ME

7:48 pm Thursday evening - still on track. Getting up 30 minutes before dawn, tomorrow that will be at 5:20 am. I looked back in my daily journal, mostly garden stuff, but saw that at the beginning of the year dawn is at 7:20, so that means that the latest I will ever get up is 6:50. I guess that's not too bad.

Used that classical tape Wednesday morning. At first I thought it was way too slow, but it picked up finally and I walked the same distance, 3 miles, and arrived home in a sweat. All the joggers in the world. When I crossed Route 83 and looked down the path, I counted at least 15, mostly coming towards me. I'll keep using that tape for a while yet.

Dancing around the basement too, and doing the exercises, and sticking to the exercise program. Yesterday, I even brought my lunch to Arlington Race Track. Good thing too, as I left home with $56, and returned with only $20. I dearly love the track, having been born and raised in Louisville. My father's company had a box seat for the Derby, and so I went several times. I love horse racing. Anyway, the entrance fee is $5, and it is such a beautiful place, it's a shame it's so sparsely attended. At least on Wednesdays. I bet all 8 races, $6 each, so that's $48. I won two races, and lost all the rest.

Got home and collapsed on the couch at 7:30. Finally went up to bed at 8:45, but I did get up this morning after a good nite's rest.

Saturday I plan to go to the Bud Billiken Parade, and don't think I should carry a lunch in all that heat. And we have to get an early start, so I'm not sure how that day will go.

I did get out a nice placemat, and cut some autumn lilies for the table. They have such a marvelous fragrance. It perfumes the whole room.

So far, so good. Six days down.