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August 17 through December 31, 1985

Since the middle of the summer I have not written a diary. The last day on which I wrote in a book was July 31 the day that I met with Kaycee Kristi and decided that Personal Accountant was dead. Even so I made one last plea for it in my August 7 progress report but on August 16 (mid quarter) Ida Cole told me that Microsoft had decided to shelve the product indefinitely. That weekend I went to San Diego and Laguna Beach and ended up with a terminated relationship with Bruce Spencer.

The next 6 weeks I began by finishing report generation and various odds and ends for Personnal Accountant. Bob and I have continued to use the software especially in the last 3 months (see below). Next I started to look at Microsoft Windows the IBM AT and the EGA card. In anticipation of helping with Windows Works I began to look at Mouseworks and Excel on the Mac comparing them. Then I set up my AT and EGA and studied Windows technical details via the example applications in the Programers guide. I concluded this work period by a progress report October 4.

Over that same six weeks I took 3 trips to LA: one in Aug 21 & 22 immediately after my breakup with Bruce one Labor Day Weekend and one Sept 21-24. Just before the third LA trip I consolidated many feelings about where to live next deciding that LA would be best. Immediately after the third LA trip, I listed problems with LA OC and SD. I concluded Southern California was out.

Because the next 2 weekends in Seattle hurt me I took a trip the next weekend (Oct 11-14) to SF but before starting the weekend I sat in Stanford Library Friday afternoon and wrote up my expectations. SF did not live up to them and I wrote up the outcome of my visit. However I did have a beautiful Sunday afternoon at GG park and a fun evening with Steve Markham at the I-Beam.

(These four papers are all written on yellow paper and can be found in the souvenir stack. They are thorough and a good reminder of my feelings.)

I havent been to California since that trip to SF except for a very quick and dirty weekend in LA October 26 for the beginning of Halloween week. I went down Friday afternoon and returned Monday morning. Pegasus went too. Given that today is December 31 that was the last trip of 1985.

One element which may have colored my whole experience this fall is the Amitriptyline which Dr. Kuharic prescribed when I visited him Oct 19. That is a lightweight antifepressan which for the first two weeks made me feel