad position after NCR in September. And in December I wanted to leave ABQ.

2) Micro Soft needs a competitor.

3) I need a cosmopolitan atmosphere to work in.

At this time there is no hope with [?] S, but there is with RM, so I resolve to do that, to make best use of that opportunity, etc. Then I went and did my errands. I also

chose the course of action on what to do with EDITX. I would call Kip and get things going. I finished Thursday morn by doing odds & ends, washing, cleaning, straightening up, etc.

Worked Thursday Apr 28 & night late and Friday Apr 29. Firday night chip and I went to late dinner & W of Oz and Foxes which is picking up for the spring. Got up sort of late, had br at Goody's then went to flee [flea] market and then I spent 12:30 - 4:30 at MS reading about small business. Finished it all except want to read past on corporations. Then to Fern's for lunch and spa. Got Jack Hayes address. See him Monday night at 10:00.

Then went to Delphinos w/ Chip and had good talk & dinner about games & roles & life. Then back to my house & "All that glitters." Today Sun May 1 Church and lying out in the sun reading Bus. Week and

reader's digest and went to flee [flea] market to pick up mom's necklace & then back here & wrote letters in the cloud and then writing this.

So that brings us up to date. Chip & I are very close buddies with plenty to do for the next 9 weeks. Then I leave & we realize our relationship gets tested. We have spent an awful lot of time together around NM. Spend all of most weekends together.

Now the plan is to do as much reading & thinking about computing as I can. Get EDX transferred & get ideas for working on it also, get El Paso excited. Think a lot about a forthcoming business of my own. Why not with MicroSoft? So I can compete. Also so I can make use

of R M's good name & resources. I think it will be interesting and I want to write in here very frequently, like every other day about it and my feelings on the whole thing.

Nothing has changed much since Thursday's thoughts on moving on EDITX except that I should give Kip Moore ammunition to win it for me. I will do that tomorrow. I have no new thought to write in here on business so I will leave that to the time that I get them. For now over the first two weeks of this 1/4, I have just gotten my modus operandi started and I'm ready to use it. Also did a [?], some reading, nego w/ Bill, trip to LA, lots of prayer, things w/ Chip. I think it's well rounded. Praise the Lord.